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Tony Wyss-Coray: How young blood might help reverse aging. Yes, really

Tony Wyss-Coray studies the impact of aging on the human body and brain. In this eye-opening talk, he shares new research from his Stanford lab and other teams which shows that a solution for some of the less great aspects of old age might actually lie within us all.
https://www.ted.com/talks/tony_wyss_coray_how_young_blood_might_help_reverse_aging_yes_really

Karen D. Davis: How does your brain respond to pain?

Everyone experiences pain -- but why do some people react to the same painful stimulus in different ways? And what exactly is pain, anyway? Karen D. Davis walks you through your brain on pain, illuminating why the "pain experience" differs from person to person. [Directed by Brett Underhill, narrated by Addison Anderson].
https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_d_davis_how_does_your_brain_respond_to_pain

The real 10 most fascinating people of 2014, from StoryCorps

Last week, I saw Barbara Walters' list of "The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2014." It included interesting thinkers like Elon Musk (watch his TED Talk) and George R.R. Martin (the author of Game of Thrones), along with crowd-pleasers like Taylor Swift and Oprah. But reading this list of almost exclusively marquee names made me think about s...
Posted December 22, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/12/22/the-real-10-most-fascinating-people-of-2014-from-storycorps-dave-isay

How one scientist is working to reach people in vegetative states

How many unresponsive patients actually have some consciousness of what’s occurring around them? Possibly up to 20 percent, according to neuroscientist Adrian Owen, who is determined to give them a voice. In groundbreaking research, neuroscientist Adrian Owen (TEDxUWO Talk: The quest for consciousness) has found that a significant number of peo...
Posted September 14, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/how-one-scientist-is-working-to-reach-people-in-vegetative-states

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about

What's on Elon Musk's mind? In conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Musk details how the radical new innovations he's working on -- Tesla's intelligent humanoid robot Optimus, SpaceX's otherworldly Starship and Neuralink's brain-machine interfaces, among others -- could help maximize the lifespan of humanity and create a world where goo...
https://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_a_future_worth_getting_excited_about

Hey, that paralyzed rat just walked upstairs: Gregoire Courtine at TEDGlobal 2013

Grégoire Courtine is the head of the Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute of the Life Science School at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). He starts his TED Talk with a story of a mentor of his, the late Christopher Reeve, who spent the last years of his life in a wheelchair after a paralyzing spinal c...
Posted June 12, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/12/hey-that-paralyzed-rat-just-walked-upstairs-gregoire-courtine-at-tedglobal-2013

The story of an impossible kick: Miguel Nicolelis live at TEDGlobal 2014

This summer, the country that perfected soccer proved it’s just as formidable a foe off the pitch as it is on. On the first day of the 2014 World Cup, 29-year-old Juliano Pinto, paralyzed from his chest to his toes, did the seemingly impossible: He gave the opening kick just by thinking. Eighteen months earlier, Brazilian neuroscientist M...
Posted October 8, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/10/08/the-story-of-an-impossible-kick-miguel-nicolelis-live-at-tedglobal-2014

In case you missed it: Some highlights of day 2 at TEDGlobal 2013: Think Again

The second day of mainstage talks at TEDGlobal 2013 offered four densely packed sessions full of the possibility for natural, geopolitical, social and artistic change, both improvised and well-considered -- and more than one magic moment. Here are just a few of the best. Brain soup. Suzana Herculano-Houzel figured out how to count the num...
Posted June 12, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/12/in-case-you-missed-it-some-highlights-of-day-2-at-tedglobal-2013-think-again

A promising first step for those with spinal cord injury: Further reading on electrical stimulation and how it’s helped rats (and one human!) walk again

Grégoire Courtine and the scientists in his lab helped a paralyzed rat learn to walk again, voluntarily, through a treatment that combined drugs, electrical stimulation of the lower spinal cord, the support of a robotic arm and a little bit of chocolate. When their study appeared in the June 2012 issue of Science, it sparked a lot of excitem...
Posted November 6, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/11/06/a-promising-first-step-for-those-with-spinal-cord-injury-further-reading-on-electrical-stimulation-and-how-its-helped-rats-and-one-human-walk-again

TEDxSMUTuesdays - an independently organized event

About this event: Here's the recap from our discussion: Thank you for joining our engaging discussion on VS Ramachandran’s The neurons that shaped civilization. As a follow up to our conversation about the brain and cognitive function, we've put together a list of resources for further exploration. Medicine/Healing National Center for Complementary and...
Event details: Dallas, United States · February 8, 2011
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2122

You’re a beautiful crowd! 7 moments of audience participation from TED

There are certain perils to watching a TED Talk live from the audience – occasionally you’ll be asked a stumper of a philosophical question or made the brunt of a speaker’s joke. Then again, you might be given seven and a half extra minutes to live, so it’s really a toss-up. In these talks, pulled from a range of TED and TEDGlobals, watch for au...
Posted February 20, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/20/youre-a-beautiful-crowd-7-moments-of-audience-participation-from-ted

Esther K. Chae | TED Fellow

Actress + playwright
https://www.ted.com/profiles/113746/about

TEDxSacramentoWomen - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxSacramento's stream of TEDxWomen -- hosted by Pat Mitchell and the Paley Center for Media - will take place at The Urban Hive on Saturday, December 1st, 2012. Themed The Space Between -- This is the second edition of TEDxWomen - the first brought to the stage speakers such as Gloria Steinem, Dr. Oz and Jane Fonda and was viewed by 120 TEDx ...
Event details: Sacramento, California, United States · December 1, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/6412

Better, stronger, tougher: Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly at TED 2014

In January 2011, US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in an attack on her entourage at a constituent meeting near Tucson. Six people died and thirteen others were injured. She survived, and her recovery has been a remarkable story. At TED2014 she took the stage with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, for a Q&A with the head of...
Posted March 21, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/03/21/better-stronger-tougher-gabby-giffords-and-mark-kelly-at-ted-2014

TEDxBrisbane: The Lovers, The Dreamers & Me - an independently organized event

About this event: CJ Hendry After seven years, two incomplete degrees and a HECs debt she describes as from here to Africa, CJ Hendry decided to chase her dream. Armed with only paper and pen, she creates magnificent, photorealistic black-and-white images in large format, creating a sensation in the art world and around the globe. Jesse Richardson Jesse is a...
Event details: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · October 4, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/10633

Tony Wyss-Coray | TED Speaker

At his lab at Stanford School of Medicine, Tony Wyss-Coray studies aging -- and potential cures for it.
Brain scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tony_wyss_coray

A speed reader shares 3 tricks to help anyone read faster

By spotting and changing a few bad habits, you can easily increase your reading speed without missing out on detail, says Jordan Harry. This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from someone in the TED community. To see all the posts, go here. Have you ever wished that yo...
Posted April 1, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/a-speed-reader-shares-3-tricks-to-help-anyone-read-faster

Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason

Here's a TED first: an animated Socratic dialog! In a time when irrationality seems to rule both politics and culture, has reasoned thinking finally lost its power? Watch as psychologist Steven Pinker is gradually, brilliantly persuaded by philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein that reason is actually the key driver of human moral progress, eve...
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_and_rebecca_newberger_goldstein_the_long_reach_of_reason

Try these two smart techniques to help you master your emotions

By more clearly identifying our feelings or by recategorizing them, we can reduce suffering (yes!) and increase well-being, says neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett. “He’s an angry person”; “I’m a very anxious person.” We’ve all made statements like these. They point towards the belief that emotions are hardwired in our brains or automatically ...
Posted June 21, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/try-these-two-smart-techniques-to-help-you-master-your-emotions

Grégoire Courtine | TED Speaker

Grégoire Courtine and his interdisciplinary lab imagine new ways to recover after devastating, mobility-impairing injury to the spinal cord.
Spinal cord researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gregoire_courtine

Coming to your nose: Scent playlists that could boost your well-being

A new technology aspires to harness the powerful human sense of smell to enhance our daily lives.  Someday this approach might even be used to benefit our health. How is this possible? Step one: Just inhale. We’re living in a playlist world, with many of us curating soundtracks to get us through life’s daily ups and downs, such as a tough commu...
Posted June 14, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/coming-to-your-nose-scent-playlists-that-could-boost-your-well-being

Eva Vertes | TED Speaker

Eva Vertes is a microbiology prodigy. Her discovery, at age 17, of a compound that stops fruit-fly brain cells from dying was regarded as a step toward curing Alzheimer's. Now she aims to find better ways to treat -- and avoid -- cancer.
Neuroscience and cancer researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/eva_vertes

The unexpected link between taste and smell (Transcript)

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Katie: My favorite smell is wet sagebrush. James: Grilled cheese that is directly off of the skillet. Kohji: The smell of being in Japan. Poncie: Tomato plants. When you pinch off the suckers to help them grow better. Coco: That humidity smell of like a mix of plants and water an...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/the-unexpected-link-between-taste-and-smell-transcript

Amy Cuddy: Your body language may shape who you are

(NOTE: Some of the findings presented in this talk have been referenced in an ongoing debate among social scientists about robustness and reproducibility. Read "Criticisms & updates" below for more details as well as Amy Cuddy's response.) Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are

Why changing how we view pain can help us address the opioid crisis

Too many of us, too often, think of pain as something that needs to be eliminated, at any cost. But we -- doctors, patients, drug makers, and all of us -- can be part of a much-needed shift that  questions this attitude, says bioethicist Travis Rieder. Travis Rieder’s journey down the rabbit hole of opioid dependence began with his motorcycle a...
Posted June 19, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/why-changing-how-we-view-pain-is-the-key-to-addressing-the-opioid-crisis

What will sports look like in the future?

If you’ve ever seen grainy old sports footage—for example, a boxing match from the late 1800s, a Princeton/Yale game from 1903, or Babe Ruth’s famous home run from 1932—you probably noticed how different the game looks compared to its modern counterpart. The equipment looks clunky, the uniforms impossibly baggy. Even the bodies of the players lo...
Posted March 7, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/what-will-sports-look-like-in-the-future-three-ted-experts-discuss

Why I document the often violent and traumatic daily lives of others: Fellows Friday with photographer Jon Lowenstein

Social violence in Guatemala, Mexican and Central American migrant communities in the United States, the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, children with cerebral malaria in Uganda -- for the past decade, photographer Jon Lowenstein has been documenting the often violent and traumatic daily lives of individuals and communities living at the ...
Posted December 6, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/12/06/q-and-a-with-photographer-jon-lowenstein

What’s normal anxiety and what’s an anxiety disorder?: Transcript

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Dr. Jen Gunter: Just letting you know, this episode discusses mental illness. Take care while listening. When I was a kid, it felt like my dad was obsessed with getting to the airport on time. It would start a week ahead of our flight… sometimes even more. On the day of the flight, if the ...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/body-stuff-whats-normal-anxiety-and-whats-an-anxiety-disorder-transcript

A troupe of Rwandan drummers, odes to grandmas and laughing at cerebral palsy: A recap of TEDWomen 2013, Session 3

By Kate Torgovnick, Helen Walters and Emily McManus Session 3 of TEDWomen begins with an empty stage. And then: the noise of drumming breaks through the quiet as four women, draped in shiny blue cloth with gold bands around their foreheads, march onstage carrying with them large, wooden drums. They place them on the red carpet and begin a...
Posted December 5, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/12/05/tedwomen-2013-session-3

Joshua W. Pate: The mysterious science of pain

In 1995, the British Medical Journal published a report about a builder who accidentally jumped onto a nail, which pierced straight through his steel-toed boot. He was in such agonizing pain that any movement was unbearable. But when the doctors took off his boot, they discovered that the nail had never touched his foot at all. What's going on? ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_w_pate_the_mysterious_science_of_pain
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