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Playlist: How the brain takes care of itself (4 talks)

If the brain takes care of the body, how does the brain take care of itself? Find out the remarkable things the brain can do to stay in tiptop shape.
Curated by TED · 4 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_the_brain_takes_care_of_it

Dave Brain: What a planet needs to sustain life

"Venus is too hot, Mars is too cold, and Earth is just right," says planetary scientist Dave Brain. But why? In this pleasantly humorous talk, Brain explores the fascinating science behind what it takes for a planet to host life -- and why humanity may just be in the right place at the right time when it comes to the timeline of life-sustaining ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_brain_what_a_planet_needs_to_sustain_life

Playlist: Brain thaw with TED Fellows (8 talks)

Brain frozen? Thaw it out with this fun, unexpected blend of talks and performances by TED Fellows -- updated regularly. It's sure to get your brain moving (and dancing) again.
Curated by TED · 8 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/brain_thaw_with_ted_fellows

Playlist: Fascinating TED-Ed Lessons about the brain (5 talks)

A fantastic set of primers (with incredibly fun animations) all about what goes on in the brain.
Curated by TED · 5 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/fascinating_ted_ed_lessons_about_the_brain

Playlist: Tech that can hack your brain (6 talks)

Need more proof that the future is here? Get ready to have your mind blown with tech that can truly can get inside your head.
Curated by TED · 6 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/tech_that_can_hack_your_brain

Keith Barry: Brain magic

First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies -- in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic.
https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_barry_brain_magic

Playlist: How can we keep our brains healthy? (11 talks)

The almighty brain! ... The problem is, we only get one. These talks have great advice on what we can do to ensure its health and well-being.
Curated by TED · 11 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_can_we_keep_our_brains_healthy

Elizabeth Waters: The left brain vs. right brain myth

The human brain is visibly split into a left and right side. This structure has inspired one of the most pervasive ideas about the brain: that the left side controls logic and the right side controls creativity. And yet, this is a myth, unsupported by scientific evidence. So how did this idea come about, and what does it get wrong? Elizabeth Wat...
https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_waters_the_left_brain_vs_right_brain_myth

Playlist: How your brain functions in different situations (10 talks)

When you're doing something, what's your brain up to? Which neurons are firing where, and why? These fascinating talks will give you a hint.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_your_brain_functions_in_different_situations

Playlist: How does my brain work? (15 talks)

How exactly does the brain -- a 3-pound snarl of nervous tissue -- create inspired inventions, the feeling of hunger, the experience of beauty, the sense of self? Researchers at the edge of science explain ...
Curated by TED · 15 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_does_my_brain_work

Iain McGilchrist: The divided brain

Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist describes the real differences between the left and right halves of the human brain. It's not simply "emotion on the right, reason on the left," but something far more complex and interesting. A Best of the Web talk from RSA Animate.
https://www.ted.com/talks/iain_mcgilchrist_the_divided_brain

Playlist: How your brain constructs reality (9 talks)

Do we experience the world as it really is? Find out with these talks that explain why we see the world the way we do.
Curated by TED · 9 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_your_brain_constructs_real

Miguel Nicolelis: Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it

You may remember neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis — he built the brain-controlled exoskeleton that allowed a paralyzed man to kick the first ball of the 2014 World Cup. What’s he working on now? Building ways for two minds (rats and monkeys, for now) to send messages brain to brain. Watch to the end for an experiment that, as he says, will go to ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/miguel_nicolelis_brain_to_brain_communication_has_arrived_how_we_did_it

Allan Jones | TED Speaker

As CEO of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, Allan Jones leads an ambitious project to build an open, online, interactive atlas of the human brain.
Brain scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/allan_jones

Suzana Herculano-Houzel | TED Speaker

Suzana Herculano-Houzel shrunk the human brain by 14 billion neurons -- by developing a new way to count them.
Neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/suzana_herculano_houzel

Siddharthan Chandran: Can the damaged brain repair itself?

After a traumatic brain injury, it sometimes happens that the brain can repair itself, building new brain cells to replace damaged ones. But the repair doesn't happen quickly enough to allow recovery from degenerative conditions like motor neuron disease (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS). Siddharthan Chandran walks through some new tec...
https://www.ted.com/talks/siddharthan_chandran_can_the_damaged_brain_repair_itself

Lisa Mosconi: How menopause affects the brain

Many of the symptoms of menopause -- hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, memory lapses, depression and anxiety -- start in the brain. How exactly does menopause impact cognitive health? Sharing groundbreaking findings from her research, neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi reveals how decreasing hormonal levels affect brain aging -- and shares simple li...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_mosconi_how_menopause_affects_the_brain

Helen Fisher: The brain in love

Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who had just been dumped.
https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_the_brain_in_love

Playlist: Reggie Watts: 9 mind-boggling talks (9 talks)

Droids, mushrooms, pranks, fractals -- Reggie Watts shares some simple tools for brain expansion.
Curated by Reggie Watts · 9 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/reggie_watts_9_mind_boggling

Charles Limb: Your brain on improv

Musician and researcher Charles Limb wondered how the brain works during musical improvisation -- so he put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to find out. What he and his team found has deep implications for our understanding of creativity of all kinds.
https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_limb_your_brain_on_improv

Brené Brown: Listening to shame

Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.
https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame

Robert Fischell rethinks brain disorders

Help me discover new cures for brain disorders utilizing a responsive neurostimulator computer device implanted into the cranial bone connected by wires to electrodes in the brain. Create the final design for a portable Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (TMS) that can erase a migraine headache without drugs. Create a Brain Trust to rethink our ap...
https://www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes/portable-tms

Gero Miesenboeck: Re-engineering the brain

In the quest to map the brain, many scientists have attempted the incredibly daunting task of recording the activity of each neuron. Gero Miesenboeck works backward -- manipulating specific neurons to figure out exactly what they do, through a series of stunning experiments that reengineer the way fruit flies percieve light.
https://www.ted.com/talks/gero_miesenboeck_re_engineering_the_brain

Kevin Njabo: How we can stop Africa's scientific brain drain

How can Africans find solutions to Africa's problems? Conservation biologist Kevin Njabo tells his personal story of how he nearly became part of the group of African scientists who seek an education abroad and never return -- and why he's now building a permanent base on the continent to nurture and support local talent. "I'm not coming back al...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_njabo_how_we_can_stop_africa_s_scientific_brain_drain

Tan Le: How does the brain work in everyday situations?

Brain research is something typically done in a hospital or lab, taking a look at a patient experiencing some sort of brain irregularity. Tan Le demonstrates how we can take a different approach to better understand the way the brain works in everyday situations.
https://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_how_does_the_brain_work_in_everyday_situations

Fabio Pacucci: The Boltzmann brain paradox

How do you know you're a person who has lived your life, rather than a just-formed brain full of artificial memories, momentarily hallucinating a reality that doesn't actually exist? That may sound absurd, but it's kept several generations of top cosmologists up at night. They call it: the Boltzmann brain paradox. Fabio Pacucci explores this min...
https://www.ted.com/talks/fabio_pacucci_the_boltzmann_brain_paradox

Playlist: When school's out for the summer (8 talks)

Keep the brain sharp and engaged with these talks that make it fun to avoid the "summer slump."
Curated by TED · 8 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/when_school_s_out_for_the_summer

Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_my_stroke_of_insight

Shannon Odell: How puberty changes your brain

While we often talk about puberty's effect on the body, what gets overlooked are the fascinating changes that happen in the brain. Puberty, in fact, begins in the brain, and lasts as long as five years. And during this extended process, the brain undergoes its own transformation, thanks to estrogen and testosterone. Shannon Odell details what we...
https://www.ted.com/talks/shannon_odell_how_puberty_changes_your_brain

Dave Brain | TED Speaker

Dave Brain studies the plasma environments and atmospheres of unmagnetized planets.
Planetary scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dave_brain
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