PickVidsBest Neuroscience & the brain Videos
The 92 Neuroscience & the brain videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 2 introductory, 13 intermediate, 77 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a talk. What they share is that one speaker finishes a claim, and the examples exist to hold that claim up. Channels you will keep seeing include Andrew Huberman, TED, Stanford.
1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology
The opening lecture of Robert Sapolsky's Stanford course on Human Behavioral Biology, explaining the course premise and how to avoid categorical thinking.
Stanford's Sapolsky On Depression in U.S. (Full Lecture)
Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky lectures on depression as a real biological disease.
What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System - NeurIPS 2018
Michael Levin's NeurIPS 2018 talk on bioelectric computation outside the nervous system, showing how cell electrical networks shape development and regeneration.
The great porn experiment | Gary Wilson | TEDxGlasgow
Gary Wilson's TEDxGlasgow talk argues that internet pornography hyperstimulates the brain's reward system and can cause symptoms that reverse when people stop.
Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction
Andrew Huberman's long Huberman Lab episode is a masterclass on dopamine.
Personal Growth Series: Dr. William Dement on Healthy Sleep and Optimal Perfo...
A Google Tech Talk by sleep researcher Dr.
Joe Rogan Experience #1109 - Matthew Walker
Joe Rogan interviews Matthew Walker, Berkeley neuroscience professor and author of Why We Sleep.
Master Your Sleep & Be More Alert When Awake
Andrew Huberman's podcast episode on what makes us sleepy, helps us sleep soundly and keeps us alert.
What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health
A two-hour Huberman Lab podcast episode on the physiological effects of alcohol on the brain and body at different levels of consumption.
You Actually Share Your Brain With a Silent Stranger
CGP Grey explains split-brain patients, where severing the corpus callosum lets the two hemispheres act independently.
"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Stress and Health" by Dr. Robert Sapolsky
Robert Sapolsky's lecture on how the body's stress response, evolved for short-term physical emergencies, harms long-term health when triggered by psychological stressors.
Brains, Sex, and Machine Learning
Geoffrey Hinton's Google Tech Talk linking machine learning to biology, explaining dropout as a form of model averaging and why sexual reproduction and stochastic spiking neurons may prevent overfitting.
Why You Should Put YOUR MASK On First (My Brain Without Oxygen) - Smarter Every Day 157
Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day undergoes hypoxia training and experiences his own impaired thinking as oxygen is withdrawn.
The Neuroscience of Consciousness – with Anil Seth
Neuroscientist Anil Seth gives a Royal Institution lecture on the science of consciousness.
The effects of DBS on the motor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
Andrew, diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's at 35, shows how deep brain stimulation surgery has controlled his motor symptoms.
Breakthrough with Healing Chronic Pain | Howard Schubiner | Talks at Google
Dr.
Why Adults Can't Develop Perfect Pitch
Rick Beato argues that adults cannot develop true perfect pitch, which he ties to critical-period brain plasticity and language acquisition.
The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133
Destin of Smarter Every Day learns to ride a bicycle whose steering is reversed, taking about eight months, and compares it with how his young son learned much faster.
Why you DON'T want Perfect Pitch
Adam Neely explains what perfect (absolute) pitch is, how it differs from relative and quasi-absolute pitch, and why he would not want it.
Your Brain: Who's in Control? | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
A NOVA documentary with neuroscientist Heather Berlin exploring the subconscious and what drives our decisions.
How to Enhance Your Gut Microbiome for Brain & Overall Health
A Huberman Lab podcast episode on the gut-brain axis and how the gut microbiome affects the nervous system, hunger and overall health.
Robert Sapolsky: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
A 73-minute Stanford talk by Robert Sapolsky drawn from his book Behave.
23. Language
Robert Sapolsky's Stanford lecture on language, comparing human and animal communication, ape language projects like Koko and Kanzi, and how language is acquired.
My stroke of insight | Jill Bolte Taylor | TED
Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor describes watching her own brain functions shut down during a massive stroke.