How does your body know what time it is? - Marco A. Sotomayor
AdultsHumanMental Health...Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But how do they work? Marco A. Sotomayor details how human bodies naturally tell time.
Science Finally Says We Should Never Work 40 Hours A Week
AdultsMental HealthWorkResearchers have found that working long hours could be putting your mental and physical health at serious risk.
Aphasia: The disorder that makes you lose your words - Susan Wortman-Jutt
AdultsLanguageMental HealthLanguage is an essential part of our lives that we often take for granted. But, if the delicate web of language networks in your brain became disrupted by stroke, illness, or trauma, you could find yourself truly at a loss for words.
Researchers Use Google Glass for Autistic Kids
AdultsDisabilityTechnology...Stanford researchers are using Google Glass to help autistic children analyze faces in real time to interpret facial expressions. Google stopped producing the headset last year but the device has found new life among medical researchers.
How playing sports benefits your body and your brain
AdultsHealthMental Health...The victory of the underdog. The last minute penalty shot that wins the tournament. The training montage. Many people love to glorify victory on the field, cheer for teams, and play sports. But should we be obsessed with sports?
What Happens When Your Brain Is Split
AdultsHumanMental Health...What Happens When Your Brain Is Split In Two - And You Survive?
How stress affects your brain
AdultsHealthMental HealthStress isn't always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you're playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it's continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. Madhumita Murgia shows how chronic stress can affect brain size, its structure, and how it functions, right down to the level of your genes.
Parents Tell Stepparents What They Really Think
AdultsMental HealthPsychologyWhat happens to a family after divorce and remarriage? SoulPancake brings together a blended family and gives them an opportunity to express how they feel about each other.
What is Deja Vu?!
AdultsMental HealthScienceMost of us have felt it before, that strange sensation that you've been somewhere or seen something before, as if you already remembered what's happening. Are you psychic? Nope, that's just deja vu. Why does deja vu happen? Well, scientists aren't completely sure, but they've got a few good theories about it.
A Message to the Depressed.
AdultsMental HealthPhilosophy...Depression is frightening but you're never alone.
How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins
AdultsMental HealthMusicWhen you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What's going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians' brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout.
7 Myths About The Brain You Thought Were True
AdultsMental HealthScience...Blow your mind with these brain myths!
How to Memorize | How to Remember Names | Memory Speaker
AdultsHumanMental HealthMemory speaker and memory expert, Ron White, gives a quick 20 minute speech with tips on: - How to remember names - The value of remembering names - How to memorize using the roman room or method of loci - Eat foods good for the memory - Study tips for students