Can Humans Sense Magnetic Fields?
Adults NeuroscienceResearch has found some human brains can pick up on rotations of geomagnetic-strength fields as evidenced by drops in alpha wave power following stimulus.
The Neuroscience Behind Stress and Learning
Teachers NeuroscienceActivities for learning at all ages. Short stories and videos with real questions asked by kids about things everyone wants to know about.
How to Make Learning Effective
Teachers NeuroscienceWith the background on the principles and fundamentals of learning, along with the neuroscience behind it, you can get the most out of your students during class time with them.
Could You Live Without A Body?
Adults NeuroscienceCould uploading our consciousness to the internet be the key to living forever?
Why You Don't Want Invisibility
Adults NeuroscienceInvisibility is always part of the most desired superpowers argument, but is there more downside to it than meets the eye?
Why is it so hard to cure ALS?
Adults NeuroscienceAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also called motor neuron disease and Lou Gehrig's Disease affects about two out of every 100,000 people worldwide.
Why Do We Itch?
Adults NeuroscienceIt's one of the most annoying sensations our bodies can feel, but does anything feel better than when you scratch an itch? Ok, maybe *some* things. But itching and scratching are up there. How does this weird sensation work? And what is itching for?
What If You Never Forgot Anything?
Adults NeuroscienceHow does memory work? And how does... un-memory work? Our brain does a lot of remembering and forgetting every day, so you should probably make room for som info on how it works.
What causes headaches? - Dan Kwartler
Adults NeuroscienceIn ancient Greece, the best-known remedy for a long-standing headache was to drill a small hole in the skull to drain supposedly infected blood.
How does your body know you're full? - Hilary Coller
Adults NeuroscienceHunger claws at your belly. It tugs at your intestines, which begin to writhe, aching to be fed. Being hungry generates a powerful and often unpleasant physical sensation that's almost impossible to ignore. After you've reacted by gorging on your morning pancakes, you start to experience an opposing force: fullness. But how does your body actually know when you're full? Hilary Coller explains.
Do You Really Have Two Brains?
Adults NeuroscienceAre you a left-brained person or a right-brained person? Spoiler: You're neither. Each of us uses both sides of our brain for most of what we do. But still, there are a number of brain functions that do show lateralization, where they are localized to one side or another. Why is this? And how does it influence our definition of consciousness? People with "split brains" can help us figure it out.
The science behind the Impossible Burger
Adults NeuroscienceThe Impossible Burger is meatless, but it tastes, smells, and bleeds like the real thing. The secret ingredient? Neuroscience.
How to practice effectively...for just about anything - Annie Bosler and Don Greene
Adults NeuroscienceMastering any physical skill takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence. But what does practice actually do to make us better at things? Annie Bosler and Don Greene explain how practice affects the inner workings of our brains.
What happens when you have a concussion? - Clifford Robbins
Adults NeuroscienceEach year in the United States, players of sports and recreational activities receive between 2.5 and 4 million concussions. How dangerous are all those concussions? The answer is complicated and lies in how the brain responds when something strikes it. Clifford Robbins explains the science behind concussions.
The left brain vs. right brain myth - Elizabeth Waters
Adults NeuroscienceThe 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 Waters looks into this long held misconception.
A neuroscientist explains how being bilingual makes your brain more robust
Adults NeuroscienceMarian Sigman, a neuroscientist and author of "The Secret Life of the Mind: How Your Brain Thinks, Feels, and Decides," explains how babies that grow up bilingual will have brain functions that might be superior to those children that only speak one language.
A neuroscientist explains how exercise can make you smarter
Adults NeuroscienceDr. Wendy A. Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at NYU and the the author of "Healthy Brain, Happy Life." Here, she explains the positive effects of exercising to the brain.
Your Brain Changes all the time, but Being a Mom Changes It Forever
Adults NeuroscienceMother's bodies go through tons of changes before and after giving birth, but so do their brains! What really makes a mom's brain different?
Why Some People Don't Feel Pain
Adults NeurosciencePain helps us survive, and yet some people are born without the ability to feel pain, how?
This Is How Your Brain Powers Your Thoughts
Adults NeuroscienceScientists have figured out how our brains process thoughts and the explanation will blow your mind.
This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From
Adults NeuroscienceAfter uncovering three giant neurons, scientists could be one step closer to pinpointing where consciousness lives in the brain.