Topic: brain
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Ode to the brain! by Symphony of Science
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 · Topics: brain, neuroscience, videos
The ninth episode in the Symphony of Science music video series. Through the powerful words of scientists Carl Sagan, Robert Winston, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Jill Bolte Taylor, Bill Nye, and Oliver Sacks, it covers different aspects the brain including its evolution, neuron networks, folding, and more. The material sampled for this video comes from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, Jill Bolte Taylor’s TED Talk, Vilayanur Ramachandran’s TED Talk, Bill Nye’s Brain episode, BBC’s “The Human Body”, Oliver Sachs’ TED Talk, Discovery Channel’s “Human Body: Pushing the Limits”, and more. · Go to Ode to the brain! by Symphony of Science →
What Is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain?
Thursday, May 6, 2010 · Topics: brain, neuroscience
From Scientific American: “Mr. Osborne, may I be excused? My brain is full,” a student with a particularly tiny head asks his classroom teacher in a classic Far Side comic by Gary Larson. The deadpan answer to this question would be, “No, your brain is almost certainly not full.” Although there must be a physical limit to how many memories we can store, it is extremely large. We don’t have to worry about running out of space in our lifetime. · Go to What Is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain? →
The Sensed-Presence Effect
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 · Topics: brain, neuroscience
From Michael Shermer: How the brain produces the sense of someone present when no one is there · Go to The Sensed-Presence Effect →
USC Brain and Creativity Institute
Saturday, January 30, 2010 · Topics: brain, creativity, neuroscience
founded by Antonio Damasio and Hanna Damasio in 2006. Since ancient times, thinkers and scientists have sought to explain how we perceive, interpret, and shape our existence. However, until very recently, researchers interested in these questions have had to rely entirely on conjecture or indirect evidence. Now, recent technological advances in brain imaging and fresh insights into the functioning of the human brain at the level of systems, cells and molecules, provide extraordinary new opportunities for uncovering the neurological underpinnings for a large array of mental functions — from emotion and decision-making to innovation and creativity. · Go to USC Brain and Creativity Institute →
A Mind for Selling: Brain Science Is Turning Management On Its Head
Friday, July 24, 2009 · Topics: brain, neuroscience
From ChangeThis: We don’t have direct knowledge of the physical world; we only have knowledge of our ideas of it. This may seem like just an interesting curiosity until we realize that the world we know is not an objective record of the one that exists outside of us, but the version of it we create according to whatever else is going on in our minds at the time. We don’t live in the world of atoms; we live in the world of ideas. · Go to A Mind for Selling: Brain Science Is Turning Management On Its Head →
Do ADHD Drugs Take a Toll on the Brain?
Thursday, July 23, 2009 · Topics: attention-deficit-disorder, brain, neuroscience
From Scientific American: Research hints that hidden risks might accompany long-term use of the medicines that treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder · Go to Do ADHD Drugs Take a Toll on the Brain? →
The Music Instinct
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 · Topics: brain, music, neuroscience
From PBS · Go to The Music Instinct →
Christopher deCharms scans the brain in real time
Saturday, July 26, 2008 · Topics: brain, emotional-intelligence, neuroscience, videos
From TED: Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity — thoughts, emotions, pain — while it is happening. In other words, you can actually see how you feel. · Watch video →
