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Procrastination, Motivation and Doing Hard Things - brains, science and Dopamine

Procrastination, Motivation and Doing Hard Things - brains, science and Dopamine

Brains - the benefits of bilingualism and learning foreign languages

Brains - the benefits of bilingualism and learning foreign languages

Benefits of Music - on your brain, for mental health

Benefits of Music - on your brain, for your health

Brains - and music

Brains - and music

“Being you” by Anil Seth; Book and Podcast discussions with the author

“Being you” by Anil Seth; Book and Podcast discussions with the author

Caffeine - health, biology effects of coffee and caffeinated beverages

Caffeine - health, biology effects of coffee and caffeinated beverages

ADHD, attention deficit disorder - Parenting and teenagers

ADHD, attention deficit disorder - Parenting and teenagers

Alcohol and Health issues

Alcohol and Health issues

Dopamine

Dopamine - According to Wikipedia: "Dopamine is a neuromodulatory molecule that plays several imp...

Book review: Thinking Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman

Book review: Thinking Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman

Exercise, Fitness - Aging, Health, Disease and Science

Exercise, Fitness - Ageing, Health, Disease and Science

Research: brain-computer interfaces

A collection of research about brain-computer interfaces

Anki - tool for Learning - Memorization and Spaced Repitition

Anki - tool for Learning - Memorization and Spaced Repitition

Loneliness - Depression, Science and Psychology

Loneliness - Depression, Science and Psychology

Football, Concussions and Brain Science

Football, Concussions, Brain Science

Aging, Health, Disease and Science

Aging, Health and Science - age

Schizophrenia and Mental Health

Schizophrenia and Mental Health

Resources within this category

Article

Inside the brains of aging dogs | Knowable Magazine

In a citizen science project, thousands of pet dogs are helping scientists to understand what happens to memory and cognition in old age (2025)


Article

That Is Not How Your Brain Works - Nautilus

Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself. (2024)


Article

What Your Brain Is Doing When You’re Not Doing Anything - Nautilus

On autopilot, the mind reveals new connections. (2024)


Article

Netflix and PBS feature Ranu Jung and her Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory Team - FIU College of Engineering

It is with great Panther Pride that we invite you to watch two recent television broadcasts featuring Ranu Jung, professor and chair of the Departm... (2023)


Article

DoD awards FIU biomedical engineering team $6 million to expand testing of pioneering prosthetic hand system

DOD has awarded $6 million to FIU biomedical engineering professor Ranu Jung and her team to expand testing of their pioneering prosthetic hand sys... (2023)


Article

Neuroscience: “Pop, Pop, Pop.” She Heard Her Brain in Action - Nautilus

Brain-computer interfaces are opening new possibilities. Brain-computer interface (BCI) have the potential to give people with limited mobility in... (2013)


Article

Nootropics; Study drugs make healthy people worse at problem-solving, not better

Hard-working, but incompetent. Users try harder, but are less competent | Science & technology. Officially, the stimulant drugs are used to tre... (2023)


Article

How our brains cope with speaking more than one language - BBC Future

Speaking a second or even a third language can bring obvious advantages, but occasionally the words, grammar and even accents can get mixed up. (2022)


Article

New approach provides potential vaccine and treatment for Alzheimer's

A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer's disease—and also vaccinate against it—has been developed by a team of UK and German scien... (2021)


Article

Brain Implant Translates Paralyzed Man's Thoughts Into Text With 94% Accuracy

A man paralyzed from the neck down due to a spinal cord injury he sustained in 2007 has shown he can communicate his thoughts, thanks to a brain im... (2021)


Article

Depression is complicated – this is how our understanding of the condition has evolved over time - Our World in Data

Depression is the most common mental health condition. What do we know about its symptoms, severity and how these are measured? (2021)


Article

Human brain organoids grown in cheap 3D-printed bioreactor | New Scientist

It is now possible to grow and culture human brain tissue in a device that costs little more than the price of a cup of coffee Why?: Culturin... (2021)


Article

11 Simple Ways to Improve Your Memory | Mental Floss

Whether you want to be a Jeopardy! champion or just need to remember where you parked your car, here are 11 things you can do right now. (2016)


Article

A Brain Implant Restored This Man's Motion and Sense of Touch | WIRED

After his accident, Ian Burkhart didn’t think he’d ever be able to move or feel his hand again. A small chip in his brain changed everything. (2021)


Article

Alzheimer’s Treatments Showing Early Promise

A small study has found that the experimental drug donanemab may slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients. It joins others that show promise. (2021)


Article

The Human Brain Has been Getting Smaller Since the Stone Age

Yep, brains are shrinking. I don’t mean to alarm you, but the average human brain size is shrinking. And we can’t blame reality T.V. or Twitter.... (2021)


Article

Scientists say your “mind" isn’t confined to your brain, or even your body

"Your thoughts, feelings, memories, attention, what you experience in this subjective world is part of mind.” (2021)


Article

In 1989, USC Had a Depth Chart of a Dozen Linebackers. Five Have Died, Each Before Age 50

In 1989, the Trojans had a depth chart of a dozen linebackers. Today, five of those 12 are dead, each before age 50 (2020)


Article

Dude, Where’s My Frontal Cortex? - Issue 15

In the foothills of the Sierra Mountains, a few hours east of San Francisco, are the Moaning Caverns, a cave system that begins, after… (2020)


Article

An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience - Issue 81

We’re mapping the brain in amazing detail—but our brain can’t understand the picture. But, as massive as my dataset sounds, it represents just ... (2020)


Article

Couch Potato No More: How the Benefits of Exercise Transfer to the Brain

A liver-to-brain biological highway, spurred into action by consistent running, is enough to substantially reverse brain aging. (2020)


Article

Elon Musk demonstrates Neuralink’s tech live using pigs with surgically implanted brain-monitoring devices

Elon Musk -founded Neuralink has made headlines over the past many years around it efforts to develop a new kind of interface between the human bra... (2020)


Article

This Is How Your Brain Becomes Addicted to Caffeine | Science

Regular ingestion of the drug alters your brain's chemical makeup, leading to fatigue, headaches and nausea if you try to quit (2020)


Article

‘Amazing, Isn’t It?’ Long-Sought Blood Test for Alzheimer’s in Reach - The New York Times

Scientists say such tests could be available in a few years, speeding research for treatments and providing a diagnosis for dementia patients who w... (2020)


Article

Debunking The Myth Of 10% Brain Usage

The human brain is a marvel of biological engineering. It allowed us to accumulate and pass on the knowledge of many prior generations throughout m... (2020)


Article

How to remember anything using the memory palace technique

Four-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis and psychological scientist Julia Shaw explain how to use the memory palace technique to boost your mem... (2020)


Article

Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild coronavirus symptoms

Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild coronavirus symptoms | Coronavirus outbreak | The Guardian “We’re seeing things in the ... (2020)


Article

The weird power of the placebo effect, explained

Yes, the placebo effect is all in your mind. And it’s real. “The placebo effect is the most interesting phenomenon in all of science,” Mogil say... (2017)


Article

Want to be more rational? Multilingualism might be the answer | World Economic Forum

We make more measured decisions when thinking in another language, but we're also less likely to be accurate, researchers say. (2019)


Article

Diary of a concussion: what I learned about head injuries by having one - The Verge

"She’s confused," the guy on my right said to the guy on my left. I had hit my head, the maybe-paramedic told me. I had a concussion. It was a good... (2017)


Video

How to Build Willpower | David Goggins & Dr. Andrew Huberman

David Goggins and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss the neuroscience of willpower and how pushing through challenges and doing what you don't want to do ... (2024)


Video

Why being bilingual is good for your brain | BBC Ideas

What does bilingualism do to the brain? And are there benefits to being bilingual? Turns out there are lots of upsides. 🧠Made by Black Lab FilmsSub... (2023)


Video

The Neuroscience of Consciousness – with Anil Seth

Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Anil Seth looks at the neuroscience of consciousness and how our biology gives rise to the un... (2023)


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Anil Seth: How your brain invents your "self" | TED

Who are you, really? Neuroscientist Anil Seth lays out his fascinating new theory of consciousness and self, centered on the notion that we "predic... (2023)


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TED: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth

TED: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth (2023)


Video

What happens to your brain as you age

As the most complex organ in your body, your brain changes radically throughout your life. Starting from before birth and continuing even after you... (2023)


Video

Music’s power over your brain, explained | Michael Spitzer

Humans are musical animals 4 million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer. (2023)


Video

Exercise and your Brain: The #1 way to strengthen your mind is to use your body | Wendy Suzuki

Exercise gives your brain a “bubble bath of neurochemicals,” says Wendy Suzuki, a professor of neural science. (2023)


Video

Can cells think? | Michael Levin

We know that humans are an intelligent species. But this biologist breaks down the intelligence of each of our cells — and it will blow your mind.. (2023)


Video

How I Tricked My Brain To Like Doing Hard Things (dopamine detox)

You probably don't have a problem playing video games or browsing social media on your phone. In fact I have no doubt you could sit in front of a s... (2023)


Video

THINKING FAST AND SLOW - SUMMARY (BY DANIEL KAHNEMAN)

THINKING FAST AND SLOW - SUMMARY (BY DANIEL KAHNEMAN) (2022)


Video

Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | Talks at Google

@Google Talks is proud to welcome hero of psychology, Daniel Kahneman.Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his se... (2022)


Video

What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's | Lisa Genova - TED

Alzheimer's doesn't have to be your brain's destiny, says neuroscientist and author of "Still Alice," Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science in... (2022)


Video

Mind Reading For Brain-To-Text Communication - Two Minute Papers

The paper "High-performance brain-to-text communication via imagine... (2022)


Video

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Puts An AI Into Your Brain! - Two Minute Papers

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Puts An AI Into Your Brain! (2022)


Video

Is marijuana bad for your brain? - TED ED - Anees Bahji

Explore how marijuana’s two main active compounds, THC and CBD, affect your brain and body, and what risk factors to watch out for. -- In 1970, mar... (2019)


Video

How the food you eat affects your brain - Mia Nacamulli

TED-Ed Published on Jun 21, 2016 When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the mo... (2019)


Video

11 Secrets to Memorize Things Quicker Than Others

We learn things throughout our entire lives, but we still don’t know everything because we forget a lot of information. Bright Side will tell you a... (2018)


Video

How to learn major parts of the brain quickly

Learn how the brain works in 5 minutes using only your hands. Support me on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thepsychshow Topics: - Cortex, gray mat... (2018)


Video

The Science of Well-Being - Dr. Laurie Santos' New Online Course

YaleCourses Published on Feb 4, 2018 This course is a modified version of Dr. Santos' record-breaking psychology class taught at Yale. Learn wh... (2018)


Video

Farnam Street: Mental Models on Vimeo

Mental models are your mind’s tool box for making decisions. The framework for understanding how the world really works. And, the more tools you ha... (2018)


Video

MIT AGI: Future of Intelligence (Ray Kurzweil)

This is a talk by Ray Kurzweil for course 6.S099: Artificial General Intelligence. For this entire recording, Ray did not use slides, so the video ... (2018)


Podcast

Dr. Matthew Hill: How Cannabis Impacts Health & the Potential Risks - Huberman Lab

Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, my guest is Dr. Matthew Hill, Ph.D., a professor of cell biology and anatomy ... (2024)


Podcast

The Secret to a Long Life - Radiolab | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Radiolab on Spotify. Producer Sindhu Gnanasambandan wants to know how she can live the longest feeling life possible. T... (2023)


Podcast

"Is Everything A Hallucination?" with Anil Seth - Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps on Spotify. When you see the colour blue, is it the same as when I see the ... (2023)


Podcast

#366 How Your Brain Creates Your Reality: A Neuroscientist’s Take On Consciousness with Professor Anil Seth

Listen to this episode from Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee on Spotify. What does consciousness mean to you? It’s something th... (2023)


Podcast

Anil Seth explores the mystery of consciousness - The TED Interview | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from The TED Interview on Spotify. Is the dress blue or gold? Do you hear "laurel" or "yanny"? Neuroscientist Anil Seth digs... (2023)


Podcast

Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how dopamine dynamics — meaning changes and interactions between ou... (2023)


Podcast

Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction | Episode 39 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. This episode serves as a sort of “Dopamine Masterclass”. I discuss the immensely powerful chem... (2022)


Podcast

Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones | Episode 46 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss how our brain and body track time and the role that neurochemicals,... (2022)


Podcast

Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration | Episode 88 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I provide a list of behavioral, nutritional, and supplement-based tools you c... (2022)


Podcast

Bio Eats World: The Theory of a Thousand Brains - Andreessen Horowitz

In this episode, we talk with Jeff Hawkins—an entrepreneur and scientist, known for inventing some of the earliest handheld computers, the Palm and... (2021)


Podcast

A Safer Psychedelic: non-hallucinogenic derivatives of psychedelics - a16z

On Bio Eats World, we discuss of new research creating safer, non-hallucinogenic derivatives of psychedelics for the treatment of depression and ad... (2021)


Podcast

If You Want To Help Your Child's Brain Development, Start When They're Born : NPR

According to a team of Harvard researchers, the key to addressing the achievement gap lies in connecting parents' natural instincts with what we kn... (2018)


Podcast

The Surprising Impact That Music Can Have On Little Kids — And Their Parents : NPR

It doesn't just keep them entertained. New research highlights an unexpected positive impact — and also shows that when a parent sings to a child, ... (2018)


Book

Dopamine Nation

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER “Brilliant… riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick As... (2022)


Book

The Molecule of More - Dopamine

Why are we obsessed with the things we want only to be bored when we get them? Why is addiction perfectly logical to an addict? Why does love chang... (2022)


Book

Thinking, Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour o... (2022)


Website

Ten Percent Happier: Mindfulness Meditation Courses

New to meditation? Get fidgety just thinking about it? Our expert teachers will walk you through the basics, one breath at a time. (2020)


Website

Mind Mapping - How to Mind Map

Mindmapping.com provides information on creating mind maps, mind mapping software and the theory behind mind mapping. (2018)


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98 Articles
22 Videos
13 Podcasts
3 Books
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35 Chunks