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What color is Tuesday? Exploring synesthesia
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How does one experience synesthesia -- the neurological trait that combines two or more senses?...
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What percentage of your brain do you use?
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Two thirds of the population believes a myth that has been propagated for over a century: that we...
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Making a TED-Ed Lesson: Synesthesia and playing cards
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How can a pack of playing cards accurately explain the complicated and nuanced neurological...
Life Sciences
The quest to understand consciousness - Antonio Damasio
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Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness -- that is a marvelous fact -- but what exactly...
Life Sciences
What is Alzheimer's disease?
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Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting over 40 million people...
Nutrition
How the food you eat affects your brain
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When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting...
Thinking & Learning
What happens in your brain when you pay attention? - Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar
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Attention isn't just about what we focus on -- it's also about what our brains filter out. By...
Health
How do we study living brains?
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As far as we know, there’s only one thing in our solar system sophisticated enough to study...
Consciousness, Sensation and Perception
Ideasthesia: How do ideas feel?
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The traditional model of our mental function is that first our senses provide data to our brain,...
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¿Qué porcentaje del cerebro usas? - Richard E. Cytowic
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Dos tercios de la población tienen una creencia se ha extendido por más de un siglo: que usamos...
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5 brainiac brain facts (illustrated by TED-Ed GIFs)
The brain is an incredible organ; its complex networks are responsible for everything from...
Top Ten: STEM Lessons you missed this summer
Are you a STEM teacher getting ready to head back to school? Here’s an excellent list of 10...
5 fun facts about your body
5 fun facts about the human body — starting at the top. 1. You’re already using 100% of your...