The neuroscience of everyday life without the big words. If you are fascinated with the human brain and would like to learn something new, this is the podcast for you.
246 episodes transcribedSomeone cuts you off in traffic and you lay on the horn. Maybe your internet cut out for the 3rd time today during an important meeting. It's inevitab...
It's becoming increasingly common in some professional settings to avoid giving negative feedback. In today's neuroscience bite, we discuss how negati...
Often in our lives, we face pressure from our peers to do things we probably shouldn't do. Why do we succumb to that pressure even when we know it's w...
In today's Neuroscience Bite, we discuss what happens to your brain when you're dehydrated.
Humans are great at learning by watching. How do we transform watching something into doing it so well? In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, w...
Do you find yourself drifting off and daydreaming more often than your peers? Do you feel like you have trouble maintaining attention to something for...
For this week's Neuroscience Bite, we discuss some good book recommendations if you want to learn about interesting neuroscience topics.
Last week, we discussed the neuroscience behind spatial neglect. This week, we discuss an extreme case of neglect called Anasagnosia, where patients c...
Previously, we discussed the neuroscience behind the dumber decisions we make. While it's fun to talk about what happens when things go wrong, how can...
Sometimes, after a stroke or head trauma, patients experience deficits in perception of things in one side of their vision. In today's Neuroscience Bi...
Find it hard to get off the couch? Maybe you've been putting off a task for longer than you should have. Why do we have trouble getting active when we...
In today's Neuroscience Bite, we discuss the neuroscience behind lack of sleep.
Some people with missing limbs report sensations of that limb still being there, which we have termed Phantom Limb Syndrome. As it turns out, this is...
Have you ever thought fondly about your past? In this week's Neuroscience Bite, we discuss the neuroscience behind Nostalgia.
We've talked about how both exercise and complex tasks can be beneficial for your brain. But what happens when you combine them? In today's episode of...
It's becoming increasingly popular to build Lego sets well into adulthood. In today's Neuroscience Bite, we discuss how simple engaging tasks like thi...
It's prevalent for people to start a new year with some resolutions: commitments to improving certain behaviours. Whether it's working out, reading mo...
For this week's Neuroscience Bite, we discuss the Neuroscience of belief, using Santa Claus as a prominent example.
Have you ever made a decision you utterly regret and are left wondering why on earth you would do that? We all make mistakes, it's part of being human...
Next in our series of Neuroscience Bites, we discuss the Premotor Cortex: a brain area important for movement planning.
