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Neuroscience & the brain Videos Recommended on Hacker News (92)
Neuroscience & the brain is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 92 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 274 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Neuroscience: brain function, neurons, memory, perception, sleep, Sapolsky, Huberman, split brain, brain-computer interfaces, biocomputing, human echolocation, cognitive neuroscience.
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15 mo on HN1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology
Stanford
15 HN recommender · 2012–2026
12 mo on HNStanford's Sapolsky On Depression in U.S. (Full Lecture)
Stanford
14 HN recommender · 2009–2026
11 mo on HNWhat Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System - NeurIPS 2018
The Artificial Intelligence Channel
12 HN recommender · 2018–2024
11 mo on HNThe great porn experiment | Gary Wilson | TEDxGlasgow
TEDx Talks
10 HN recommender · 2012–2023
10 mo on HNControlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction
Andrew Huberman
12 HN recommender · 2021–2024
9 mo on HNPersonal Growth Series: Dr. William Dement on Healthy Sleep and Optimal Perfo...
Google TechTalks
6 HN recommender · 2008–2024
9 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1109 - Matthew Walker
PowerfulJRE
12 HN recommender · 2018–2020
7 mo on HNMaster Your Sleep & Be More Alert When Awake
Andrew Huberman
7 HN recommender · 2021–2024
6 mo on HNWhat Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health
Andrew Huberman
7 HN recommender · 2022–2023
7 mo on HNYou Actually Share Your Brain With a Silent Stranger
CGP Grey
7 HN recommender · 2016–2025
6 mo on HN"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Stress and Health" by Dr. Robert Sapolsky
Beckman Institute at Illinois
5 HN recommender · 2019–2025
5 mo on HNBrains, Sex, and Machine Learning
Google TechTalks
7 HN recommender · 2012–2017
5 mo on HNWhy You Should Put YOUR MASK On First (My Brain Without Oxygen) - Smarter Every Day 157
SmarterEveryDay
5 HN recommender · 2016–2025
5 mo on HNThe Neuroscience of Consciousness – with Anil Seth
The Royal Institution
4 HN recommender · 2017–2018
3 mo on HNThe effects of DBS on the motor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
Andrew Johnson
5 HN recommender · 2013–2016
3 mo on HNBreakthrough with Healing Chronic Pain | Howard Schubiner | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
3 HN recommender · 2019–2025
3 mo on HNWhy Adults Can't Develop Perfect Pitch
Rick Beato
4 HN recommender · 2017–2025
3 mo on HNThe Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133
SmarterEveryDay
4 HN recommender · 2015–2025
4 mo on HNWhy you DON'T want Perfect Pitch
Adam Neely
6 HN recommender · 2021–2025
3 mo on HNYour Brain: Who's in Control? | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
NOVA PBS Official
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
3 mo on HNHow to Enhance Your Gut Microbiome for Brain & Overall Health
Andrew Huberman
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNRobert Sapolsky: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Stanford Iranian Studies Program
3 HN recommender · 2020–2026
3 mo on HN23. Language
Stanford
3 HN recommender · 2015–2024
3 mo on HNMy stroke of insight | Jill Bolte Taylor | TED
TED
2 HN recommender · 2010–2024
3 mo on HNGrowing Living Rat Neurons To Play... DOOM? | Part 1
The Thought Emporium
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
3 mo on HNRSA ANIMATE: The Divided Brain
Royal Society of Arts
3 HN recommender · 2017–2021
3 mo on HNDo we see reality as it is? | Donald Hoffman | TED
TED
3 HN recommender · 2016–2024
3 mo on HNThe Neuroanatomy of ADHD and thus how to treat ADHD - CADDAC - Dr Russel Barkley part 3ALL
Adhd Videos
3 HN recommender · 2020–2022
3 mo on HNselective attention test
Daniel Simons
3 HN recommender · 2011–2025
3 mo on HN#NSDR (Non-Sleep Deep Rest) with Dr. Andrew Huberman
Virtusan
4 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNGrowing Human Neurons on a Home Made Electrode Array
The Thought Emporium
3 HN recommender · 2020–2025
3 mo on HNWhy Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age
Veritasium
4 HN recommender · 2020–2024
3 mo on HNWhy We Sleep: Science of Sleep & Dreams | Matthew Walker | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
3 HN recommender · 2018–2019
3 mo on HNADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus
Andrew Huberman
3 HN recommender · 2022–2024
3 mo on HNThe Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT Experiences (@Harvard Science of Psychedelics Club)
Qualia Research Institute
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNJeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #25
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2019–2021