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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.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on 1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology: “Best course I've ever done.” — an HN commenter, 2017.
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2 mo on HNAmputee Makes History with APL’s Modular Prosthetic Limb
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
2 HN recommender · 2014–2016
2 mo on HNMatter to Mind:Bioelectricity, Body Intelligence, Future of Regenerative Medicine- Dr. Michael Levin
Harvard Extension Student Psychological Club
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNEdward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs | Lex Fridman Podcast #426
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2024–2024
2 mo on HNHow Your Brain Works & Changes
Andrew Huberman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNFree Energy Principle — Karl Friston
Serious Science
2 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HNThe Default Mode Network & End of Suffering - Gary Weber
Non-Dual Couch
2 HN recommender · 2017–2020
2 mo on HNMaximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools
Andrew Huberman
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNI have APHANTASIA (and you may too...without realising it!)
JAMIEvstheVOID
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HNBobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale | World Science Festival
World Science Festival
2 HN recommender · 2016–2023
2 mo on HNThis Is Your Brain On Stale Air
Tom Scott
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNBryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces | Lex Fridman Podcast #186
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNDr. Robert Sapolsky's lecture about Biological Underpinnings of Religiosity
Aprendiendo Juntos
2 HN recommender · 2014–2025
2 mo on HNWhy hierarchy creates a destructive force within the human psyche (by dr. Robert Sapolsky)
TheSymposionNights
2 HN recommender · 2015–2024
2 mo on HNTry this bizarre audio illusion! 👁️👂😮 - BBC
BBC
2 HN recommender · 2011–2020
2 mo on HNUpdate on my Brain Injury & the Future of Strange Parts
Strange Parts
4 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNSebastian Seung: I am my connectome
TED
2 HN recommender · 2013–2015
2 mo on HNNeuroscience of Personality | Dario Nardi | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
1 HN recommend · 2012–2016
2 mo on HNYour Coffee Addiction Is Probably Good for You
CGP Grey
2 HN recommender · 2013–2017
2 mo on HNHow Children Develop Perfect Pitch
Rick Beato
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNYour Brain at Work
Google TechTalks
3 HN recommender · 2011–2015
2 mo on HNOptimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity
Andrew Huberman
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNThe most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast
TEDx Talks
2 HN recommender · 2017–2021
2 mo on HNIs Your Red The Same as My Red?
Vsauce
2 HN recommender · 2018–2024
2 mo on HNaltitude chamber hypoxia training guy passes out
Kevin Hayward
2 HN recommender · 2014–2020
2 mo on HNDr. Matthew Phillips - 'Metabolic Strategies as Therapies in Cancer and Neurodegeneration'
Low Carb Down Under
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNThe Man With The Seven Second Memory
Real Stories
2 HN recommender · 2020–2026
2 mo on HNYour Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality | Anil Seth | TED
TED
2 HN recommender · 2017–2026
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #965 - Robert Sapolsky
PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2017–2020
1 mo on HNNeurosurgeon pioneers Alzheimer's, addiction treatments using ultrasound | 60 Minutes
60 Minutes
1 HN recommend · 2024–2024
1 mo on HNUnderstanding & Treating Addiction | Dr. Anna Lembke
Andrew Huberman
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNQ&A with a person who does not have an internal monologue
PA Struggles
1 HN recommend · 2020–2025
1 mo on HNYou aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett
TED
1 HN recommend · 2018–2019
1 mo on HNMcGurk effect - Auditory Illusion - BBC Horizon Clip
sixesfullofnines
1 HN recommend · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNBuilding Brains to Understand the World's Data
Google TechTalks
1 HN recommend · 2013–2017
1 mo on HN14. Limbic System
Stanford
1 HN recommend · 2019–2021
1 mo on HNWHY Exercise is so Underrated (Brain Power & Movement Link)
Joseph Everett - WIL
1 HN recommend · 2017–2018