Name: Your Best Brain
Released: 2014-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: John Medina

Émission télé · Éducation · Documentaire

Whether one truly understands the inner workings of the mind; probing the origins of consciousness, memory, emotion, intelligence and more; learning scientifically proven methods to improve memory, boost creativity and keep the mind sharp.

2014 · 34m

En vedette John Medina

ÉPISODE 1

How Your Brain Works

Beginning the journey with a "flight map" for the tour of the world's most sophisticated survival organ, the human brain; establishing some common language and principles for understanding and exploring the human brain.
ÉPISODE 2

Your Unique Thinking Abilities

What makes the human brain so different from the brains of other animals; exploring the brain's evolutionary journey; discovering the unique ability that allows humans to not only survive in the face of change, but thrive.
ÉPISODE 3

Damaged Brain, Damaged Function

The brain is a physical organ that processes information; if it is damaged, the processing can go haywire; the physical structure of the brain; the three overall regions within it; the role each part has in keeping the body alive.
ÉPISODE 4

Neuroplasticity - Your Flexible Brain

The physical structure and components of the brain; examining the three primary types of neuron wiring; how they operate on a cellular level; how the brain is able to create new connections and pathways.
ÉPISODE 5

How Your Brain Uses Memory

Exploring the challenges of measuring and quantifying intelligence; the problem with IQ tests; how researchers currently think about intelligence; the implications these ideas have on the way school curriculums are designed.
ÉPISODE 6

The Advantages of Forgetting

The evolutionary purpose of memory; why it has nothing to do with recalling the precise details of the past; what causes brains to forget facts and data, and why; three research-based tips to improve one's memory.