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curated list 
March 10, 2015

How does my brain work?

This playlist, curated by TED, is courtesy of TED.com. It comprises 9 talks with a total running duration of about 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Talks in this playlist:

Christopher deCharms: A look inside the brain in real time

Pawan Sinha: How brains learn to see

Mary Lou Jepsen: Could future devices read images from our brains?

Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What is so special about the human brain?

Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness

Michael Merzenich: Growing evidence of brain plasticity

Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure

Nadine Burke Harris: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain

Daniel Wolpert: The real reason for brains

Jeff Iliff: One more reason to get a good night’s sleep

Neil Burgess: How your brain tells you where you are

Allan Jones: A map of the brain

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Talks in this playlist

Allan Jones: A map of the brain

Allan Jones: A map of the brain

Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness

Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness

Christopher deCharms: A look inside the brain in real time

Christopher deCharms: A look inside the brain in real time

Daniel Wolpert: The real reason for brains

Daniel Wolpert: The real reason for brains

Jeff Iliff: One more reason to get a good night’s sleep

Jeff Iliff: One more reason to get a good night’s sleep

Mary Lou Jepsen: Could future devices read images from our brains?

Mary Lou Jepsen: Could future devices read images from our brains?

Nadine Burke Harris: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime

Nadine Burke Harris: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime

Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure

Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure

Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What is so special about the human brain?

Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What is so special about the human brain?

Other talks

  • Greg Gage: The cockroach beatbox

    Greg Gage: The cockroach beatbox

  • Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish

    Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish

  • Margaret Heffernan: The dangers of “willful blindness”

    Margaret Heffernan: The dangers of “willful blindness”

  • Susan Blackmore: Memes and “temes”

    Susan Blackmore: Memes and “temes”

  • Paul Debevec: Animating a photo-real digital face

    Paul Debevec: Animating a photo-real digital face

  • Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music

    Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music

  • Amy Smith: Simple designs to save a life

    Amy Smith: Simple designs to save a life

  • Joshua Prager: In search of the man who broke my neck

    Joshua Prager: In search of the man who broke my neck

  • Aparna Rao: High-tech art (with a sense of humor)

    Aparna Rao: High-tech art (with a sense of humor)

  • Mark Applebaum: The mad scientist of music

    Mark Applebaum: The mad scientist of music

  • Carter Emmart: A 3D atlas of the universe

    Carter Emmart: A 3D atlas of the universe

  • Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil

    Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil

  • Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city

    Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city

  • Hans Rosling: The magic washing machine

    Hans Rosling: The magic washing machine

Notable Selections

  • Jill Bolte Taylor: 10 talks on human nature

    Jill Bolte Taylor: 10 talks on human nature

  • Mikko Hypponen: 9 talks on tech … and fish

    Mikko Hypponen: 9 talks on tech … and fish

  • Macy Gray: My 4 favorite talks

    Macy Gray: My 4 favorite talks

  • Damon Lindelof: 5 talks I sent to friends

    Damon Lindelof: 5 talks I sent to friends

  • Diane von Furstenberg’s 5 favorite TED Talks

    Diane von Furstenberg’s 5 favorite TED Talks

  • Cesar Harada’s playlist

    Cesar Harada’s playlist

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto: On music and more

    Ryuichi Sakamoto: On music and more

  • Ryan Coogler: 6 talks that inspired me

    Ryan Coogler: 6 talks that inspired me

  • Angela Duckworth: 4 talks on human behavior

    Angela Duckworth: 4 talks on human behavior

  • Philippe Starck: 11 truly thrilling talks

    Philippe Starck: 11 truly thrilling talks

  • Geoffrey Canada: 7 talks on social change

    Geoffrey Canada: 7 talks on social change

  • Steve Case: 10 unforgettable talks

    Steve Case: 10 unforgettable talks

  • Robert Simpson’s playlist

    Robert Simpson’s playlist

  • Tim O’Reilly: 9 talks that stretched my mind

    Tim O’Reilly: 9 talks that stretched my mind

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