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The Human Brain, Explained
Spending the night in? Watch one of these science documentaries about memories, dreams, creativity, music, and more.
The Mind, Explained
2019
Are smartphones changing your brain? What happens to the brain on LSD? Are memories reliable? Vox and Netflix teamed up to answer these questions and more in a series of 20-minute episodes covering five important topics: memories, dreams, anxiety, mindfulness, and psychedelics.
All humans are creative, regardless of their chosen profession — and that’s what neuroscientist (and Westworld advisor) David Eagleman, Ph.D., explores in this documentary about the creative process. Interviews with writer Michael Chabon, pianist Robert Glasper, and architect Bjarke Ingels will inspire you to be more creative, too.
When Harvard Ph.D. Jennifer Brea is struck by a strange illness that leaves her bedridden and doctors tell her it’s “all in her head,” she turns the camera on herself and begins a journey to understand myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The film received recognition at festivals including Sundance and SXSW.
“Memory is everything,” says the rockstar of neuroscience, Holocaust surviror, and member of the Elysium Health Scientific Advisory Board, Eric Kandel, in this docuemtnary based on his 2007 memoir. “Without it, we are nothing.” Kandel won the Nobel Prize for his research and where and how memory resides in the brain. This documentary recounts his life and work.
Can music be used to reawaken memories and emotions in people with dementia? It can, according to the real-life experiences of patients in this Sundance award-winning documentary. The science explaining the phenomena is still a work in progress, but research suggests that music moves through different pathways in the brain to help access memories that are still intact despite damage from dementia.
It’s time to take Matter into your own hands and slow age-related brain loss associated with mild memory concerns. Matter was developed in exclusive partnership with the University of Oxford, a leading institution in the field of brain aging.
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