Running · 2013–
BrainCraft
Vanessa Hill talks about psychology, neuroscience, and why we act the way we do. Neuroscience has never been so animated.
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Seasons & episodes
Season 1 · 0 episodes
Season 2013 · 3 episodes
- S2013 E01 · Is Google Killing Your Memory?
- S2013 E02 · Can Chocolate Make You Smarter?
- S2013 E03 · Amazing Brain Cells You've Never Heard of
Season 2014 · 32 episodes
- S2014 E01 · How Exercise Can Improve Your Memory
- S2014 E02 · The Upside of Social Media Narcissism
- S2014 E03 · How Brain Training Improves Sports Performance
- S2014 E04 · Your Warped Perception of Time
- S2014 E05 · Your Brain's Facial Recognition Technology
- S2014 E06 · The Psychology of Colour, Emotion and Online Shopping
- S2014 E07 · How to Beat Jet Lag
- S2014 E08 · Amazing Effects of Sleep (And Lack of it)
- S2014 E09 · Why Do We Feel Hungry?
- S2014 E10 · The Unexpected Effects of Knitting
- S2014 E11 · Does Technology Ruin Relationships?
- S2014 E12 · The Psychology Of Personal Space
- S2014 E13 · This Is How Your Brain Grows
- S2014 E14 · Can Reading Boost Your Emotional Intelligence?
- S2014 E15 · When Do We Reach Our Mental Peak?
- S2014 E16 · DIY Brain Enhancement or Frankenstein?
- S2014 E17 · Re-engineering Sight
- S2014 E18 · The Upside of Forgetting
- S2014 E19 · Sleep Drunkenness Explained
- S2014 E20 · Can You Fake Sleep?
- S2014 E21 · Could Telepathy Exist?
- S2014 E22 · The Negative Side of Positive Thinking
- S2014 E23 · This Video is Just For You
- S2014 E24 · The Psychology of Accents
- S2014 E25 · Can You Boost Your Creativity?
- S2014 E26 · Does Smiling Make You Happy?
- S2014 E27 · Why Do We Feel MIND-BLOWN?
- S2014 E28 · Food Nostalgia
- S2014 E29 · Can You See These Optical Illusions?
- S2014 E30 · How Many Friends Can You Have?
- S2014 E31 · Can You Follow This Beat?
- S2014 E32 · The Perfect Christmas Gift (According to Science)
Season 2015 · 43 episodes
- S2015 E01 · Do Dogs Really Miss Us?
- S2015 E02 · Are Your Emotions Contagious?
- S2015 E03 · Dr. Oz vs. Barry Goldwater: Ethics Need Not Apply
- S2015 E04 · Is Love All You Need?
- S2015 E05 · Do Opposites Really Attract?
- S2015 E06 · How Movies Control Your Brain
- S2015 E07 · 4 Psychology Myths You Probably Thought Were True
- S2015 E08 · 4 Lesser-Known Scientific Discoveries! (And the women behind them)
- S2015 E09 · The Bizarre Ways Your Name Affects Your Behaviour
- S2015 E10 · The Strange Location of Your Second Brain
- S2015 E11 · 4 Mental Shortcuts That Cloud Your Judgement
- S2015 E12 · Why Are Some People So Easily Fooled?
- S2015 E13 · Why Do We Find Things Disgusting? | BrainCraft Q&A!
- S2015 E14 · Weird Brain Myths from History!
- S2015 E15 · Your Brain on Tetris
- S2015 E16 · Can You Win This Game?
- S2015 E17 · 4 Odd Things We've Seen in Your Brain
- S2015 E18 · How Good is Your Memory?
- S2015 E19 · The Man With a Hole in His Brain
- S2015 E20 · What Cats Taught Us About Perception
- S2015 E21 · How Many Choices Are Too Many?
- S2015 E22 · Are You Paying Attention?
- S2015 E23 · 4 Weird Audio Illusions!
- S2015 E24 · Is This the Most Beautiful Face in the World?
- S2015 E25 · Why Do We Feel Lonely?
- S2015 E26 · The Power of Sadness in Inside Out
- S2015 E27 · What Is Insanity?
- S2015 E28 · Can You Solve This Dilemma?
- S2015 E29 · Can Computers Have Personalities?
- S2015 E30 · What is a Fact?
- S2015 E31 · The Truman Show Delusion
- S2015 E32 · Do Dogs Dream?
- S2015 E33 · Do You Know This Voice?
- S2015 E34 · Your Brain on Mars
- S2015 E35 · The Surprising Ways Death Shapes Our Lives
- S2015 E36 · How Old Are You, Really?
- S2015 E37 · Why Do We Love Sugar?
- S2015 E38 · Can You be Addicted to Sugar?
- S2015 E39 · Are Some Sweeteners Better Than Others?
- S2015 E40 · The Amazing Effects of Gratitude
- S2015 E41 · 3 Common Misconceptions About Sugar
- S2015 E42 · The Psychology of Listicles
- S2015 E43 · Why New Year's Resolutions Fail
Season 2016 · 36 episodes
- S2016 E01 · Why Do So Many People Get Cancer?
- S2016 E02 · Good Sleep = Good Gut?
- S2016 E03 · Are Concussions Deadly?
- S2016 E04 · Can Your Memory Make a Murderer?
- S2016 E05 · One Weird Visual Illusion Explained
- S2016 E06 · The Tiny Key to Ageing
- S2016 E07 · The Nature of Memory
- S2016 E08 · What's The Best Way to Teach Science? | BrainCraft BTS
- S2016 E09 · The Prisoner's Dilemma
- S2016 E10 · The Secret to Creativity
- S2016 E11 · Could You Win the Game of Thrones?
- S2016 E12 · What a Tooth Reveals About Autism
- S2016 E13 · How Many Things Can You Do At Once?
- S2016 E14 · Can You Taste With Your Ears?
- S2016 E15 · Would $100 Million Make You Happy?
- S2016 E16 · 3 Surprising Creativity Tests!
- S2016 E17 · What's the Value of a Life?
- S2016 E18 · Why We Can't Deliver Drugs to the Brain
- S2016 E19 · This Video May Give You Goose Bumps
- S2016 E20 · Your Brain in Numbers
- S2016 E21 · BrainCraft Q&A! #2
- S2016 E22 · A Venus Flytrap Works Just Like Your Brain
- S2016 E23 · Should The Olympics Just Allow Doping?
- S2016 E24 · 4 Logic Riddles
- S2016 E25 · The Most Boring Video Ever
- S2016 E26 · The Evolutionary Advantages of Art
- S2016 E27 · The Psychology of Keeping Secrets
- S2016 E28 · 3 Quick Psychology Tests!
- S2016 E29 · The Automation Paradox
- S2016 E30 · Why People Fake Illness Online
- S2016 E31 · How LEGO Helps Blind People See
- S2016 E32 · Are You a Chronic Procrastinator?
- S2016 E33 · The Weird World of Animal Mating
- S2016 E34 · The Best Banknote in the World!
- S2016 E35 · Why Do Songs Get Stuck In Your Head?
- S2016 E36 · Why Do We Work?
Season 2017 · 33 episodes
- S2017 E01 · 3 Brain Teasers!
- S2017 E02 · Why Everything Takes Longer Than You Expect
- S2017 E03 · Us vs Them: Immigration, Empathy and Psychology
- S2017 E04 · 4 Valentine's Day Tips From the Animal World!
- S2017 E05 · Everything is Trying to Kill You
- S2017 E06 · What Do You Think is Normal?
- S2017 E07 · Your Body on Carbs
- S2017 E08 · Why do You Get a Brain Freeze?
- S2017 E09 · Can You Solve This Riddle?
- S2017 E10 · Why Can People Move So Quickly? Myelin Explained!
- S2017 E11 · Gravity in Your Brain ft. Neil deGrasse Tyson!
- S2017 E12 · Why Are We Ticklish?
- S2017 E13 · Do You Own Your Cells?
- S2017 E14 · MUTANT MENU | The Ethics of Gene Editing
- S2017 E15 · The Quantum Power of the Human Nose
- S2017 E16 · Mind-Blowing Illusions That Trick Multiple Senses
- S2017 E17 · How To Procrastinate Effectively
- S2017 E18 · THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID
- S2017 E19 · 100 LAYERS OF CREDIBILITY
- S2017 E20 · How Smart is Your Dog?
- S2017 E21 · Are Older People Wiser?
- S2017 E22 · Your Brain in Virtual Reality
- S2017 E23 · Your Biological Clock at Work
- S2017 E24 · Inside a Dinosaur Brain
- S2017 E25 · Ways to Bring the Brain Dead ‘Back to Life'
- S2017 E26 · 4 Brain Teasers Asked in Job Interviews (ft. Space Time & Infinite Series!)
- S2017 E27 · What Makes Someone a Night Owl?
- S2017 E28 · The Allais Paradox
- S2017 E29 · Do You Have an Inner Voice?
- S2017 E30 · Can You Visualise This? (Aphantasia Explained)
- S2017 E31 · The Sounds That Are Unbearable (Misophonia explained)
- S2017 E32 · Artificial Intelligence Solved This Audio Illusion. Can You?
- S2017 E33 · Artificial Intelligence Can Hallucinate, Too.
Season 2018 · 31 episodes
- S2018 E01 · The Surprising Similarities Between Twister and Intelligence
- S2018 E02 · The Neuroscience of Creativity
- S2018 E03 · How to Think Like Einstein
- S2018 E04 · How Remixes Hijack Your Brain
- S2018 E05 · What If We Were All Optimists?
- S2018 E06 · How Halfalogues Manipulate Your –
- S2018 E07 · The Power of Curiosity
- S2018 E08 · The Upside of Being Awkward
- S2018 E09 · Why People Blame Others
- S2018 E10 · Why You Lie To Yourself More Than Others
- S2018 E11 · How Gaslighting Manipulates Your Mind
- S2018 E12 · Why Are People So Passive-Aggressive?
- S2018 E13 · Every Scientific Study on Arnold Schwarzenegger
- S2018 E14 · The Ancient Origins of Your Musical Brain
- S2018 E15 · THE IKEA EFFECT ft. Joanna Hausmann!
- S2018 E16 · Why Everybody Should Read Harry Potter
- S2018 E17 · Ghosting: Why Some People Just Disappear
- S2018 E18 · How Jealousy Distorts Your Thinking
- S2018 E19 · These Tiny Cells Shape Your Life
- S2018 E20 · Why Most Personality Tests Are Wrong
- S2018 E21 · The Antioxidant Benefits of Sleep ft. OTHER Vanessa Hill!
- S2018 E22 · Why Are We More Anxious Than Ever Before?
- S2018 E23 · How Magicians Trick Your Brain
- S2018 E24 · Why Willpower Doesn't Predict Your Success
- S2018 E25 · How Dana Scully Changed Science
- S2018 E26 · Big Tech's Battle For Our Attention
- S2018 E27 · The Psychological Tricks Keeping You Online
- S2018 E28 · How One Company Redefined Social Norms
- S2018 E29 · Google Owns 28% of Your Brain
- S2018 E30 · Your Emotions Are For Sale
- S2018 E31 · The Attention Economy Needs to Change. But How?
Season 2019 · 18 episodes
- S2019 E01 · I read 75,000 YouTube comments
- S2019 E02 · How to Stop Overthinking Everything
- S2019 E03 · The Emotions You've Never Heard Of
- S2019 E04 · The Meat Paradox
- S2019 E06 · Why Do People Interrupt You?
- S2019 E08 · An Introvert's Guide to Happiness
- S2019 E09 · Why You Can't Stop Snacking
- S2019 E13 · What Can Body Language Actually Tell Us?
- S2019 E14 · How to Stay Motivated, Using Psychology.
- S2019 E15 · The Power of Self-Awareness
- S2019 E16 · The Science of Jet Lag (and how to beat it)
- S2019 E17 · How to Make Better Decisions (with science)
- S2019 E18 · The Selfish Benefits of Kindness
- S2019 E19 · One Thing That Can Boost Innovation
- S2019 E20 · The Upside of Stress
- S2019 E21 · "Thank You" Backfires When Used in This Way
- S2019 E22 · Real Psychologist Reacts To My Brain Tips
- S2019 E23 · How to Form Habits That (Actually) Stick
Season 2020 · 12 episodes
- S2020 E01 · People Now Have ‘Eco-Anxiety'. I'm One of Them.
- S2020 E02 · How to Stay Sane When Everything's Uncertain (COVID-19 psychology survival guide)
- S2020 E03 · Why March Was The Longest Year Ever (explained by science)
- S2020 E04 · The Truth About Lucid Dreaming
- S2020 E05 · How to Convince Others to Wear a Mask
- S2020 E06 · Think You Have a "Type A" Personality? Watch this first
- S2020 E07 · Stop Trying to be Happy (do THIS instead)
- S2020 E08 · THIS Mindset Will Help You Cope
- S2020 E09 · Is Trump's Bad Behavior Contagious?
- S2020 E10 · The Disturbing Psychology ‘The Social Dilemma' Didn't Tell You
- S2020 E11 · Fact-checking My First Video… Here's How I Was Wrong
- S2020 E12 · A Simple Planning System for Reducing Anxiety
Season 2021 · 11 episodes
- S2021 E01 · The Surprising Psychological Benefits of Living Sustainably
- S2021 E02 · I tried a $10,000 crystal healing bed. Here's what I learned.
- S2021 E03 · What an 1800s Wild West Pharmacy Taught me About Trust & Vaccines
- S2021 E04 · Why You Should Stop Using Times New Roman (Research Explains)
- S2021 E05 · What Everyone Gets Wrong About Procrastination
- S2021 E06 · The Truth About Being a Scientist & YouTuber (my story)
- S2021 E07 · Why There's a Life-Size Statue Of Me (and 120 other scientists!)
- S2021 E08 · Why People Send Terrible Emails (research explains...)
- S2021 E09 · Why Climate Change Is Ruining People's Mental Health
- S2021 E10 · A 300 Day Experiment to Change How I Think
- S2021 E11 · I Built A Bot To Help You Go To Bed
Season 2022 · 6 episodes
- S2022 E01 · Why You Shouldn't Trust Amazon's Tone Analysis
- S2022 E02 · How to Feel Inspired When You've Lost Motivation
- S2022 E03 · Is This The Most Confusing Traffic Sign? (Psychology Explains)
- S2022 E04 · Everything You've Heard About Oxytocin is Wrong
- S2022 E05 · The "Stress Hormone" Doesn't Exist
- S2022 E06 · Daylight Savings is Killing You For Profit
Season 2023 · 7 episodes
- S2023 E01 · This is What Your Sleep Sounds Like | discussing Max Richter's SLEEP
- S2023 E02 · I Tried The Vagus Nerve Hack (so you don't have to)
- S2023 E03 · I Tried 5 Methods to Boost Self-Esteem
- S2023 E04 · You Need to Rest (I'm sick of this TikTok trend reaction)
- S2023 E05 · Can this audio illusion control your mind? | Debunking binaural beats
- S2023 E06 · Are You Really Open-Minded? (or can I change your mind?)
- S2023 E07 · Does your country get the best sleep? (and why?)
Season 2024 · 3 episodes
- S2024 E01 · How to cope when life is terrible
- S2024 E02 · The Formula to Stop Feeling Tired
- S2024 E03 · I Didn't Want to Make This Sleep Deprivation Video (But I Did)
Season 2025 · 4 episodes
- S2025 E01 · I finished my PhD. Now what?
- S2025 E02 · Why Every Adult Needs a Bedtime
- S2025 E03 · I Put ChatGPT 5's ‘PhD Intelligence' to the Test
- S2025 E04 · You Don't Think About 67% of Your Behavior
Season 2026 · 5 episodes
- S2026 E01 · The honest truth about screens at bedtime (it's not what you think)
- S2026 E02 · I spent my PhD asking people why they stay up late
- S2026 E03 · Are White Noise Machines a Scam?
- S2026 E04 · I'm sick of this health trend (A sleep scientist's POV)
- S2026 E05 · Why exhausted parents don't sleep
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