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Best Neuroscience & the brain videos, as recommended on Hacker News

82 videos about neuroscience & the brain that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2008 and 2026. Mostly talk, podcast, lecture. Channels that come up most: Andrew Huberman, TED, Stanford, Google TechTalks. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is 1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology: One of the most consistently recommended lecture series on HN, praised as fascinating, funny and eye-opening about human behavior across many scales.

• lecture1. Introduction to Human Behavioral BiologyStanford · 15 HN recommenders · 2012–2026
• lectureStanford's Sapolsky On Depression in U.S. (Full Lecture)Stanford · 14 HN recommenders · 2009–2026
• talkWhat Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System - NeurIPS 2018The Artificial Intelligence Channel · 12 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• talkThe great porn experiment | Gary Wilson | TEDxGlasgowTEDx Talks · 10 HN recommenders · 2012–2023
• podcastControlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & SatisfactionAndrew Huberman · 12 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• talkPersonal Growth Series: Dr. William Dement on Healthy Sleep and Optimal Perfo...Google TechTalks · 6 HN recommenders · 2008–2024
• podcastJoe Rogan Experience #1109 - Matthew WalkerPowerfulJRE · 12 HN recommenders · 2018–2020
• podcastMaster Your Sleep & Be More Alert When AwakeAndrew Huberman · 7 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• podcastWhat Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & HealthAndrew Huberman · 7 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• explainerYou Actually Share Your Brain With a Silent StrangerCGP Grey · 7 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• lecture"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Stress and Health" by Dr. Robert SapolskyBeckman Institute at Illinois · 5 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• talkBrains, Sex, and Machine LearningGoogle TechTalks · 7 HN recommenders · 2012–2017
• demoWhy You Should Put YOUR MASK On First (My Brain Without Oxygen) - Smarter Every Day 157SmarterEveryDay · 5 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• lectureThe Neuroscience of Consciousness – with Anil SethThe Royal Institution · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
• demoThe effects of DBS on the motor symptoms of Parkinson's DiseaseAndrew Johnson · 5 HN recommenders · 2013–2016
• talkBreakthrough with Healing Chronic Pain | Howard Schubiner | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• explainerWhy Adults Can't Develop Perfect PitchRick Beato · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• demoThe Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133SmarterEveryDay · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• explainerWhy you DON'T want Perfect PitchAdam Neely · 6 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• documentaryYour Brain: Who's in Control? | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBSNOVA PBS Official · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• podcastHow to Enhance Your Gut Microbiome for Brain & Overall HealthAndrew Huberman · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• lectureRobert Sapolsky: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and WorstStanford Iranian Studies Program · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• lecture23. LanguageStanford · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkMy stroke of insight | Jill Bolte Taylor | TEDTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2010–2024
• demoGrowing Living Rat Neurons To Play... DOOM? | Part 1The Thought Emporium · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• explainerRSA ANIMATE: The Divided BrainRoyal Society of Arts · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• talkDo we see reality as it is? | Donald Hoffman | TEDTED · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• lectureThe Neuroanatomy of ADHD and thus how to treat ADHD - CADDAC - Dr Russel Barkley part 3ALLAdhd Videos · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• demoselective attention testDaniel Simons · 3 HN recommenders · 2011–2025
• tutorial#NSDR (Non-Sleep Deep Rest) with Dr. Andrew HubermanVirtusan · 4 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• demoGrowing Human Neurons on a Home Made Electrode ArrayThe Thought Emporium · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• explainerWhy Life Seems to Speed Up as We AgeVeritasium · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
• talkWhy We Sleep: Science of Sleep & Dreams | Matthew Walker | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2019
• podcastADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their FocusAndrew Huberman · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• lectureThe Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT Experiences (@Harvard Science of Psychedelics Club)Qualia Research Institute · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• interviewJeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #25Lex Fridman · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
• newsAmputee Makes History with APL’s Modular Prosthetic LimbJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2016
• talkMatter to Mind:Bioelectricity, Body Intelligence, Future of Regenerative Medicine- Dr. Michael LevinHarvard Extension Student Psychological Club · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• podcastEdward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs | Lex Fridman Podcast #426Lex Fridman · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
• podcastHow Your Brain Works & ChangesAndrew Huberman · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• lectureFree Energy Principle — Karl FristonSerious Science · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• interviewThe Default Mode Network & End of Suffering - Gary WeberNon-Dual Couch · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2020
• podcastMaximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily ToolsAndrew Huberman · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• commentaryI have APHANTASIA (and you may too...without realising it!)JAMIEvstheVOID · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• demoBobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale | World Science FestivalWorld Science Festival · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
• explainerThis Is Your Brain On Stale AirTom Scott · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• podcastBryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces | Lex Fridman Podcast #186Lex Fridman · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• lectureDr. Robert Sapolsky's lecture about Biological Underpinnings of ReligiosityAprendiendo Juntos · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• lectureWhy hierarchy creates a destructive force within the human psyche (by dr. Robert Sapolsky)TheSymposionNights · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• demoTry this bizarre audio illusion! 👁️👂😮 - BBCBBC · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2020
• commentaryUpdate on my Brain Injury & the Future of Strange PartsStrange Parts · 4 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• talkSebastian Seung: I am my connectomeTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2015
• talkNeuroscience of Personality | Dario Nardi | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2016
• explainerYour Coffee Addiction Is Probably Good for YouCGP Grey · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2017
• commentaryHow Children Develop Perfect PitchRick Beato · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• talkYour Brain at WorkGoogle TechTalks · 3 HN recommenders · 2011–2015
• podcastOptimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & CreativityAndrew Huberman · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• talkThe most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoastTEDx Talks · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• explainerIs Your Red The Same as My Red?Vsauce · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• demoaltitude chamber hypoxia training guy passes outKevin Hayward · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2020
• talkDr. Matthew Phillips - 'Metabolic Strategies as Therapies in Cancer and Neurodegeneration'Low Carb Down Under · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• documentaryThe Man With The Seven Second MemoryReal Stories · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• talkYour Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality | Anil Seth | TEDTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• podcastJoe Rogan Experience #965 - Robert SapolskyPowerfulJRE · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2020
• newsNeurosurgeon pioneers Alzheimer's, addiction treatments using ultrasound | 60 Minutes60 Minutes · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2024
• podcastUnderstanding & Treating Addiction | Dr. Anna LembkeAndrew Huberman · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
• interviewQ&A with a person who does not have an internal monologuePA Struggles · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2025
• talkYou aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman BarrettTED · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2019
• demoMcGurk effect - Auditory Illusion - BBC Horizon Clipsixesfullofnines · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2025
• talkBuilding Brains to Understand the World's DataGoogle TechTalks · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2017
• lecture14. Limbic SystemStanford · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2021
• explainerWHY Exercise is so Underrated (Brain Power & Movement Link)Joseph Everett - WIL · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2018
• podcastWhat Microplastics Are Doing to the Brain, Body, and Reproductive SystemsFoundMyFitness · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2026
• explainerHow playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita CollinsTED-Ed · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2024
• documentaryThe Superhuman World of Wim Hof: The IcemanVICE · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2024
• lecture21. Chaos and ReductionismStanford · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2024
• talkHow we can use light to see deep inside our bodies and brains | Mary Lou JepsenTED · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2024
• newsPeople who remember every second of their life | 60 Minutes Australia60 Minutes Australia · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2025
• talkOptical illusions show how we see | Beau LottoTED · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2023
• demoMovie reconstruction from human brain activityJack Gallant · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2024
• explainerYou Need to Be Bored. Here's Why.Harvard Business Review · 2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
• explainerThe Weird World in RGBTechnology Connections · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2021