Latest Brain Videos Sifted at VideoSift.com

Family Guy: I'm a tumor, I'm a tumor, I'm a tumor oh oh oh

gwiz665 (http://gwiz665.videosift.com) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:48:42 -0700

(24 votes - 3 comments - 650 views)

Cheerleader Gets Flu Shot, Triggers Neurological Disorder

demon_ix (http://brain.videosift.com/member/demon_ix) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:57:57 -0700

(15 votes - 9 comments - 1397 views)
Can't wait to hear someone attribute this to the swine-flu vaccine.

TED: How sound affects us

reiwan (http://brain.videosift.com/member/reiwan) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:30:20 -0700

(21 votes - 0 comments - 614 views)
Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a shocking fact about noisy open-plan offices.

New robotic hand can feel

cybrbeast (http://brain.videosift.com/member/cybrbeast) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:55:05 -0700

(18 votes - 2 comments - 347 views)
A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling. It has been attached to the arm of a 22-year-old man who lost his own hand through cancer.
Researchers say it works by connecting human nerve endings with tiny electronic sensors.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8313037.stm

Illusion Cube Causes Brain To Fail

demon_ix (http://brain.videosift.com/member/demon_ix) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:38:38 -0700

(61 votes - 15 comments - 2824 views)
More mesmerizing than the Hypnotoad.

Ego: Our Greatest Enemy

EndAll (http://jollyollie.videosift.com) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:21:17 -0700

(22 votes - 7 comments - 532 views)
I had to watch this a few times over, and I still don't fully understand it. Fuck you, ego!

TED: Optical illusions show how we see

cybrbeast (http://brain.videosift.com/member/cybrbeast) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:38:32 -0700

(29 votes - 0 comments - 533 views)
Beau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what's really out there. -TED

Can you believe what you see?

jimnms (http://brain.videosift.com/member/jimnms) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:00:23 -0700

(25 votes - 5 comments - 734 views)

Derren Brown's Stewie Impression

antonye (http://brain.videosift.com/member/antonye) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:33:30 -0700

(20 votes - 2 comments - 710 views)
Derren Brown posts a short video impression of Stewie from Family Guy. Hilarity ensues.

(note the reference of his fail at the Casino was from the recently aired final episode of his Experiments series).

How the Brain Invents the Mind

gwiz665 (http://gwiz665.videosift.com) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:44:52 -0700

(20 votes - 5 comments - 538 views)
The talk starts at 52:00, the first part is "just" an opening statement on something different.