Jeff and Paul discuss the last of the lobes: The Parietal Lobe. This Brainy Bits episode starts with the basics, describing where the parietal lobe is in our brain and following up with the type of functionality it contributes to (hint: the sense of touch). The duo goes on to chat about what may happen behaviorally in people who have damage to their parietal lobe.

Jeff and Paul are back to discuss different types of hallucinations, how some of them can be caused, which ones are common among healthy people, and in which mental illnesses we may see extreme examples of hallucinations. The two also try touching on the neuroscience of hallucinations by breaking down a complex experiment using animal behavior to uncover the molecular science behind hallucinatory perception.

Jeff and Paul briefly go over some key concepts regarding the temporal lobe. Location is touched on early in the episode, and the importance of the temporal lobe and its functionality is highlighted throughout the remainder of this quick and consumable episode of Brainy Bits. 

It's a long one. Save your time reading a description by jumping right into the episode. The title is self-explanatory: an episode on the experience of depression and anxiety from a personal and also chemical perspective as told by cohosts Jeff and Paul.

It's a long one. Save your time reading a description by jumping right into the episode. The title is self-explanatory: an episode on the experience of depression and anxiety from a personal and also chemical perspective as told by cohosts Jeff and Paul. 

In the third installation of Brainy Bits, Jeff and Paul introduce the occipital lobe of the brain. Humans and many mammals are heavily reliant on vision as the primary sense used to navigate their environment. Afterwards, blindsight is briefly described in order to provide the listener an example of sight without conscious perception, which the occipital lobe is implicated to be involved with based on multiple case studies.

Brainy Bits number 2: A brief discussion on the frontal lobe of the brain. After starting the chat by listing some general regions and particular functions of the frontal lobe, Jeff and Paul bring up the famous case study of Phineas Gage to emphasize the importance of learning about the brain through injury or case studies.

Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Each a type of social media. Is social media good? Is it bad? Is there any science behind it? The neuroscience of social media is very much lacking due to complications in replicating experiments in controlled and meaningful ways, and there isn’t much hard scientific evidence regarding social media (yet). All we know is that every like we receive on a post we make publicly makes our hearts flutter a bit. Tune in to episode 15 to hear Jeff and Paul discuss the pros and the cons of social media on our mental health.

The debut episode of Brainy Bits by the Brainy Days podcast –⁠ this is the first installation of a side-concept Jeff and Paul are mixing in with their regular-length podcast episodes: Each Brainy Bits episode will be about 15-20mins in length, during which Jeff and Paul will chat about the brain (or mental health, or both) in a more dense, swift way. Quick facts and short discussions, these episodes are for listeners who may want to dive a bit more deeply into a topic. This episode is about Navigating the Brain –⁠ Jeff and Paul go over some general terminology commonly used in neuroscience and other sciences in order to better understand the origin of some complicatedly-labeled brain regions' names.

Jeff and Paul come back from another short break due to a lack of... time... to record this episode. This episode's topic is about time; Jeff and Paul each describe their respective "nows", some of the neuroscience behind the perception of of time (and how much time it takes for us to experience things), and a quick debrief on how improving our time management can contribute to our mental health.