That Neuroscience Guy

Before a big game or important meeting, you might rehearse in your head how you think it's going to go. As it turns out, imagining yourself doing something can make you better at it. In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss mental imagery and how it improves performance.

Next in our series of Neuroscience Bites, we discuss the hypothalamus; a brain area important for autonomic functions like sleep and hormones.

Around 75,000,000 people, or roughly 1% of the world's population, have autism. Autism is a broad term for individuals with a variety of atypical behaviours, such as social interaction and communication. But where might those differences come from? In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind Autism.

Next up in our series of Neuroscience Bites, we discuss the Thalamus; a brain area essential for a range of senses, consciousness, and even memory.

We've spent a lot of time discussing different brain areas and what they do, but that's not the whole picture. How do these areas communicate and work together to create what we experience as brain function? In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss how our brains actually work.

In this week's Neuroscience Bite, we continue our series of discussions on different brain areas with the Brainstem.

Marijuana has seen increased support, and even legalisation, around the world in recent years. But how does Marijuana use affect the brain? In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss how using Marijuana affects the brain.

In this week's Neuroscience Bite, we narrow in on the Hippocampus and discuss its structure and functions.

Sometimes, the area responsible for vision in a blind person's brain changes over time to complete different functions, like hearing. This extreme example of change in brain tissue is called Neuroplasticity, and it happens in all our brains at different levels. In the season 4 premiere of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind how our brain tissue changes over time and how that affects cognition.

A sneak peek at what's coming in Season 4 of That Neuroscience Guy, which will premiere on September 18th.