NIMH Director Thomas Insel on working toward a new understanding of the brain.

A neuroscience experiment with mice found that specific neurons are activated when they are stroked, and all hairy mammals may be wired to enjoy it.

A list of the best/favourite videos featured at Channel N in 2012.

Lisa Kudrow interviews fellow Vassar alum Abby Baird about her work researching the development of the teenage brain.

Montreal neuroscientist Kenneth Stephen Dyson worked with his sons Taj and Deszmo (12 and 6 years old) to illustrate facts and myths about the brain.

Exactly as described: “A History of Cognitive Neuroscience…in Three Minutes.” Set to the melody of Billy Joel’s classic song “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” new lyrics highlight significant scientists and advances in the field.

Eminent neuroscientist and Nobel laureate Eric Kandel in a recorded livestream interview.

A fascinating neuroscience talk about observations made during single cell recordings during neurosurgery, how the brain processes conscious representation, and free will.

Good animation, narration, and music in this short but comprehensive description of the brain’s default mode network.

Scientists study dreaming to find answers to why we dream have found several potential answers: they help keep us asleep, they contribute to good mental health, and they help us find answers to questions we seek. But what do they mean, and can we control them?