Neuroscience Nerd Gifts

"Now that I have prefrontal cortex, I worry about everything."

Brain Exercise Video: "Okay, think...and stop...and think, and stop! Stay with me now! Think harder! Feel that burn!"

'...and what's really interesting is that there's still 99.9% of the human brain we still know nothing about.'

"Yes, it's damned uncomfortable, but my thinking is so much clearer."

Brains

"Dopamine Casino. Gambling that makes you feel like gambling."

Normal brain - active, dozing, asleep, distracted

Uh, I'll be right back - I just have to notify the authorities about something.

'They need practice dummies.'

'How frequently are you hallucinating, Mr, Jenkins'

Photographic memory

Brain Charger

"Stimulating this area of the brain will enable the patient to think of all the clever things he wished he had said."

In the future, human thought will enter an age of clarity and purity never before dreamed of.

Striving to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, scientists attempt to harness the energy of a toddler's tantrum.

"You do realize I'm going to have to bill you for ten?"

Ascent of Machine.

"With less ice these days this provides better camouflage."

Conflating Science and Grammar. The boy threw the ball. What grammatical role does "ball" play in this sentence? An object in motion!

The Age of Reptiles. . .

"I'm an evolution denier. There's no way those people come from us."

A cross section of the brain shows what a man thinks about.

Neil Armstrong Outtakes

Save the whales. . . Save the pandas. . . Save the planet.

'...so if we can save enough maybe, just maybe, next year we'll be migrating courtesy of British Airways.'

Naked Mole Rat

The real reason why flamingos are pink

Vaccine

Pregnant Panda at Edinburgh Zoo: 'Congratulations, Wilkinshaw...'

'If only Darwin could have seen this.'

Spindle Neurons

"I'm afraid you need knee surgery."

Neuro, Biology, Chemistry, Feedback, Psychology, Technology, Physiology Institute

Man with lobotomy scar - "Changed my mind."

'I would love to be more energetic, but there is nothing I can do: It's a genetic condition...'