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Make it Brain (with Dr. Brein)
by Benjamin Rein, PhD
Ben Rein, PhD, a neuroscientist at Stanford, breaks down complicated science topics and makes them easy and accessible.
Episodes
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LED lights for your ears? Lets fact check 🦭 #neuroscience #viral #factcheck #debunk #scientist #...
LED lights for your ears? Lets fact check 🦭 #neuroscience #viral #factcheck #debunk #scientist #science #SAD
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What happens in dreamworld doesnt always stay in dreamworld. #neuroscience #dreams #love #researc...
What happens in dreamworld doesnt always stay in dreamworld. #neuroscience #dreams #love #research #science #explained
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Interested in trying out hypnosis? Check out the Reveri app, founded by Stanford neuroscientist D...
Interested in trying out hypnosis? Check out the Reveri app, founded by Stanford neuroscientist Dr. David Spiegel and based on his 40+ years of research. #ReveriPartner To take the hypnotizability test and try all their sessions free for 2 weeks, click the link in my profile #hypnosis #reveri #ad
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Replying to @Lust2Wonder here it is: the neuroscience of hypnagogic states 🧠 #neuroscience #sle...
Replying to @Lust2Wonder here it is: the neuroscience of hypnagogic states 🧠 #neuroscience #sleep #part2 #hypnagogic #hypnagogia #REM #dreaming
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Let’s make this very clear: lobotomies are BAD 🙅♂️ (TW: violence) #psychiatry #lobotomy #scienc...
Let’s make this very clear: lobotomies are BAD 🙅♂️ (TW: violence) #psychiatry #lobotomy #science #medicalhistory
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Hear me out… If you told people in the 1700s that one day the whole world would be connected, do ...
Hear me out… If you told people in the 1700s that one day the whole world would be connected, do you think they’d imagine it the way it is?
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Are EnChroma colorblind glasses a scam?? What do they actually do to your eyes? I smell a fact c...
Are EnChroma colorblind glasses a scam?? What do they actually do to your eyes? I smell a fact check 👁️👃🏼👁️ #colorblind #color #enchroma #megalag #neuroscience #colorblindness #glasses #science #factcheck
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Should you be worried about 440Hz music? Not to fret - it’s significantly less toxic than my comm...
Should you be worried about 440Hz music? Not to fret - it’s significantly less toxic than my commenters #music #brain #neuroscience #frequency #440hz #432hz #debunk #factcheck
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Let’s talk about ALS, and the role of the gut-brain-axis 🦠🧠 #ALS #gutbrainaxis #neuroscience #s...
Let’s talk about ALS, and the role of the gut-brain-axis 🦠🧠 #ALS #gutbrainaxis #neuroscience #stephenhawking
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Raise your hand if you think you can do this 👋 *That* is the Dunning-Kruger Effect ________ This...
Raise your hand if you think you can do this 👋 *That* is the Dunning-Kruger Effect ________ This video was supported by the Pulitzer Center through the Truth Decay Grant Initiative, in collaboration with OpenMind Magazine. To read more about this topic, check out the accompanying article on...
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*free resource alert!* If you or anyone close to you is affected by dementia (or ALS or Glioblast...
*free resource alert!* If you or anyone close to you is affected by dementia (or ALS or Glioblastoma), I highly recommend downloading the Roon app.
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A recent study [Cho et al., 2023] links air pollution (particulate matter) to brain degeneration ...
A recent study [Cho et al., 2023] links air pollution (particulate matter) to brain degeneration resembling Alzheimer’s disease… and it’s not the only study to do so. A good reminder to take care of our planet, and take care of ourselves. ________ This video was supported by the Pulitzer Center...
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How did you do? 🚔 THIS is implicit bias. ________ This video was supported by the Pulitzer Cente...
How did you do? 🚔 THIS is implicit bias. ________ This video was supported by the Pulitzer Center through the Truth Decay Grant Initiative, in collaboration with OpenMind Magazine. To read more about this topic, check out the accompanying article on OpenMind’s website, found in my bio 🔗....
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Is your brain really necessary? #neuroscience #hypotheticalquestions #scicomm #science #learnont...
Is your brain really necessary? #neuroscience #hypotheticalquestions #scicomm #science #learnontiktok
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Can an AI chatbot really be your therapist? ________ This video was supported by the Pulitzer Ce...
Can an AI chatbot really be your therapist? ________ This video was supported by the Pulitzer Center through the Truth Decay Grant Initiative, in collaboration with OpenMind Magazine. To read more about this topic, check out the accompanying article on OpenMind’s website, found in my bio 🔗....
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What is “moral imagination?” _________ This video was supported by the Pulitzer Center through th...
What is “moral imagination?” _________ This video was supported by the Pulitzer Center through the Truth Decay Grant Initiative, in collaboration with OpenMind Magazine. To read more about this topic, check out the accompanying article featured on OpenMind’s website, found in my bio 🔗. _________...
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I think we need to give a shoutout to sign language interpreters for science talks! Just listen ...
I think we need to give a shoutout to sign language interpreters for science talks! Just listen to the language being used in this talk… this must be the most challenging job in the room. Grateful for this person’s hard work and talent!
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Which gender does the trans brain resemble? ______ This video was supported by the Pulitzer Cente...
Which gender does the trans brain resemble? ______ This video was supported by the Pulitzer Center through the Truth Decay Grant Initiative in collaboration with OpenMind Magazine. To read more about this topic, check out the accompanying article on OpenMind’s website, which you can find linked…
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I cant believe it… thanks to TikTok, I just received an award from the most prestigious society i...
I cant believe it… thanks to TikTok, I just received an award from the most prestigious society in neuroscience 😭 #thankyou TikTok!! 🙏
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Replying to @user9329217976922 Does MDMA (aka molly) cause brain damage? Here’s your answer - and...
Replying to @user9329217976922 Does MDMA (aka molly) cause brain damage? Here’s your answer - and a great story for parties
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Let me share with you one of my FAVORITE things in neuroscience: “hippocampal replay” #neuroscien...
Let me share with you one of my FAVORITE things in neuroscience: “hippocampal replay” #neuroscience #learnontiktok
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Today is World Alzheimer’s Day. In the spirit of looking out for one another, let’s discuss: what...
Today is World Alzheimer’s Day. In the spirit of looking out for one another, let’s discuss: what are the early warning signs to look out for? #neuroscience #alzheimers #brain
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This mind-blowing study shows that tylenol not only reduces pain, it can lower how much empathy w...
This mind-blowing study shows that tylenol not only reduces pain, it can lower how much empathy we feel for OTHER PEOPLE’S pain!! #scicomm #neuroscience
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In Iceland, I was asked if I think more scientists should be on social media. Here’s what I said....
In Iceland, I was asked if I think more scientists should be on social media. Here’s what I said. What do y’all think?? #scientist #socialmedia #iceland
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The brain “listens” to the heart to guide emotion. Wild paper alert!🚨(Hsueh & Chen et al., Natur...
The brain “listens” to the heart to guide emotion. Wild paper alert!🚨(Hsueh & Chen et al., Nature, 2023) #heart #brain #mindbody #anxiety
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Breakthrough in psychedelic science!🍄( Vargas et al., Science, 2023) This paper - just published...
Breakthrough in psychedelic science!🍄( Vargas et al., Science, 2023) This paper - just published in the prestigious journal Science - reveals that psychedelic compounds like LSD, psilocybin, and DMT act on receptors INSIDE of cells, rather than on the external membrane. A truly remarkable...
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Research-based skincare! 💪 Check out OneSkin using the link in my bio, and use code BREIN15 for ...
Research-based skincare! 💪 Check out OneSkin using the link in my bio, and use code BREIN15 for 15% off #Ad
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When we see others in pain, the brain walks a thin line between empathy and pleasure… depending o...
When we see others in pain, the brain walks a thin line between empathy and pleasure… depending on how much we like them 👀 (Singer et al., 2006)
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This unbelievable study (Smith et al., 2021, Science) suggests that mice can transfer pain throug...
This unbelievable study (Smith et al., 2021, Science) suggests that mice can transfer pain through social encounters 🧠😵💫
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