Can you really trust your eyes?

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by in Brain Research, puzzles, TED, video

Optical illusions, they’re jokes for the eyes. In this fun and “eye opening” (sorry for the pun) video you’ll see some entertaining and revealing optical illusions created by some great artists from around the world. See if you can resist the urge to let your brain fool itself.

Jill Bolte Taylor’s personal stroke story

Posted on 10. Jan, 2010 by in Brain Anatomy, TED, video

Watch brain anatomist, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, talk about the stroke she suffered in December 1996 and learn about how the two halves of your brain see the world in very different ways.

The Visual Art of Puzzles

Posted on 02. Jan, 2010 by in puzzles, TED, video

Today’s post centers around a short video of Scott Kim, presenting at The Entertainment Gathering in December 2008. He talks about the evolution of his puzzle work. This is an enlightening presentation and shows the the nearly limitless diversity of creativity and shows the variety of puzzles that are available to keep the brain actively engaged in more ways than just crossword puzzles and sudoku.

Hacking the human brain

Posted on 13. Dec, 2009 by in TED, video

Keith Barry, illusionist and “mentalist” demonstrates some simple techniques to “hack” the human mind and make you question just what is “real” when he presented at the February 2004 TED conference in Monterey, California.