Neuroscience: Amateur Hour

Neuroscience: Amateur Hour delves into the neuroscience of everyday experiences in every episode. Fr

Episodes

Total: 32

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by uncontrollable movements,

Dreams are both scientifically fascinating and universal. Everyone dreams, at every age and they are

Have you ever thought about why some feelings might be described as gut-wrenching? Or why do the fir

A tragic incident - a brain injury, a stroke, the development of a neurodegenerative disease, and al

Could a dead salmon be thinking or is something else at play? If you're curious about the answe

Two words - Octopus brains! Nine of them!!!But seriously, if you want to learn about the insanity of

Hello! I return!Today we will be talking about the neuroscience of seizures and epilepsy. Brought ab

End of Season 1

2022/7/14

That's a wrap on Season 1 folks! See you all in a few weeks with more episodes about epilepsy,

Apologies for the absolute chaos that is this episode. Today I wanted to cover some foundational bac

This episode is part two of my miniseries on the neuroscience of language production and processing

Tobacco has a long and storied history but its effects on the modern world cannot be ignored. It was

So this week’s episode is all about speech production. Speech is a fundamental way of communicating

Today’s episode is inspired by a historical nightmare and the subsequent decades-long experiment tha

This week we will be learning about bipolar disorder! It's a condition characterized by extreme

Welcome back! This week, I want to talk about your ears and how going to super loud concerts can imp

Social media is omnipresent. Mindless scrolling through TikTok and Instagram reels is just a part of

When I was a kid, I thought two things were going to be much bigger problems in my life than they ac

For the low, low price of $15.95 on Amazon, you can purchase a little spray bottle of pheromones tha

Migraines are PAINFUL! And neuroscience speaking - super cool and complicated.  It involves your blo

Itch is... uncomfortable. We've all been there before, one motivated mosquito takes a bite out