That Neuroscience Guy

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss some cutting edge ideas and technologies in neuroscience from the 2025 Society for Neuroscience conference.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the parts of your brain that contribute to decision-making.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind making slow, careful decisions or fast, gut-hunch decisions.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind choosing an exploratory decision, where we do something new, or sticking with what we know.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss how your brain uses your values to make decisions.

In the first episode of season 11 of That Neuroscience Guy, we start a new series on decision making by discussing the neuroscience behind how we assign value to decisions.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind why some people get dementia while others don't.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind being successful during your university experience.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss how your brain changes throughout middle age.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind somatosensation, or our sense of touch.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we start our "Senses" series by discussing the neuroscience behind vision.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind public speaking and its' associated emotions, finishing off with some tips for better public speaking.

We often have to balance between making quick, intuitive decisions and slow, analytical decisions. In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind that balance, and when to trust your emotional decisions.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind Misophonia, a disorder that causes increased sensitivity to certain sounds like loud chewing or pen clicking.

In today's epsiode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the tools that neuroscientists use to study the brain.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we wrap up Dr Krigolson's lecture, "Why we do the dumb things we do", discussing some important caveats to models of decision making. Be sure to check out Parts 1 and 2 if you haven't yet!

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we pick up where we left off last week with Dr Krigolson's lecture titled "Why we do the dumb things we do". If you haven't checked out Part 1 yet, please do!

Recently, Dr Krigolson gave an invited lecture at Indiana University titled "Why We Do the Dumb Things We Do". Now we are delivering that lecture to you in a three part series starting with basics of decision making.

We like to focus quite a bit on things you can do to improve your brain health. In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind how that advice might change for older individuals.

We've talked plenty about the neuroscience of learning as well as moving neuroscience into the real world. In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss how we can use neuroscience to improve education from elementary schools to universities.

In everyday thinking, we are making decisions that can range from intuitive, based on 'gut hunches', to analytical, based on prior experience and critical thinking. In today's epsiode, we discuss the neuroscience behind balancing analytical and intuitive decision making.

According to the WHO, more than 55 million people worldwide have dementia, with nearly 10 million new cases every year. In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the neuroscience behind different types of dementia.

Neurotransmitters are essential cellular components for neural function - and they're common targets for treatment of several psychiatric and neurological disorders. In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we review all of the important neurotransmitters that underlie neural function.

Politicians are becoming increasingly eye-catching in the modern world, as is the prevalence of so-called "fake-news". In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discusss the neuroscience behind how our brains criticize, consider, and embrace modern modern politicians.

In today's episode of That Neuroscience Guy, we discuss the Chiari Malformation - a unique condition that causes the brain to grow into the spinal cord.