How does information get from the eyes to the brain?
Your brain’s doing its best, but what you see isn’t reality. It's more like a useful hallucination that lets you interact with the world.
What is aphantasia?
Can you see the world in your mind’s eye, or is it all a blank? Come find out why not everyone has mental imagery.
Why we can't remember being born
Does the memory of your own birth disappear? Or was it never there in the first place?
Why repeating a word makes it go weird
Hello, is it meaning you’re looking for? Well, you won’t find it if you keep repeating the same word.
Why do out of body experiences happen?
Find out what’s happening in the brain when you have an out of body experience, and how to trick yourself into having one!
What is misophonia?
Some people can’t bear noises like crunching, pen tapping and slurping. Why is that and how can research help them?
How false memories happen
It's probably not that we've glitched into an alternate reality, just that we're not very good at remembering…
Why we see faces in inanimate objects
It’s called pareidolia and it’s amazing! But why do our brains do it?
Why do we get déjà vu?
Déjà vu expert Courtney Aitken explains why it sometimes feels like time has gone in circles.
How much do people with dementia understand?
While memory for daily life may go, memory for emotions remains. Dr Lauren Rooney explains…
What makes child prodigies different from other children
A chat with my guest Zack Cahill about the research on whether child prodigies are made or born.
No, you're not right-brained (or left-brained)
It’s a myth - but how did it get started and why do we still believe it today?
Selfie-ish behaviour
Quick, take a selfie! Now, click to find out why you’re likely to have shown one side of your face to the camera.