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Best Neuroscience & the brain Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 22 Neuroscience & the brain talks from a 92-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System - NeurIPS 2018, The great porn experiment | Gary Wilson | TEDxGlasgow, and Brains, Sex, and Machine Learning. The broader topic archive has 584 labeled comments across 2008–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.

  1. 1
    What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System - NeurIPS 2018

    12 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Biology & biotechnology; the recorded mentions span 2018–2024.

    12 recommenders
  2. 2
    The great porn experiment | Gary Wilson | TEDxGlasgow

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Mental health & neurodiversity; the recorded mentions span 2012–2023.

    10 recommenders
  3. 3
    Brains, Sex, and Machine Learning

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Machine learning & deep learning; the recorded mentions span 2012–2017.

    7 recommenders
  4. 4
    Personal Growth Series: Dr. William Dement on Healthy Sleep and Optimal Perfo...

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Fitness, sleep & longevity; the recorded mentions span 2008–2024.

    6 recommenders
  5. 5
    Breakthrough with Healing Chronic Pain | Howard Schubiner | Talks at Google

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Neuroscience & the brain; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.

    3 recommenders
  6. 6
    Do we see reality as it is? | Donald Hoffman | TED

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Consciousness & cognition; the recorded mentions span 2016–2024.

    3 recommenders
  7. 7
    Why We Sleep: Science of Sleep & Dreams | Matthew Walker | Talks at Google

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Fitness, sleep & longevity; the recorded mentions span 2018–2019.

    3 recommenders
  8. 8
    Your Brain at Work

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Neuroscience & the brain; the recorded mentions span 2011–2015.

    3 recommenders
  9. 9
    My stroke of insight | Jill Bolte Taylor | TED

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Neuroscience & the brain; the recorded mentions span 2010–2024.

    2 recommenders
  10. 10
    Matter to Mind:Bioelectricity, Body Intelligence, Future of Regenerative Medicine- Dr. Michael Levin

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Biology & biotechnology; the recorded mentions span 2023–2024.

    2 recommenders
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    Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Neuroscience & the brain; the recorded mentions span 2013–2015.

    2 recommenders
  12. 12
    The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Neuroscience & the brain; the recorded mentions span 2017–2021.

    2 recommenders
  13. 13
    Dr. Matthew Phillips - 'Metabolic Strategies as Therapies in Cancer and Neurodegeneration'

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Nutrition & diet science; the recorded mentions span 2022–2023.

    2 recommenders
  14. 14
    Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality | Anil Seth | TED

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Consciousness & cognition; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.

    2 recommenders
  15. 15
    Neuroscience of Personality | Dario Nardi | Talks at Google

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Neuroscience & the brain; the recorded mentions span 2012–2016.

    1 recommenders
  16. 16
    You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2018–2019.

    1 recommenders
  17. 17
    Building Brains to Understand the World's Data

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Neuroscience & the brain; the recorded mentions span 2013–2017.

    1 recommenders
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    How we can use light to see deep inside our bodies and brains | Mary Lou Jepsen

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Medicine & infectious disease; the recorded mentions span 2018–2024.

    1 recommenders
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    Optical illusions show how we see | Beau Lotto

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Neuroscience & the brain; the recorded mentions span 2017–2023.

    1 recommenders
  20. 20
    Human brain mapping and brain decoding. | Jack Gallant | TEDxSanFrancisco

    0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Neuroscience & the brain; the recorded mentions span 2019–2022.

    0 recommenders
  21. 21
    Doctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids' Cognitive Development

    0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2026–2026.

    0 recommenders
  22. 22
    How to Create a Mind | Ray Kurzweil | Talks at Google

    0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Futurism & technology and society; the recorded mentions span 2012–2013.

    0 recommenders