TED Talks
Perception, Self, and the Art of Acting: A Dialogue with Anil Seth and Yara Shahidi
In a conversation between cognitive neuroscientist Anil Seth and actor Yara Shahidi, they explore the interplay between perception, self-awareness, and acting. Seth delves into the neuroscience of experiencing oneself, while Shahidi...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Art and Spaceflight
Retired astronaut Nicole Stott, an artist who uses painting to express the feelings and emotions she experienced on station, talks about her spaceflight experience and the importance of art as a form of expression and inspiration. HWHAP...
Curated Video
Exploring the Meaning and Impact of Art
New ReviewThe video explores the concept of art and challenges common misconceptions about it. It emphasizes that art is not limited to traditional forms like paintings in museums, but can be found in various aspects of everyday life such as...
Curated Video
Master Emotional Self-Regulation: Thrive Through Tough Times
Unlock the secrets to mastering Emotional Regulation and thrive in any situation with Mark as your expert guide in this transformative video. Dive deep into the art of understanding and managing your emotions, not by pushing them away,...
TED Talks
How theater weathers wars, outlasts empires and survives pandemics | Cara Greene Epstein
When catastrophe strikes, art prevails -- and has done so for centuries. In this fascinating talk, writer and director Cara Greene Epstein places the closing of theaters during the coronavirus pandemic in a historical context, exploring...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Music and math: The genius of Beethoven - Natalya St. Clair
How is it that Beethoven, who is celebrated as one of the most significant composers of all time, wrote many of his most beloved songs while going deaf? The answer lies in the math behind his music. Natalya St. Clair employs the...
TED Talks
TED: Life is hard. Art helps | Liana Finck
Cartoonist Liana Finck's drawings hold our hands through life's predicaments, big and small: dating, breakups, what to make for dinner, how to leave a party without being rude, how to think about our relationship with God. In a funny,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marc Brackett - The Emotion Revolution
Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and Professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University. His grant-funded research focuses on the role of emotional intelligence in learning, decision...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Elizabeth Phelps - Emotion and Memory
Elizabeth Phelps received her PhD from Princeton University and served on the faculty of Yale University and New York University. Professor Phelps is the recipient of the 21st Century Scientist Award from the James S. McDonnell...
Curated Video
Express Yourself: The Power of Art Therapy
Unleash your inner emotions and explore your subconscious through the power of art therapy. By using creative mediums such as drawing, painting, or sculpting, you can express and process complex feelings and experiences in a non-verbal...
The Art Assignment
Art I Can't Show You
Agnes Martin's minimal paintings reproduce terribly. Their magic does not come though in photos or videos. Guest host John Green discusses Martin's art anyway, how it brilliantly captures emotion itself, and why you should seek it out.
The Art Assignment
The Definition of Art
What is art? How do we define art? In this episode, we explore some of the many ways that artists and writers and thinkers have defined and understood this thing we call art.
Curated Video
Dancing Away From Illness And Onto The Stage
The hall lights dim…..a hush comes over the audience … the command “places everyone” is given… there is a palpable stillness in the air as the first notes of the opening piece float out of the speakers and hover above the stage…. the...
Curated Video
Ballerina Struggles to Balance Health, Family, and Work (Barely Breathing Ballerina E5)
Bailey Vincent desperately wants to get back to doing the things she loves as she battles a lung infection that followed her most recent surgery. In this episode of Barely Breathing Ballerina, she will stretch herself as far as she dares...
TED Talks
TED: Technology that knows what you're feeling | Poppy Crum
What happens when technology knows more about us than we do? Poppy Crum studies how we express emotions -- and she suggests the end of the poker face is near, as new tech makes it easy to see the signals that give away how we're feeling....
TED Talks
TED: Nature, art and magical blocks of flying concrete | Lonneke Gordijn
Our bodies instinctually respond to the movements and rhythms of nature, like the uplifting feeling you get when walking in a forest. Can art evoke the same emotions? Experiential artist Lonneke Gordijn takes us through her studio's...
Crash Course
Defense Against the Dark Arts of Influence: Crash Course Business Soft Skills
How do con artists manage to scam millions? Why do people choose to follow great leaders, or horrible ones? How do CEOs get better deals in the boardroom? Influence. In this episode of Crash Course Business, Evelyn chats to us about what...
TED Talks
TED: 12 truths I learned from life and writing | Anne Lamott
A few days before she turned 61, writer Anne Lamott decided to write down everything she knew for sure. She dives into the nuances of being a human who lives in a confusing, beautiful, emotional world, offering her characteristic...
TED Talks
Beau Lotto and Cirque du Soleil: How we experience awe -- and why it matters
Neuroscientist Beau Lotto conducted an ambitious study with Cirque du Soleil on the emotion of awe and its psychological and behavioral benefits. In this talk and live performance, he shares some of their findings -- and stands back as...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marc Brackett - Teachers Make a Difference
Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and Professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University. His grant-funded research focuses on the role of emotional intelligence in learning, decision...
Curated Video
Exploring Camera Shots and Angles for Visual Storytelling
New ReviewThis video explores the impact of different camera shots and angles on visual storytelling, emphasizing how they can convey perspective, story, and emotion. The narrator discusses two main ways shots can produce effects: focusing on the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Caitlin Krause at BLC14 - Mindfulness in the Classroom Increase the Wow! by Staying in the Now!
Filmed at Building Learning Communities 2014. Caitlin Krause studied English and Interdisciplinary Art at Duke University and received her MFA in Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has taught English,...
World Science Festival
Consciousness: Explored and Explained
Consciousness is a terrible curse. Or so says a character in screenwriter/director Charlie Kaufman’s Being John Malkovich. Part theater of the absurd and part neuroscience fiction, the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s work captures the...
World Science Festival
All Creatures Great and Smart
Does your dog really think and feel like a human? Do our closest primate relatives have brains and emotions similar to ours? What about the storied intelligence of dolphins and singing humpback whales? And do other species hold surprises...