Instructional Video8:37
TED Talks

TED: How can groups make good decisions? | Mariano Sigman and Dan Ariely

12th - Higher Ed
We all know that when we make decisions in groups, they don't always go right -- and sometimes they go very wrong. How can groups make good decisions? With his colleague Dan Ariely, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman has been inquiring into...
Instructional Video3:23
Science360

Computational behavioral science develops tools, methods to reach children with autism

12th - Higher Ed
Lexie is an active, healthy 2-year-old and already lending a hand, or more specifically her wrist to science. She's helping researchers test sensors designed to gauge something particularly difficult to measure scientifically --...
Instructional Video20:30
Institute for New Economic Thinking

The Death of ‘Homo Economicus’

Higher Ed
Good incentives are no substitute for good citizens.



Human beings, notes Sam Bowles, a Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, are complex, psychological beings given to all sorts of motivations well beyond naked...
Instructional Video9:10
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Gary Orfield - The Civil Rights Project

Higher Ed
Gary Orfield is Distinguished Research Professor of Education, Law, Political Science and Urban Planning at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Orfield's research interests are in the study of civil rights, education...
Instructional Video6:32
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Chernor Bah - Educating Girls Worldwide

Higher Ed
Chernor Bah is an advocate for global education and a champion for girls. He leads the Population Council’s work on post-emergency programs for adolescent girls in Sierra Leone.



Before joining the Population Council, Bah...
Instructional Video5:42
Hip Hughes History

Boy Scouts of America vs Dale: American Government Review

6th - 12th
A straight forward from the "hip" explanation of the court case which a) allows for some groups to discriminate against gays and lesbians OR b) allows for groups to have the freedom to associate with whom they choose. Perfect for AP...
Instructional Video5:14
SciShow

What We Can Learn From 10,000 Pack-Hunting Spiders

12th - Higher Ed
Most spiders are solitary creatures, but a few species group up instead, creating giant colonies where they live and hunt together.
Instructional Video1:47
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Richard Ingersoll - Teachers Make a Difference - Mr. Montemuro

Higher Ed
After teaching in both public and private schools for a number of years, Dr. Ingersoll obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. From 1995 to 2000 he was a faculty member in the Sociology...
Instructional Video5:38
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Richard Ingersoll - Why Teachers Quit

Higher Ed
After teaching in both public and private schools for a number of years, Dr. Ingersoll obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. From 1995 to 2000 he was a faculty member in the Sociology...
Instructional Video3:39
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Richard Ingersoll - The Myth of Teacher Shortages

Higher Ed
After teaching in both public and private schools for a number of years, Dr. Ingersoll obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. From 1995 to 2000 he was a faculty member in the Sociology...
Instructional Video6:38
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Anne Collier - Digital Media, Technology and the Internet

Higher Ed
Editor of NetFamilyNews.org and founder and executive director of its parent organization, Net Family News, Inc., Anne is a writer and youth advocate who has worked in the news media since 1980. With SafeKids.com's Larry Magid,...
Instructional Video5:31
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Mina Cikara - Us Versus Them

Higher Ed
Mina Cikara is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the Intergroup Neuroscience Lab. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Policy from Princeton University in 2010 and completed a NIH Ruth L....
Instructional Video1:23
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Mina Cikara - Teachers Make a Difference - Jannay Morrow

Higher Ed
Mina Cikara is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the Intergroup Neuroscience Lab. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Policy from Princeton University in 2010 and completed a NIH Ruth L....
Instructional Video6:23
Science360

Patricia K. Kuhl - ScienceLives

12th - Higher Ed
At birth, children’s brains are prepared to learn from social agents – other members in a group or society. New research findings also suggest this "social brain" helps a person’s learning over his or her lifetime. But beyond learning...
Instructional Video9:59
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Herbert Kelman - Conflict Resolution

Higher Ed
HERBERT C. KELMAN is the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, at Harvard University and was (from 1993 to 2003) Director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Harvard's Weatherhead...
Instructional Video5:11
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Nilanjana Dasgupta - Implicit Bias

Higher Ed
As the director of faculty equity and inclusion, Nilanjana (Buju) Dasgupta works with faculty and develops policies and programs that can be implemented college-wide to increase diversity in the hiring, retention, success, and...
Instructional Video6:46
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Jim Coan - Teachers Make a Difference - Frau Dufford

Higher Ed
Dr. James Coan is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Virginia Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Virginia. Dr. Coan has consulted for clinicians, businesses and researchers, working with groups as diverse as...
Instructional Video10:41
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Robert J. Sternberg - Successful Intelligence

Higher Ed
Robert J. Sternberg was most recently President and Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Wyoming. Before that, he was Provost, Senior Vice President, Regents Professor of Psychology and Education,...
Instructional Video7:48
National Geographic

See How Technology is Changing Traditional Teenage Dating in Cambodia | Short Film Showcase

Pre-K - 11th
Cambodia is home to just over 20 ethnic minorities, with the Kreung being one of the country's largest groups. Traditionally, Kreung girls and boys approaching adolescence were given their own private huts outside the family home. ➡
Instructional Video2:52
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Orlando Patterson - Teachers Make a Difference - Noel A. White

Higher Ed
Orlando Patterson, a historical and cultural sociologist, is John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He previously held faculty appointments at the University of the West Indies, his alma mater, and the London...
Instructional Video4:58
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Orlando Patterson - Understanding Black Youth

Higher Ed
Orlando Patterson, a historical and cultural sociologist, is John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He previously held faculty appointments at the University of the West Indies, his alma mater, and the London...
Instructional Video6:39
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Orlando Patterson - Jamaica The Confounding Island

Higher Ed
Orlando Patterson, a historical and cultural sociologist, is John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He previously held faculty appointments at the University of the West Indies, his alma mater, and the London...
Instructional Video4:35
Brainwaves Video Anthology

William Gaudelli - Global Citizenship Education

Higher Ed
"William Gaudelli is associate professor of social studies and education and Coordinator of the Program in Social Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research areas include global citizenship education and teacher...
Instructional Video1:12
Brainwaves Video Anthology

William Gaudelli - Teachers Make a Difference - Linda Hartley

Higher Ed
William Gaudelli is associate professor of social studies and education and Coordinator of the Program in Social Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research areas include global citizenship education and teacher...