BrainCraft
Vanessa Hill talks about psychology, neuroscience, and why we act the way we do. Neuroscience has never been so animated.
Seasons
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E1
The honest truth about screens at bedtime (it's not what you think)
Aired Mar 13, 2026📺
E2
I spent my PhD asking people why they stay up late
Aired May 13, 2026📺
E1
I finished my PhD. Now what?
Aired Jul 2, 2025📺
E2
Why Every Adult Needs a Bedtime
Aired Aug 7, 2025📺
E3
I Put ChatGPT 5's ‘PhD Intelligence' to the Test
Aired Aug 15, 2025📺
E4
You Don't Think About 67% of Your Behavior
Aired Dec 17, 2025📺
E1
How to cope when life is terrible
Aired Apr 9, 2024📺
E2
The Formula to Stop Feeling Tired
Aired Sep 24, 2024📺
E3
I Didn't Want to Make This Sleep Deprivation Video (But I Did)
Aired Dec 17, 2024📺
E1
This is What Your Sleep Sounds Like | discussing Max Richter's SLEEP
Aired Mar 16, 2023📺
E2
I Tried The Vagus Nerve Hack (so you don't have to)
Aired Mar 30, 2023📺
E3
I Tried 5 Methods to Boost Self-Esteem
Aired Jun 22, 2023📺
E4
You Need to Rest (I'm sick of this TikTok trend reaction)
Aired Aug 3, 2023📺
E5
Can this audio illusion control your mind? | Debunking binaural beats
Aired Sep 13, 2023📺
E6
Are You Really Open-Minded? (or can I change your mind?)
Aired Oct 20, 2023📺
E7
Does your country get the best sleep? (and why?)
Aired Dec 6, 2023📺
E1
Why You Shouldn't Trust Amazon's Tone Analysis
Aired Jan 19, 2022📺
E2
How to Feel Inspired When You've Lost Motivation
Aired Mar 8, 2022📺
E3
Is This The Most Confusing Traffic Sign? (Psychology Explains)
Aired Apr 13, 2022📺
E4
Everything You've Heard About Oxytocin is Wrong
Aired Jun 30, 2022📺
E5
The "Stress Hormone" Doesn't Exist
Aired Sep 16, 2022📺
E6
Daylight Savings is Killing You For Profit
Aired Nov 3, 2022📺
E1
The Surprising Psychological Benefits of Living Sustainably
Aired Jan 15, 2021📺
E2
I tried a $10,000 crystal healing bed. Here's what I learned.
Aired Jan 25, 2021📺
E3
What an 1800s Wild West Pharmacy Taught me About Trust & Vaccines
Aired Feb 26, 2021📺
E4
Why You Should Stop Using Times New Roman (Research Explains)
Aired May 21, 2021📺
E5
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Procrastination
Aired Jul 8, 2021📺
E6
The Truth About Being a Scientist & YouTuber (my story)
Aired Aug 13, 2021📺
E7
Why There's a Life-Size Statue Of Me (and 120 other scientists!)
Aired Sep 21, 2021📺
E8
Why People Send Terrible Emails (research explains...)
Aired Sep 28, 2021📺
E9
Why Climate Change Is Ruining People's Mental Health
Aired Oct 30, 2021📺
E10
A 300 Day Experiment to Change How I Think
Aired Nov 17, 2021📺
E11
I Built A Bot To Help You Go To Bed
Aired Dec 10, 2021📺
E1
People Now Have ‘Eco-Anxiety'. I'm One of Them.
Aired Feb 14, 2020📺
E2
How to Stay Sane When Everything's Uncertain (COVID-19 psychology survival guide)
Aired Mar 27, 2020📺
E3
Why March Was The Longest Year Ever (explained by science)
Aired Apr 11, 2020📺
E4
The Truth About Lucid Dreaming
Aired Jun 26, 2020📺
E5
How to Convince Others to Wear a Mask
Aired Jul 14, 2020📺
E6
Think You Have a "Type A" Personality? Watch this first
Aired Aug 11, 2020📺
E7
Stop Trying to be Happy (do THIS instead)
Aired Sep 3, 2020📺
E8
THIS Mindset Will Help You Cope
Aired Oct 9, 2020📺
E9
Is Trump's Bad Behavior Contagious?
Aired Oct 30, 2020📺
E10
The Disturbing Psychology ‘The Social Dilemma' Didn't Tell You
Aired Nov 20, 2020📺
E11
Fact-checking My First Video… Here's How I Was Wrong
Aired Dec 8, 2020📺
E12
A Simple Planning System for Reducing Anxiety
Aired Dec 18, 2020📺
E1
I read 75,000 YouTube comments
Aired Jan 8, 2019📺
E2
How to Stop Overthinking Everything
Aired Jan 26, 2019📺
E3
The Emotions You've Never Heard Of
Aired Feb 16, 2019📺
E4
The Meat Paradox
Aired Feb 26, 2019📺
E6
Why Do People Interrupt You?
Aired Apr 20, 2019📺
E8
An Introvert's Guide to Happiness
Aired May 19, 2019📺
E9
Why You Can't Stop Snacking
Aired Jun 9, 2019📺
E13
What Can Body Language Actually Tell Us?
Aired Aug 9, 2019📺
E14
How to Stay Motivated, Using Psychology.
Aired Aug 24, 2019📺
E15
The Power of Self-Awareness
Aired Aug 29, 2019📺
E16
The Science of Jet Lag (and how to beat it)
Aired Sep 23, 2019📺
E17
How to Make Better Decisions (with science)
Aired Sep 29, 2019📺
E18
The Selfish Benefits of Kindness
Aired Oct 19, 2019📺
E19
One Thing That Can Boost Innovation
Aired Oct 27, 2019📺
E20
The Upside of Stress
Aired Oct 31, 2019📺
E21
"Thank You" Backfires When Used in This Way
Aired Nov 15, 2019📺
E22
Real Psychologist Reacts To My Brain Tips
Aired Nov 30, 2019📺
E23
How to Form Habits That (Actually) Stick
Aired Dec 28, 2019📺
E1
The Surprising Similarities Between Twister and Intelligence
Aired Jan 4, 2018📺
E2
The Neuroscience of Creativity
Aired Jan 16, 2018📺
E3
How to Think Like Einstein
Aired Jan 23, 2018📺
E4
How Remixes Hijack Your Brain
Aired Jan 31, 2018📺
E5
What If We Were All Optimists?
Aired Feb 13, 2018📺
E6
How Halfalogues Manipulate Your –
Aired Feb 27, 2018📺
E7
The Power of Curiosity
Aired Mar 8, 2018📺
E8
The Upside of Being Awkward
Aired Mar 19, 2018📺
E9
Why People Blame Others
Aired Apr 5, 2018📺
E10
Why You Lie To Yourself More Than Others
Aired Apr 11, 2018📺
E11
How Gaslighting Manipulates Your Mind
Aired Apr 25, 2018📺
E12
Why Are People So Passive-Aggressive?
Aired May 3, 2018📺
E13
Every Scientific Study on Arnold Schwarzenegger
Aired May 16, 2018📺
E14
The Ancient Origins of Your Musical Brain
Aired May 30, 2018📺
E15
THE IKEA EFFECT ft. Joanna Hausmann!
Aired Jun 8, 2018📺
E16
Why Everybody Should Read Harry Potter
Aired Jun 18, 2018📺
E17
Ghosting: Why Some People Just Disappear
Aired Jul 3, 2018📺
E18
How Jealousy Distorts Your Thinking
Aired Jul 11, 2018📺
E19
These Tiny Cells Shape Your Life
Aired Jul 26, 2018📺
E20
Why Most Personality Tests Are Wrong
Aired Aug 6, 2018📺
E21
The Antioxidant Benefits of Sleep ft. OTHER Vanessa Hill!
Aired Aug 21, 2018📺
E22
Why Are We More Anxious Than Ever Before?
Aired Sep 5, 2018📺
E23
How Magicians Trick Your Brain
Aired Sep 27, 2018📺
E24
Why Willpower Doesn't Predict Your Success
Aired Oct 22, 2018📺
E25
How Dana Scully Changed Science
Aired Nov 1, 2018📺
E26
Big Tech's Battle For Our Attention
Aired Nov 13, 2018📺
E27
The Psychological Tricks Keeping You Online
Aired Nov 23, 2018📺
E28
How One Company Redefined Social Norms
Aired Nov 30, 2018📺
E29
Google Owns 28% of Your Brain
Aired Dec 7, 2018📺
E30
Your Emotions Are For Sale
Aired Dec 13, 2018📺
E31
The Attention Economy Needs to Change. But How?
Aired Dec 21, 2018📺
E1
3 Brain Teasers!
Aired Jan 5, 2016📺
E2
Why Everything Takes Longer Than You Expect
Aired Jan 19, 2017📺
E3
Us vs Them: Immigration, Empathy and Psychology
Aired Feb 2, 2017📺
E4
4 Valentine's Day Tips From the Animal World!
Aired Feb 9, 2017📺
E5
Everything is Trying to Kill You
Aired Feb 23, 2017📺
E6
What Do You Think is Normal?
Aired Mar 2, 2017📺
E7
Your Body on Carbs
Aired Mar 16, 2017📺
E8
Why do You Get a Brain Freeze?
Aired Mar 23, 2017📺
E9
Can You Solve This Riddle?
Aired Mar 30, 2017📺
E10
Why Can People Move So Quickly? Myelin Explained!
Aired Apr 6, 2017📺
E11
Gravity in Your Brain ft. Neil deGrasse Tyson!
Aired Apr 13, 2017📺
E12
Why Are We Ticklish?
Aired Apr 20, 2017📺
E13
Do You Own Your Cells?
Aired May 1, 2017📺
E14
MUTANT MENU | The Ethics of Gene Editing
Aired May 10, 2017📺
E15
The Quantum Power of the Human Nose
Aired May 25, 2017📺
E16
Mind-Blowing Illusions That Trick Multiple Senses
Aired Jun 1, 2017📺
E17
How To Procrastinate Effectively
Aired Jun 8, 2017📺
E18
THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID
Aired Jun 15, 2017📺
E19
100 LAYERS OF CREDIBILITY
Aired Jun 23, 2017📺
E20
How Smart is Your Dog?
Aired Jun 29, 2017📺
E21
Are Older People Wiser?
Aired Jul 6, 2017📺
E22
Your Brain in Virtual Reality
Aired Jul 13, 2017📺
E23
Your Biological Clock at Work
Aired Jul 20, 2017📺
E24
Inside a Dinosaur Brain
Aired Jul 27, 2017📺
E25
Ways to Bring the Brain Dead ‘Back to Life'
Aired Aug 11, 2017📺
E26
4 Brain Teasers Asked in Job Interviews (ft. Space Time & Infinite Series!)
Aired Aug 17, 2017📺
E27
What Makes Someone a Night Owl?
Aired Aug 24, 2017📺
E28
The Allais Paradox
Aired Sep 1, 2017📺
E29
Do You Have an Inner Voice?
Aired Sep 14, 2017📺
E30
Can You Visualise This? (Aphantasia Explained)
Aired Nov 2, 2017📺
E31
The Sounds That Are Unbearable (Misophonia explained)
Aired Nov 16, 2017📺
E32
Artificial Intelligence Solved This Audio Illusion. Can You?
Aired Nov 30, 2017📺
E33
Artificial Intelligence Can Hallucinate, Too.
Aired Dec 7, 2017📺
E1
Why Do So Many People Get Cancer?
Aired Jan 14, 2016📺
E2
Good Sleep = Good Gut?
Aired Jan 25, 2016📺
E3
Are Concussions Deadly?
Aired Feb 5, 2016📺
E4
Can Your Memory Make a Murderer?
Aired Feb 18, 2016📺
E5
One Weird Visual Illusion Explained
Aired Feb 25, 2016📺
E6
The Tiny Key to Ageing
Aired Mar 2, 2016📺
E7
The Nature of Memory
Aired Mar 8, 2016📺
E8
What's The Best Way to Teach Science? | BrainCraft BTS
Aired Mar 10, 2016📺
E9
The Prisoner's Dilemma
Aired Mar 28, 2016📺
E10
The Secret to Creativity
Aired Apr 14, 2016📺
E11
Could You Win the Game of Thrones?
Aired Apr 21, 2016📺
E12
What a Tooth Reveals About Autism
Aired Apr 27, 2016📺
E13
How Many Things Can You Do At Once?
Aired May 12, 2016📺
E14
Can You Taste With Your Ears?
Aired May 19, 2016📺
E15
Would $100 Million Make You Happy?
Aired May 26, 2016📺
E16
3 Surprising Creativity Tests!
Aired Jun 2, 2016📺
E17
What's the Value of a Life?
Aired Jun 9, 2016📺
E18
Why We Can't Deliver Drugs to the Brain
Aired Jun 16, 2016📺
E19
This Video May Give You Goose Bumps
Aired Jul 1, 2016📺
E20
Your Brain in Numbers
Aired Jul 8, 2016📺
E21
BrainCraft Q&A! #2
Aired Jul 14, 2016📺
E22
A Venus Flytrap Works Just Like Your Brain
Aired Jul 29, 2016📺
E23
Should The Olympics Just Allow Doping?
Aired Aug 3, 2016📺
E24
4 Logic Riddles
Aired Aug 10, 2016📺
E25
The Most Boring Video Ever
Aired Aug 18, 2016📺
E26
The Evolutionary Advantages of Art
Aired Aug 25, 2016📺
E27
The Psychology of Keeping Secrets
Aired Sep 8, 2016📺
E28
3 Quick Psychology Tests!
Aired Sep 15, 2016📺
E29
The Automation Paradox
Aired Sep 29, 2016📺
E30
Why People Fake Illness Online
Aired Oct 4, 2016📺
E31
How LEGO Helps Blind People See
Aired Oct 13, 2016📺
E32
Are You a Chronic Procrastinator?
Aired Oct 27, 2016📺
E33
The Weird World of Animal Mating
Aired Nov 3, 2016📺
E34
The Best Banknote in the World!
Aired Nov 14, 2016📺
E35
Why Do Songs Get Stuck In Your Head?
Aired Dec 6, 2016📺
E36
Why Do We Work?
Aired Dec 15, 2016📺
E1
Do Dogs Really Miss Us?
Aired Jan 5, 2015📺
E2
Are Your Emotions Contagious?
Aired Jan 15, 2015📺
E3
Dr. Oz vs. Barry Goldwater: Ethics Need Not Apply
Aired Jan 22, 2015📺
E4
Is Love All You Need?
Aired Feb 5, 2015📺
E5
Do Opposites Really Attract?
Aired Feb 12, 2015📺
E6
How Movies Control Your Brain
Aired Feb 18, 2015📺
E7
4 Psychology Myths You Probably Thought Were True
Aired Feb 26, 2015📺
E8
4 Lesser-Known Scientific Discoveries! (And the women behind them)
Aired Mar 5, 2015📺
E9
The Bizarre Ways Your Name Affects Your Behaviour
Aired Mar 12, 2015📺
E10
The Strange Location of Your Second Brain
Aired Mar 20, 2015📺
E11
4 Mental Shortcuts That Cloud Your Judgement
Aired Mar 26, 2015📺
E12
Why Are Some People So Easily Fooled?
Aired Mar 30, 2015📺
E13
Why Do We Find Things Disgusting? | BrainCraft Q&A!
Aired Apr 16, 2015📺
E14
Weird Brain Myths from History!
Aired Apr 23, 2015📺
E15
Your Brain on Tetris
Aired Apr 28, 2015📺
E16
Can You Win This Game?
Aired May 7, 2015📺
E17
4 Odd Things We've Seen in Your Brain
Aired May 14, 2015📺
E18
How Good is Your Memory?
Aired May 21, 2015📺
E19
The Man With a Hole in His Brain
Aired May 27, 2015📺
E20
What Cats Taught Us About Perception
Aired Jun 4, 2015📺
E21
How Many Choices Are Too Many?
Aired Jun 11, 2015📺
E22
Are You Paying Attention?
Aired Jun 18, 2015📺
E23
4 Weird Audio Illusions!
Aired Jun 23, 2015📺
E24
Is This the Most Beautiful Face in the World?
Aired Jul 9, 2015📺
E25
Why Do We Feel Lonely?
Aired Jul 17, 2015📺
E26
The Power of Sadness in Inside Out
Aired Jul 31, 2015📺
E27
What Is Insanity?
Aired Aug 5, 2015📺
E28
Can You Solve This Dilemma?
Aired Aug 14, 2015📺
E29
Can Computers Have Personalities?
Aired Aug 21, 2015📺
E30
What is a Fact?
Aired Aug 27, 2015📺
E31
The Truman Show Delusion
Aired Sep 7, 2015📺
E32
Do Dogs Dream?
Aired Sep 17, 2015📺
E33
Do You Know This Voice?
Aired Sep 24, 2015📺
E34
Your Brain on Mars
Aired Sep 29, 2015📺
E35
The Surprising Ways Death Shapes Our Lives
Aired Oct 26, 2015📺
E36
How Old Are You, Really?
Aired Nov 5, 2015📺
E37
Why Do We Love Sugar?
Aired Nov 12, 2015📺
E38
Can You be Addicted to Sugar?
Aired Nov 16, 2015📺
E39
Are Some Sweeteners Better Than Others?
Aired Nov 19, 2015📺
E40
The Amazing Effects of Gratitude
Aired Nov 26, 2015📺
E41
3 Common Misconceptions About Sugar
Aired Dec 10, 2015📺
E42
The Psychology of Listicles
Aired Dec 16, 2015📺
E43
Why New Year's Resolutions Fail
Aired Dec 31, 2015📺
E1
How Exercise Can Improve Your Memory
Aired Jan 5, 2014📺
E2
The Upside of Social Media Narcissism
Aired Jan 27, 2014📺
E3
How Brain Training Improves Sports Performance
Aired Feb 6, 2014📺
E4
Your Warped Perception of Time
Aired Feb 24, 2014📺
E5
Your Brain's Facial Recognition Technology
Aired Mar 20, 2014📺
E6
The Psychology of Colour, Emotion and Online Shopping
Aired Apr 2, 2014📺
E7
How to Beat Jet Lag
Aired Apr 17, 2014📺
E8
Amazing Effects of Sleep (And Lack of it)
Aired May 2, 2014📺
E9
Why Do We Feel Hungry?
Aired May 2, 2014📺
E10
The Unexpected Effects of Knitting
Aired Jun 5, 2014📺
E11
Does Technology Ruin Relationships?
Aired Jun 20, 2014📺
E12
The Psychology Of Personal Space
Aired Jul 7, 2014📺
E13
This Is How Your Brain Grows
Aired Jul 7, 2014📺
E14
Can Reading Boost Your Emotional Intelligence?
Aired Aug 19, 2014📺
E15
When Do We Reach Our Mental Peak?
Aired Aug 26, 2014📺
E16
DIY Brain Enhancement or Frankenstein?
Aired Sep 2, 2014📺
E17
Re-engineering Sight
Aired Sep 11, 2014📺
E18
The Upside of Forgetting
Aired Sep 18, 2014📺
E19
Sleep Drunkenness Explained
Aired Sep 25, 2014📺
E20
Can You Fake Sleep?
Aired Oct 2, 2014📺
E21
Could Telepathy Exist?
Aired Oct 9, 2014📺
E22
The Negative Side of Positive Thinking
Aired Oct 16, 2014📺
E23
This Video is Just For You
Aired Oct 23, 2014📺
E24
The Psychology of Accents
Aired Oct 30, 2014📺
E25
Can You Boost Your Creativity?
Aired Nov 6, 2014📺
E26
Does Smiling Make You Happy?
Aired Nov 13, 2014📺
E27
Why Do We Feel MIND-BLOWN?
Aired Nov 20, 2014📺
E28
Food Nostalgia
Aired Nov 25, 2014📺
E29
Can You See These Optical Illusions?
Aired Dec 4, 2014📺
E30
How Many Friends Can You Have?
Aired Dec 11, 2014📺
E31
Can You Follow This Beat?
Aired Dec 19, 2014📺
E32
The Perfect Christmas Gift (According to Science)
Aired Dec 23, 2014📺
E1
Is Google Killing Your Memory?
Aired Nov 23, 2013📺
E2
Can Chocolate Make You Smarter?
Aired Dec 5, 2013📺
E3