For 50% off your first month of any subscription crate from KiwiCo (available in 40 countries!) head to https://kiwico.com/braincraft Subscribe to BrainCraft... http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft My Instagram... https://instagram.com/nessyhill How many exclamation points is too many?! Should you include emojis in emails 🤷🏻‍♀️ Why do people send such terrible emails, or is there more to it? Here Vanessa breaks down the psychology of online communication – emails, text messages and more – to unpack how knowledge bias, negativity bias and generation punctuation lead to miscommunication. Armed with new knowledge about tone and perception, you can reemerge into the world to communicate more clearly... we hope... In addition to creating videos on BrainCraft, Vanessa is researching behaviour change and sleep. Vanessa is available for hosting projects and to travel to give public talks, please reach out via email: hello(at)braincraft.tv Simple one of the best YouTube channels ar

I visited a statue of myself and 120 other STEM Ambassadors in Texas! Thank you to the If/Then Initiative for this amazing opportunity. Subscribe to BrainCraft 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill In addition to creating videos on BrainCraft, Vanessa is researching behaviour change and sleep. Vanessa is available for hosting projects and to travel to give public talks, please reach out via email: hello(at)braincraft.tv This video was made possible with the support of Lyda Hill Philanthropies as part of the AAAS IF/THEN® Ambassadors Program.

Text "SLEEP" to 844-55-DELAY (844-553-3529) or head to https://www.braincraft.tv/procrastination The text-line is anonymous and you will *not* be signed up to any lists. For the online survey, you have the option of entering your email so I can check in on your sleep plan in a few weeks time. Make sure to subscribe to @BrainCraft for the full Bedtime Procrastination video (coming soon)! 💤

Never stop asking questions, and remember that it’s never too late to do something new. Subscribe to BrainCraft 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft Interested in a career in STEM? AMAZING. Take a STEM career quiz here: https://careerswithstem.com.au/category/quizzes/ Vanessa Hill is a science communicator, YouTuber and behavioural scientist who struggles to tell her own story and write about herself in the third person. This video is an attempt to change that. In addition to creating videos on BrainCraft, Vanessa is researching behaviour change and sleep at the Appleton Institute, CQUniversity. Vanessa is available for hosting projects and to travel to give public talks, please reach out via email: hello(at)braincraft.tv Thank you to countless friends who reviewed earlier versions of this video. Filmed and directed by Trace Dominguez https://www.tracedominguez.com/ Produced by Vanessa Hill Edited by Dominique Taylor and Vanessa Hill Animations by Amalia Desta Sound Mix

MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE PhD Comics 👉 http://phdcomics.com/ My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill Many people think procrastination is the opposite of productivity. So trying to fix procrastination with productivity hacks like time management apps or optimizing your workflow makes sense, right? But that’s the tricky thing about procrastination: it’s a mental phenomenon, so we need those psychological tricks. Making changes to the way we *think* rather than the way we work, is key. Thanks to Jorge Cham for taking the time to chat, and to the ANU SCOM class for their notes on an earlier version of this video.

MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE Paola's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/PaolaKBuitrago Matthew's TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDYPwelp7js Many claim that Times New Roman is the most readable or accessible font – but is this really true? We dive into font research to explore the accessibility of Arial, Comic Sans, and fonts like Open Dyslexic. Is there one that stands out from the rest? Or is the world of typefaces as subjective as our opinions about design? My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill A big thanks to Paola Kassa and Matthew Shifrin for their contributions to this episode. Created & produced by Vanessa Hill. Edited by Dominique Taylor. Research by Hannah Thomasy REFERENCES 📚 READABILITY https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612630/pdf/nihms729523.pdf https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2003-10873-003 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Towards-Readability-Individuation%3A-The-Right-to-on-Wallace-

Listen to the new Music for Scientists album: https://biglink.to/music-for-scientists And watch the music video, For The Love of The Truth: https://youtu.be/YGjjvd34Cvc SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft I visited the History of Pharmacy Museum to learn about old science, trust, and what it all has to do with the COVID-19 vaccine. Thanks to Stephen Hall and Cara Santa Maria for their time and expertise. More about the History of Pharmacy museum: https://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/centers/history-pharmacy-museum Subscribe to Cara's podcast Talk Nerdy: https://www.carasantamaria.com/podcast This video was produced and edited by Vanessa Hill and Dominique Taylor. My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING 📚 https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-vaccines-health-experts-identify-ways-to-build-public-trust-150129 https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2020/12/03/intent-to-get-

Please check out the SMASH Packaging games and video on The Sustainables website! 👉 https://www.emdgroup.com/en/sustainables/?ko=vh Thanks again to Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany for supporting BrainCraft and sponsoring this video. For more, check out this interview with Fabien Thibault on how the SMASH Packaging initiative is done responsibly: https://www.emdgroup.com/en/sustainables/story/smash-packaging/?ko=vh SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE Good 🌏 = good 🧠? It turns out that going green might benefit more than just the environment – there are psychological benefits for you, too. My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill CHAPTERS: 0:00 Wait, am I ruining the planet? 0:27 An Introduction to Sustainability & Psychology 0:45 The Research 1:28 Sustainable Behaviour and Well-Being 1:54 The Mechanisms 2:37 The Benefits of Sustainable Behaviour 3:06 Sustainability in Industry 3:25 What Merck is Doing 3:49 SMASH Packaging Yourself! REFERENCES �

Seven years ago, I uploaded my first YouTube video to BrainCraft. I had it fact-checked, and sat down to watch it for the first time since 2013. MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and please ring that bell 🔔) Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/nessyhill https://instagram.com/brain_craft MY FIRST VIDEO 👀 Is Google Killing Your Memory? https://youtu.be/qoFMGLTjUTM The Google Effect is the tendency to forget info we can easily find online, like “digital amnesia.” But how strong is this effect, really? Fact-checking by Hannah Thomasy Edited by Dominique Taylor REFERENCES 📚 (from the original video) The fMRI images are from this study-How Google is reshaping your brain: http://youtu.be/2jk2scOd2ps The scientific paper [$]: http://www.ajgponline.org/article/S1064-7481(12)60731-3/ I was also inspired by this study-How memory works differently in the age of Google: http://youtu.be/ihgXRWaIlVE The scientific paper [$]: http://www.science

SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and please ring that bell!) MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $12 per year (41% off!) https://curiositystream.com/braincraft More Attention Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwg0PxpUPlqyRdl_93W4oLLfCW4GAGB- My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill This is my kind-of Social Dilemma Review, and I say ‘kind-of’ because I found there wasn’t that much to review in the Netflix documentary itself. Many of the people interviewed made valid points, though the documentary offered little in the way of solutions and in my opinion, the ending was alarmist. When I made Attention Wars we wanted it to be information-dense, so this is what I’m adding to the discussion – lots of examples and information of what I consider to me the more disturbing side of social media and psychology. The original Attention Wars series (2018) was produced in association with Sc

How does leaders' bad behaviour affect how we act? And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15 per year (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/braincraft My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill Thank you to Assoc. Prof. Fast for speaking with me. More on his work: https://www.nathanaelfast.com/ This episode was written by Hannah Thomasy, edited by Dominique Taylor and produced and hosted by Vanessa Hill REFERENCES 📚 Hargie, O., Stapleton, K., & Tourish, D. (2010). Interpretations of CEO public apologies for the banking crisis: attributions of blame and avoidance of responsibility. Organization, 17(6), 721–742. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508410367840 Lee, Fiona & Tiedens, Larissa. (2001). Who's Being Served? “Self-Serving” Attributions in Social Hierarchies. Organizational behavior and human decision processes. 8

MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) Visit http://www.brilliant.org/braincraft to keep learning (and the first 200 people will also get 20% off their annual premium membership!) The pursuit of happiness is futile. And psychology suggests that identifying ways you are content is a better way to achieve well-being. MINDFULNESS RESOURCES: Body scan meditation https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/body_scan_meditation Mindful breathing https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/mindful_breathing Loving kindness meditation: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/loving_kindness_meditation More BrainCraft: The Myth of Type A Personality https://youtu.be/8Lxq_Tsi6XE CHAPTERS: 0:00 Can I Ever be Happy? 1:05 Definition of Happiness 1:32 The Happiness Pie 2:05 The Happiness Pie has Flaws 3:52 The Key to Long Term Well-Being 4:20 How to be Content 5:39 Can You Shift Your Expectations? Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsoun

Visit http://www.brilliant.org/braincraft to keep learning (and the first 200 people will also get 20% off their annual premium membership!) MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) "Type A" Personality Was Invented by the Tobacco Industry - Here's How. Thanks to Dr. Rohin Francis from Medlife Crisis for his comment! You can subscribe to his channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgRBRE1DUP2w7HTH9j_L4OQ More BrainCraft: Why Most Personality Tests Are Wrong https://youtu.be/Ri9Y2rT70FE Chapters: 0:00 You're so "Type A" 0:59 History of Type A Personality 2:15 The Involvement of the Tobacco Industry 3:33 Dr Rohin Francis on ethics of medicine today 4:02 The OCEAN model of personality 5:03 How personality traits interact with health 6:19 Using personality to boost well-being 8:18 The strangest example of “Type A” Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://

MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) Visit http://www.brilliant.org/braincraft to keep learning (and the first 200 people will also get 20% off their annual premium membership!) How can we convince others to wear a mask? Here are six tips I need you to share with... your community. You're a science communicator now. If you think about wearing a mask like other behaviours and actions related to our health – wearing seatbelts, condoms, sunscreen and more – we can look at things that did (and didn't work) in public health campaigns in the past. I hope you like my PSA. Want to know all about the science of masks? Science Sam has you covered: https://youtu.be/WhzzVpp54HA Want to see how masks work in slow motion? It’s Okay to be Smart: https://youtu.be/0Tp0zB904Mc The physics of how masks work is really interesting too. Minute Physics: https://youtu.be/eAdanPfQdCA My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill |

MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) To brush up on stats, science courses and more, go to http://www.brilliant.org/braincraft and sign up for free (also, the first 200 people will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription) I'm talking about polyphasic sleep on the Big Think(!) 👉https://youtu.be/1Y-qLKZWyDs All three episodes of Sleeping With Friends are LIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVDHsMx78wk&list=PLQwg0PxpUPlr4JgRnSD9GEtiqt3zmKzJQ My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill Does lucid dreaming live up to the hype, and is it likely you'll have control if you actually lucid dream? In this video we chat about the history, the risks, and have a sip of my opinion. REFERENCES 📚 Denis, D. (2016). Lucid Dreaming May Help Us Unravel the Mysteries of Consciousness. https://neurosciencenews.com/consciousness-lucid-dreaming-3363/ Soffer-Dudek, N. (2020). Are

In the finale of our sleep competition, we’ll explore the most elusive and misunderstood form of sleep: the nap. Who will win the final sleep challenge and be crowned our Super Sleeper? Watch from part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVDHsMx78wk Meet the Experts: •Dr. Ali Mattu https://www.youtube.com/user/thepsychshowdotcom •Trace Dominguez https://www.youtube.com/user/TravellinTrace •Kati Morton https://www.youtube.com/user/KatiMorton Meet the Contestants: •Mitchell Moffit https://www.youtube.com/user/AsapSCIENCE •Donna https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsvUzBAxu2t5e_qOEr6iczQ •Greg Brown https://www.youtube.com/user/AsapSCIENCE •Melissa Maribel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC88Pezsxv3IUMAoQGP2w07w Sleeping with Friends is a reality competition show where YouTube Creators will go head to head to see who can improve their sleep the most. Our expert judges will determine who slept best and use science to tell us why. Please note this series was filmed in March before social distancing requirements.

Could sleeping with a robot improve your rest? In part two of our sleep competition, Donna (Psych IRL) and Mitch (AsapScience) test the latest in sleep technology. Watch Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVDHsMx78wk Watch Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBq8MRJiKUc Sleeping with Friends is a new reality show about science, hosted by Vanessa Hill. In the next episode, two YouTube Creators will go head to head to see who can improve their sleep the most. Meet the Contestants: •Mitchell Moffit https://www.youtube.com/user/AsapSCIENCE •Donna https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsvUzBAxu2t5e_qOEr6iczQ Meet the Experts: •Dr. Ali Mattu https://www.youtube.com/user/thepsychshowdotcom •Trace Dominguez https://www.youtube.com/user/TravellinTrace •Kati Morton https://www.youtube.com/user/KatiMorton Please note this series was filmed in March before social distancing requirements.

How much sleep did you get last night? None? Huh. Neither did we. We were just putting the finishing touches on this competition show we made about sleep science. WATCH PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G2ZaVKDSvI Who’s the deeper sleeper? Whose snooze will lose? Greg Brown and Melissa Maribel face off to find out in the premier episode of Sleeping with Friends, a new BrainCraft series where reality meets science, hosted by Vanessa Hill. In the next two episodes, YouTube Creators will go head to head to see who can improve their sleep the most. Our expert judges will determine who slept best and use science to tell us why. Meet the Contestants: •Greg Brown https://www.youtube.com/user/AsapSCIENCE •Melissa Maribel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC88Pezsxv3IUMAoQGP2w07w Meet the Experts: •Dr. Ali Mattu https://www.youtube.com/user/thepsychshowdotcom •Trace Dominguez https://www.youtube.com/user/TravellinTrace •Kati Morton https://www.youtube.com/user/KatiMorton Please note this series was filme

ALL episodes are now live: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwg0PxpUPlr4JgRnSD9GEtiqt3zmKzJQ How much sleep did you get last night? None? Huh. Neither did we. We were up making this show about sleep science. Ring the bell to be notified! 🔔 Sleeping With Friends is a reality competition show where YouTube Creators go head to head to see who can get the best night’s sleep. Our expert judges will determine who slept best and use science to tell us why. Please note this series was filmed in March before social distancing requirements.

This is how I fixed my sleep, with science. Check out the NEW trailer for my YouTube Originals show, Sleeping With Friends! https://youtu.be/LDbBATpFmkg SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft (& ring the bell) so you don't miss my big announcement tomorrow 🔔🧠 Thanks to my PATRONS for supporting me rn. Join here: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft Are you having trouble falling asleep? Waking up during the night? Or just tired, all the time? I've been there. A lot of these tips seem straightforward – but it's difficult to build healthy habits around sleep, and practice good sleep hygiene consistently. Like anything, start small – choose one area of your sleep to focus on. Then come back, pick another, and work your way up to the best rest you can get. My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator #sleep #insomnia #psychology #sleepsmarter #science #sleeping #braincraft #whywesleep #sleeptips References and further reading

Thank you to my PATRONS for being awesome and supporting me through this time. Join & get my updates: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE Why was March the longest year ever? Our perception of time is subjective – and neuroscience and psychology experiments can give us some hints about the role your emotions and memory play in the COVID-19 time warp. Please stay safe, STAY HOME and take care of your mental health, too. My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 Stetson, C., Fiesta, M. P., & Eagleman, D. M. (2007). Does time really slow down during a frightening event?. PloS one, 2(12). https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0001295 Hermans, E. J., Battaglia, F. P., Atsak, P., de Voogd, L. D., Fernández, G., & Roozendaal, B. (2014). How the amygdala affects emotional memory by altering brain network properties. Neurobiolo

It's been a tough week. I hope this video helps. SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE Psychologists suggest thinking of 'tolerance of uncertainty' as a muscle. The more you exercise it by practicing introducing small amounts of uncertainty into your everyday life, the more your tolerance for uncertainty in your life increases. We are all dealing with a lot of uncertainty with the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. Please stay safe, STAY HOME and take care of your mental health, too. MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-2019) Outbreak: Amplification of Public Health Consequences by Media Exposure https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2020-20168-001.html The Feeling of Uncertainty Intensifies Affective Reactions https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3153298/Gilbert_FeelingUncertaintyIntensifies.pdf

Let's take a walk, shall we? This is what's been on my mind lately: eco anxiety and what's happening in Australia: Massive bushfires and now, record flooding and a tropical cyclone . Please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill While I’m working on a big new project, let’s do this in one-take... HOW TO HELP: WIRES (NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service) https://donations.wires.org.au/ NSW Rural Fire Service: https://quickweb.westpac.com.au/OnlinePaymentServlet?cd_community=NSWRFS&cd_currency=AUD&cd_supplier_business=DONATIONS&action=EnterDetails HOW TO COPE WITH ECO-ANXIETY: 1) small actions can help – like trying to reduce your plastic waste 2) think about bigger ways you can lessen your impact – like taking public transport 3) community helps – talk to others who are experiencing similar feelings (if you can't find t

Visit http://www.brilliant.org/braincraft to keep learning. The first 200 people will also get 20% off a premium membership! Wendy Wood's book: Good habits, Bad habits https://amzn.to/2tLteeE MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) How to actually form habits that stick? 1. Make things as easy as possible for yourself 2. Find a way to repeat your behaviours regularly for *at least* 2-3 months. Sometimes it takes more than a year to successfully form a habit. 3. Remember habits don’t necessarily form because of willpower 4. Look to how you can tweak your context to help you repeat the behaviour My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 Wood, W., Quinn, J. M., & Kashy, D. A. (2002). Habits in everyday life: Thought, emotion, and action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(6), 1281

Get the first 31 days of Curiosity Stream free at https://curiositystream.com/braincraft (and use the code "braincraft") 🧠 Please check out Ali's channel, The Psych Show: https://www.youtube.com/user/thepsychshowdotcom MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) This year I released an Everyday Psychology mini-series that offered brain tips and insights based on research. Some of you commented that they weren't relevant to those with general anxiety, social anxiety depression or on the autism spectrum, so I called up my friend Ali Mattu to see what these tips would look like for a larger population. And, he reviews my brain tips. Thanks to Ali for his time and YOU for the episode suggestion. My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Visit http://www.brilliant.org/braincraft to keep learning. The first 200 people will also get 20% off their annual membership! I'M DOING A LIVE SHOW IN NYC 👉 https://www.caveat.nyc/event/drink-and-learn-wvanessa-hill-from-braincraft--9-21-2019 MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) Gratitude is a hot topic in popular psychology – but is it always a good thing? In this episode we explore "insincere gratitude" where your thanks could be doing more harm than good. My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 Gordon, A. M., Impett, E. A., Kogan, A., Oveis, C., & Keltner, D. (2012). To have and to hold: Gratitude promotes relationship maintenance in intimate bonds. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103(2), 257-274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028723 Leong, J. L. T., Chen, S. X., Fung, H.

Head to http://bit.ly/2pylWsX for a FREE 30-day trial of Dashlane Premium (and use the code "braincraft" for 10% off) I'M DOING A LIVE SHOW IN NYC 👉 https://www.caveat.nyc/event/drink-and-learn-wvanessa-hill-from-braincraft--9-21-2019 MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) Spurts of actue stress (known as "eustress" in research, if you like learning new words) can increase your memory, concentration and more. Learning to embrace stress is beneficial, so start by watching this video. If you're actually reading this, you REALLY care about good stress 👏 and there is further reading below. My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 Abercrombie, H. C., Kalin, N. H., Thurow, M. E., Rosenkranz, M. A., & Davidson, R. J. (2003). Cortisol variation in humans affects memory for emotionally laden and neutr

References with time codes below 👇 More on Chevron's diversity program: https://www.chevron.com/corporate-responsibility/people/diversity-inclusion SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft Earlier this year, people messaged me saying they were skeptical of diversity programs (particularly in STEM). So, we dive into the psychology and economics research to see what the impact of diverse teams is on innovation and financial performance. And, it turns out having more perspectives, different experience and an inclusive environment is good for business. My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 2:22 Devillard, S., Hunt, V. & Yee, L. Ten years of research on women in the workplace. (March, 2018). McKinsey Quarterly. [online] Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/gender-equality/still-looking-for-room-at-the-top-ten-years-of

Try Skillshare for 2 months, for FREE! 👉 https://skl.sh/braincraft6 MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) Do something kind for others. It's good for *you*. If you want to learn how to do loving-kindness meditation, check out this guide from UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/loving_kindness_meditation My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 Buchanan KE, Bardi A. Acts of Kindness and Acts of Novelty Affect Life Satisfaction. J Soc Psychol. 2010;150: 235–237. 10.1080/00224540903365554 Galante, J., Galante, I., Bekkers, M.-J., & Gallacher, J. (2014). Effect of kindness-based meditation on health and well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82(6), 1101-1114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037249

Get the first 31 days of Curiosity Stream free at https://curiositystream.com/braincraft (and use the code "braincraft") 🧠 I'M DOING A LIVE SHOW IN NYC 👉 https://www.caveat.nyc/event/drink-and-learn-wvanessa-hill-from-braincraft--9-21-2019 MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill What's the one thing that can ruin your decision making abilities? It's sunk cost bias, where we are more likely to choose something we’ve invested time or money in, even if it’s not the best decision for our future wealth or happiness. I'm trying to improve my decision making, and I hope these psychology tips will equip you to make better decisions in your life 🤔 Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 Arkes, Hal & Blumer, Catherine. (1985). “The psychology of sunk cost.” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Pr

I'M DOING A LIVE SHOW IN NYC 👉 https://www.caveat.nyc/event/drink-and-learn-wvanessa-hill-from-braincraft--9-21-2019 Try Skillshare for 2 months, for FREE! 👉 https://skl.sh/braincraft5 MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator NOTES Melatonin is a hormone that is produced by the pineal gland in your brain. While melatonin isn’t very effective for treating general insomnia, it IS good for jet lag. Melatonin was found to be effective for jet lag (in people traveling across five or more time zones) by several placebo-controlled trials: https://www.cochrane.org/CD001520/DEPRESSN_melatonin-for-the-prevention-and-treatment-of-jet-lag More information on melatonin: https://www.med.upenn.edu/cbti/assets/user-content/documents/Burgess_UsingBrightLightandMelatonintoReduceJetLag.pd

Please follow me over to SciShow Psych: https://youtu.be/8Zj1_OLVRIs And if you're new here, SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill In this episode, I went to visit Hank Green to test his self-awareness – how much someone’s views of themself are in touch with what they’re actually like. It’s also called self-knowledge or private self-consciousness. More on the Johari window (or to do it yourself): https://apps.cfli.wisc.edu/johari/support/JohariExplainChapman2003.pdf REFERENCES 📚 Joseph Luft, An Introduction to Group Dynamics: https://archive.org/details/groupprocessesin00luft People who had greater self-awareness of their feelings and motivations had better psychological well-being: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00223980.2010.528072 Self-awareness was also linked to better interpersonal relationships: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0069605 Self-awareness can

Get the first 30 days of Curiosity Stream free at http://www.curiositystream.com/braincraft (and use the code "braincraft") 🧠 MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill From time to time, we all need to stay motivated. A lack of motivation can be something that can affect us every day – whether at work or at home, where we always intend on going to the gym, but can't quite get that boost we need to get out the door. So, here are some tips on how to find your intrinsic motivation. If you have any other tips, please leave them in the comments! Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 Roland Bénabou, Jean Tirole, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation, The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 70, Issue 3, July 2003, Pages 489–520, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-937X.00253 Buckworth, J., Lee, R., Regan, G., S

Body language experts are wrong. Here's how. Try Skillshare for 2 months, for FREE! 👉 https://skl.sh/braincraft4 MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) (Note that after the free Skillshare trial is over the membership costs around $10 a month) My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Body language analysis has long been a theme in popular books, traditional media and now, an increasing number of YouTube channels. While this is all pretty entertaining, it's not scientific: It’s really, really hard to study body language. To express yourself without words, you mostly use your head and your hands. But many actions of your hands and body are so idiosyncratic that they carry little specific meaning. So, popularly, people prescribing an intention to a movement that, perhaps, had no intention at all. And therein lies the problem: researchers need to encode and decode yo

Get the first 30 days of Curiosity Stream free at http://www.curiositystream.com/brainc... (and use the code "braincraft") 🧠 MY PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill I don't like small talk or talking to strangers as much as the next person reading this comment – but since I dove into this research, I've made an effort to include more human interactions in my everyday, and it's not as terrifying as you may think! From networking events to parties or even hanging out at a cafe, there are lots of places where you either *have to* or have the opportunity for conversation. I hope these how to tips give you a little more to work with. Go forth and communicate wisely. REFERENCES 📚 The Liking Gap Boothby, E. J., Cooney, G., Sandstrom, G. M., & Clark, M. S. (2018). The liking gap in conversations: do people like us more than we think?. Psychological science, 29(11), 174

Try Skillshare for 2 months, for FREE! 👉 https://skl.sh/braincraft3 MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft 🧠 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Do you over apologise? Or over apologize, depending where you're from 😉 I've struggled with this for a while and wanted to dig deeper for the first episode of this new mini-series, Everyday Psychology. I hope you find it helpful, and share it with someone in your life who needs to cut down on their sorry response. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 Why women apologise more than men: Schumann, K., & Ross, M. (2010). Why women apologize more than men: Gender differences in thresholds for perceiving offensive behavior. Psychological Science, 21(11), 1649-1655 Refusing to apologise can have psychological benefits for you: Okimoto, T. G., Wenzel, M., & Hedrick, K. (2013). Refusing to apologize can have psy

Get the first 30 days of Curiosity Stream free at http://www.curiositystream.com/braincraft (and use the code "braincraft") 🧠 MY PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE How to deal with uncertainty a little bit better. I wanted to explore a more personal style of storytelling. There are definitely fewer facts in here, but I hope the conversational approach to talking about studies is more entertaining and memorable for you. What is life if not a big experiment? My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill REFERENCES 📚 The game with the two envelopes // How your intolerance for uncertainty affects reward-based decision making Luhmann, C. C., Ishida, K., & Hajcak, G. (2011). Intolerance of uncertainty and decisions about delayed, probabilistic rewards. Behavior Therapy, 42(3), 378-386. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005789411000219 Uncertainty is too stressful, perhaps a guaranteed el

Try Skillshare for 2 months, for FREE! 👉 https://skl.sh/braincraft2 And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft 🧠 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Since I started working from home, I snack constantly while I work. When I have a difficult task, I often find myself standing in front of the pantry. Snacking isn’t always bad, but for me it means that I often don’t eat lunch or dinner, just snacks snacks snacks snacks. Many of my friends who work from home, or who have unlimited snacks at work, have expressed a similar sentiment. So, I started to wonder that there must be some underlying psychology here, and surely some tips about how I can stop. Now you should probably stop reading this and watch the video. REFERENCES 📚 FIRST STUDY I MENTIONED: Harrar, V., Toepel, U., Murray, M. M., & Spence, C. (2011). Food’s visually perceived fat content affects discrimination speed in an orthogonal spatial task. Experimental brain research, 21

Visit http://www.audible.com/braincraft or text braincraft to 500-500 to start listening with a 30-day Audible trial (and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free!) MY PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE Find me on Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Are you an introvert or an extravert? This video explores the nuances of introversion and some findings on how introverts can enjoy higher levels of wellbeing. Previous personality psychology research has found that extraverts are happier, on average, so a new line of research is digging into why. REFERENCES 📚 Failure of introverts to emerge as leaders Spark, A., Stansmore, T., & O'Connor, P. (2018). The failure of introverts to emerge as leaders: The role of forecasted affect. Personality and Individual Differences, 121, 84-88. Extraverts enjoy higher levels of happiness Steel, P., Schmidt, J., & Shultz, J. (2008). Refining the relationship

Follow me over to It's Okay To Be Smart! Why We Get Dizzy ►► https://youtu.be/kCYUdZdiyDA Get the Google Science Journal App: http://g.co/ScienceJournal Thank you to my dizzy participants 👇 Brain, Real Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/realengineering Devin, Legal Eagle: https://www.youtube.com/legaleagle Matt, Nando v Movies: https://www.youtube.com/nandovmovies Philip, Volksgeist: https://www.youtube.com/volksgeist Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill This episode looks at some biology of why we feel dizzy (hi there, inner ears!) and and how you can spin in three different ways to experience three distinct feelings of dizziness. Through an experiment, we explore which type of dizziness would allow you to still complete a very important task, i.e. hitting a piñata. This is a very important episode. #dizzy #pinata #experiment More BrainCraft: Why Wo

Please check out Brilliant and use this link for 20% off premium subscription: https://brilliant.org/braincraft MY PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill This video dives into why we interrupt. Some reasons why are more straightforward: perhaps you blurt something out, perhaps people are jerks, but some new research tries to identify the bits of the brain that are responsible for you keeping time in a conversation. The research involves an obscure species of ultrasonic singing mice. Naturally. This episode was written by Bahar Gholipour and Vanessa Hill. Thanks to Michael Long for his time being interviewed for this video. For more, his lab at NYU: https://longlab.med.nyu.edu/ More BrainCraft: Why Women's Voices Are Getting Deeper https://youtu.be/zcE_6M1YuK8 Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Some stock footage provided by Bigstock: http://bi

Please check out Brilliant and use this link for 20% off premium subscription: https://brilliant.org/braincraft MY PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill This video dives into why women's voices are getting deeper, a phenomenon that spans research in 1950s Australia to the 2012 Election in the U.S. Our perception of certain features of other people's voices can lead us to behave in some strange and powerful ways – like voting for people who sound like they have more integrity. Thanks to Prof. Carolyn McGettigan for her time being interviewed for this video. For more, her Vocal Communication Lab at UCL: https://www.carolynmcgettigan.com/ More BrainCraft: The Emotions You've Never Heard Of https://youtu.be/maDdO2pBgsc Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator And some stock footage provided by Bigstock: http://bit.ly/bigstock-videofreetrial REFERENCES �

Try one month of CuriosityStream for free at http://curiositystream.com/braincraft And Dr. Shaw's new book, Evil: https://www.drjuliashaw.com/evil SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator And some stock footage provided by Bigstock: http://bit.ly/bigstock-videofreetrial MORE REFERENCES 📚 The Meat Paradox original researchers: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brock_Bastian/publication/303439414_Resolving_the_Meat-Paradox_A_Motivational_Account_of_Morally_Troublesome_Behavior_and_Its_Maintenance/links/5775b9a808aeb9427e25c274/Resolving-the-Meat-Paradox-A-Motivational-Account-of-Morally-Troublesome-Behavior-and-Its-Maintenance.pdf Festinger's theory of Cognitive Dissonance: https://books.google.com/books?id=voeQ-8CASacC&lpg=PA1&ots=9y83Msnewx&dq=cognitive%20dissonance%20festinger&lr&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=cognitive%20dissonance%20festinger&f=false

Please check out Brilliant and use this link for 20% off premium subscription: https://brilliant.org/braincraft MY PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill This video dives into various psychological theories of emotion, some lesser-known feelings from different cultures and some strategies you can use to master your emotions. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator And some stock footage provided by Bigstock: http://bit.ly/bigstock-videofreetrial REFERENCES 📚 The Book of Human Emotions, Tiffany Watt Smith https://amzn.to/2Gxke18 Kashdan, T. B., Ferssizidis, P., Collins, R. L., & Muraven, M. (2010). Emotion differentiation as resilience against excessive alcohol use: An ecological momentary assessment in underage social drinkers. Psychological Science, 21(9), 1341-1347. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797610379863 Pond Jr, R. S., Ka

Please check out Brilliant and use this link for 20% off premium subscription: https://brilliant.org/braincraft MY PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE “Overthinking” is often reported as being a bad habit and is frequently used interchangeably with rumination. But overthinking isn’t necessarily bad and rumination is just one type of overthinking. Overthinking is an umbrella term for lots of different thought processes – beneficial things like emotional processing, problem solving, mind wandering and then not-so-beneficial things like rumination and worry. This video includes some tips (starting at 3:26) for how to stop rumination or just overthinking in general – I overthink a lot and while it’s not ruminating and may have some problem-solving benefits, I still find it limits my focus. My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator And footage was provid

MY PATREON 👉 https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Thanks to YOU, PBS Digital Studios and a variety of other sponsors for their support over the past 5 years of BrainCraft. Let's keep this thing going, yeah? SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE REFERENCES 📚 Gunhold, T., Whiten, A., & Bugnyar, T. (2014). Video demonstrations seed alternative problem-solving techniques in wild common marmosets. Biology letters, 10(9), 20140439 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0439 Marmoset image via Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmoset#/media/File:Marmoset_copy.jpg Marmoset video via Gunhold, Whiten and Bugnyar via Science Take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILBFs-4dUpE

So... Could you run Facebook better than Zuckerberg? Did you see Episode 5? https://youtu.be/GyTOPqoAMmM SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE We’re in the middle of an Attention War – where big tech battle it out to win over our eyeballs. Our attention spans are considered a precious—and scarce—commodity. So what is the price of your attention? In this mini-series, we'll explore the psychology, design and impact of tech and social media on both ourselves and society. This is the last episode of a six-part series – please check out the previous five! Thank you to Tim Wu, Genevieve Bell, Amber Westerholm-Smyth and the wonderful students – Kate, Makenna and Reid – for their contributions to this episode. My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do. This mini-series was created by: Vanessa Hill -

The emerging monetisation of your emotions. Did you see Episode 4? https://youtu.be/sYJ_0QqU8cs SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE We’re in the middle of an Attention War – where big tech battle it out to win over our eyeballs. Our attention spans are considered a precious—and scarce—commodity. So what is the price of your attention? In this mini-series, we'll explore the psychology, design and impact of tech and social media on both ourselves and society. The last episode will be released next Friday. This week we explore the relationship between AI, voice assistants and neuroscience through the lens of philosophy. Many thanks to Jaron Lanier, Guillaume Chaslot and Zeynep Tufekci for their expert contributions to this episode. My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do. This mini-series wa

AI, voice assistants and neuroscience through the lens of philosophy. Did you see Episode 3? https://youtu.be/P8FfGAgGwj8 SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE We’re in the middle of an Attention War – where big tech battle it out to win over our eyeballs. Our attention spans are considered a precious—and scarce—commodity. So what is the price of your attention? In this mini-series, we'll explore the psychology, design and impact of tech and social media on both ourselves and society. A new episode will be released every Friday for the next six weeks. This week we explore the relationship between AI, voice assistants and neuroscience through the lens of philosophy. Many thanks to David Chalmers, Genevieve Bell and Zeynep Tufekci for their expert contributions to this episode. My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & wh

"Never before has a handful of people working at a tech companies been able to steer the thoughts and feelings of a billion people." -Tristan Harris SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE We’re in the middle of an Attention War – where big tech battle it out to win over our eyeballs. Our attention spans are considered a precious—and scarce—commodity. So what is the price of your attention? In this mini-series, we'll explore the psychology, design and impact of tech and social media on both ourselves and society. A new episode will be released every Friday for the next six weeks. This week we explore Facebook's impact on society – how it's changed mass grief and other social norms. My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do. This mini-series was created by: Vanessa Hill - Director, Presenter, Co-Pr