Recorded seminars, each about 2½ hours, free to watch on YouTube. Each mixes theory, demonstrations and practice you can try yourself, and is suitable for newcomers to neuroscience.
Starts with the anatomy of the brain and what brainwaves are. Then: how spirituality can be measured, what enlightenment looks like in the brain, and whether spiritual states can be reached on purpose. Draws on Dr Andrew Newberg’s brain-imaging laboratory, magnetic brain-stimulation studies and decades of hypnosis EEG research.
Watch on YouTube
The links between body and mind: the five senses, proprioception, interoception (Marcus’s PhD research area), embodied cognition and alexithymia. The second part covers the main cognitive domains, with tests you can try on yourself, and the research on how physical exercise keeps the brain healthy.
Watch on YouTube
How creativity arises in the brain, and how to strengthen it in yourself. Are some people born creative? What does brain damage do to creativity? How can we produce more creative ideas? Draws on Edward de Bono’s lateral thinking, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s flow state and current neuroscience research.
Watch on YouTube
How we experience and express gender, as it arises in the brain and matures as we develop. What is the difference between sex and gender? Is there such a thing as a “male” or “female” brain? Where does androgyny fit in? Draws on international neuropsychology and neuroscience research groups.
Watch on YouTubeGames and tools for practising a skill, keeping on top of everyday tasks, or taking a quiet moment. Each one says who it may suit.
Learn the flags of the world. Plays in the browser.
May suit you if you are interested in geography, or in flags and the symbols on them. Primary schools can use it free of charge in their teaching.
flagfans.co.uk
Solve a three-dimensional puzzle, one method at a time.
May suit you if you enjoy puzzles.
uncubed.app
Train the pitch of your voice, with feedback as you speak.
Made for transgender people, and for anyone else who wants to change the pitch of their voice.
freqshift.app
A garden for remembering your connections with others and the rhythms of nature.
May suit you if you would like a calm place to visit whenever you choose, at your own pace.
peacegarden.app
Size up a task you are putting off; each one becomes a fish.
Made with people with ADHD in mind, and for anyone who would like their task list to be more fun.
pfish.co.uk
Learn Morse code at a neon diner counter.
May suit you if you enjoy codes and puzzles. After the Morse code basics come tasks and challenges.
dashlitdiner.com
A friendly game about caring for animals and their wellbeing.
May suit you if you like animals. Made for players of every age.
arcgame.app
Check in without words: one tap lets your people know you are all right or if you need some help.
May suit you if you work alone, live alone, or sometimes find it hard to tell the people who care about you that you are all right. For adults, 18 and over.
bobbing.app
A safe place in deep space that you can visit at any time. You can float, watch a galaxy turn, gather what you know is true, or break up asteroids into stardust.
May suit you if you are autistic, or if you get overloaded, melt down or shut down, including if you are also ADHD or twice-exceptional.
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