Team up with a brain expert and use the needle of neuroscience to burst popular myths about memory, dreams, and more.
Join an acclaimed neuroscientist for 24 lectures that bust popular myths about memory, dreams, emotions, consciousness, and more.
Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience
12h 2m 49s
English
Paid
About the Authors
Indre Viskontas
Indre Viskontas is a US-Canadian neuroscientist, opera singer, and science communicator. Her teaching material on neuroscience and the science of cognition has been published as on-demand video courses for general adult audiences.
Her CourseFlix listing carries Brain Myths Exploded — Lessons from Neuroscience — a structured treatment of common popular-culture beliefs about the brain (left-vs-right brain, learning styles, the 10% myth) and what neuroscience research actually shows.
Material is paid and aimed at general adult learners interested in cognitive science. The course sits in the broader Soft Skills & Communication catalog on CourseFlix as a general-interest reference.
Wondrium (The Great Courses)
Wondrium (formerly The Great Courses Plus and originally The Great Courses) is a US online education platform that has been publishing university-level video lecture series since 1990. The platform's distinctive contribution is the depth and production quality of its courses — each is taught by a tenured university professor with the production values of a documentary series, not a YouTube tutorial.
The catalog covers academic disciplines rather than technical-skill training: history, philosophy, science, mathematics, literature, music theory, religion, economics. Material is taught by faculty from Stanford, Yale, Princeton, the University of Chicago, MIT, and similar institutions. Wondrium is typically used by intellectually-curious adult learners filling in the liberal-arts side of their education.
The CourseFlix listing under this source carries over 19 Wondrium / Great Courses titles spanning that range — sitting in the broader CourseFlix catalog as general-interest reference rather than as a software-engineering track. Material is paid; Wondrium itself runs on a monthly / annual subscription on the original platform.
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All Course Lessons (24)
| # | Lesson Title | Duration | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Is your brain perfectly designed? Demo | 32:28 | |
| 2 | 2 Are bigger brains smarter? | 30:09 | |
| 3 | 3 Is mental illness just a chemical imbalance? | 31:30 | |
| 4 | 4 Are creative people right-brained? | 28:05 | |
| 5 | 5 How different are male and female brains? | 31:03 | |
| 6 | 6 How accurate is your memory? | 30:24 | |
| 7 | 7 Do you only use 10% of your brain? | 29:43 | |
| 8 | 8 Do you perceive the world as it really is? | 29:30 | |
| 9 | 9 Is your brain too smart for magic tricks? | 29:48 | |
| 10 | 10 Is your brain objective? | 31:20 | |
| 11 | 11 Do you have 5 independent senses? | 28:12 | |
| 12 | 12 Can certain foods make you smarter? | 31:23 | |
| 13 | 13 Can brain games make you smarter? | 29:46 | |
| 14 | 14 Does your brain shut down during sleep? | 27:40 | |
| 15 | 15 Are your decisions rational? | 28:53 | |
| 16 | 16 Are you always conscious while awake? | 30:45 | |
| 17 | 17 Are other animals conscious? | 28:54 | |
| 18 | 18 Can you multitask efficiently? | 29:51 | |
| 19 | 19 Are dreams meaningful? | 30:31 | |
| 20 | 20 Can brain scans read your mind? | 29:45 | |
| 21 | 21 Can adult brains change for the better? | 29:28 | |
| 22 | 22 Do special neurons enable social life? | 30:44 | |
| 23 | 23 Is your brain unprejudiced? | 31:21 | |
| 24 | 24 Does technology make you stupid? | 31:36 |
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24 lessons · 12h 2m 49sShow all 24 lessons
- 1 1 Is your brain perfectly designed? 32:28
- 2 2 Are bigger brains smarter? 30:09
- 3 3 Is mental illness just a chemical imbalance? 31:30
- 4 4 Are creative people right-brained? 28:05
- 5 5 How different are male and female brains? 31:03
- 6 6 How accurate is your memory? 30:24
- 7 7 Do you only use 10% of your brain? 29:43
- 8 8 Do you perceive the world as it really is? 29:30
- 9 9 Is your brain too smart for magic tricks? 29:48
- 10 10 Is your brain objective? 31:20
- 11 11 Do you have 5 independent senses? 28:12
- 12 12 Can certain foods make you smarter? 31:23
- 13 13 Can brain games make you smarter? 29:46
- 14 14 Does your brain shut down during sleep? 27:40
- 15 15 Are your decisions rational? 28:53
- 16 16 Are you always conscious while awake? 30:45
- 17 17 Are other animals conscious? 28:54
- 18 18 Can you multitask efficiently? 29:51
- 19 19 Are dreams meaningful? 30:31
- 20 20 Can brain scans read your mind? 29:45
- 21 21 Can adult brains change for the better? 29:28
- 22 22 Do special neurons enable social life? 30:44
- 23 23 Is your brain unprejudiced? 31:21
- 24 24 Does technology make you stupid? 31:36
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What is Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience about?
Team up with a brain expert and use the needle of neuroscience to burst popular myths about memory, dreams, and more. Join an acclaimed neuroscientist for 24 lectures that bust popular myths about memory, dreams, emotions, consciousness…
Who teaches Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience?
Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience is taught by Indre Viskontas, Wondrium (The Great Courses). You can find more courses by these instructors on the corresponding source pages.
How long is Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience?
Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience contains 24 lessons with a total runtime of 12 hours 2 minutes. All lessons are available to watch online at your own pace.
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