Explora las cosas sorprendentes que sabemos (y no sabemos) sobre por qué las personas son como son a través de entrevistas con expertos, imágenes poco comunes de experimentos históricos y demostraciones nuevas e innovadoras de la naturaleza humana en acción.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-10-06
Duración: 3 min
Sinopsis: I get candid with Grayson Brulte, autonomous vehicle expert, as we discuss the potential ethical issues associated with driverless cars.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-06
Duración: 17 min
Sinopsis: Watch as a Peruvian Shaman performs his icaro—or healing chant—in its entirety, from my Ayahuasca ceremony.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-06
Duración: 2 min
Sinopsis: With just seven days until my Ayahuasca ceremony, I fill out a recommended personality survey—which becomes a little revealing.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-06
Duración: 6 min
Sinopsis: I explore how psychedelics can improve mental health in my interview with cancer survivor Gail Thomas, as we discuss her experience in a study involving psilocybin--or mushrooms.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-06
Duración: 3 min
Sinopsis: Is there a way to experience the effects of psychedelic drugs without having to ingest anything? Watch as I test out a few of these unconventional audio and visual files to see if their claims are true.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-06
Duración: 14 min
Sinopsis: Expert Melissa Russano elicits a false confession from one of our test subjects in this fascinating, uncut session.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-06
Duración: 5 min
Sinopsis: I sit down with Jeffrey Deskovic, a real-life victim of a false confession conviction.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-06
Duración: 6 min
Sinopsis: Check out this extended cut of my challenging experience as a human lab rat in a giant, 60-foot real-world maze.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-13
Duración: 3 min
Sinopsis: I interview Shirley Dygert, a first time skydiver, and her tandem skydiving instructor, Dave Hartsock, about a treacherous skydive they both miraculously survived.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-13
Duración: 2 min
Sinopsis: In San Diego, real-life superheroes walk the streets as part of the Xtreme Justice League. I chat with Mr. Xtreme, one of the league’s most visible members, to discuss what it means to be a hero in today’s society.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-20
Duración: 5 min
Sinopsis: Check out the final stage of our power of suggestion test, where we try to convince our subjects that a brain scanner can implant a number in their minds.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-20
Duración: 1 min
Sinopsis: I go deeper into accessory-assisted placebos by discussing sham acupuncture—and getting stuck with a few needles in the process.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-20
Duración: 1 min
Sinopsis: I attempt to discuss placebos, but my furry co-star keeps stealing the scene.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-27
Duración: 1 min
Sinopsis: Let’s do a little test. I’ll play two tones and you see if you’re one of the few people who can notice a difference between them.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-27
Duración: 4 min
Sinopsis: Derek Paravicini, a blind, autistic pianist and musical savant, sits down with me at the keyboard and shows off his incredible range of musical styles.
Fecha de emisión: 2017-12-27
Duración: 4 min
Sinopsis: Jazz pianist Dave O’Brien and his student Derek Paravicini play an impressive piano duet for me.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-01-03
Duración: 1 min
Sinopsis: Research Physiatrist Marcie Bockbrader talks to me about a brain-computer interface project that is helping a paralyzed man move his arm.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-01-03
Duración: 5 min
Sinopsis: I interview principal research statistician David Friedenberg about his role in analyzing all the data collected in a project aimed at helping a paralyzed man move again.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-05
Duración: 13 min
Sinopsis: With the help of Cecile Sarabian, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh and some fake poop, Michael observes levels of disgust among Japanese Macaques.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-05
Duración: 4 min
Sinopsis: Kyoto University Ph.D. candidate Jie Gao shares her research involving Chimpanzees and the schoolyard game “Rock, Paper, Scissors.”
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-05
Duración: 3 min
Sinopsis: Michael and Dr. Terrence Deacon discuss the connection between language and the physical brain.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-05
Duración: 1 min
Sinopsis: We edited the fake Los Angeles parks PSA from our Moral Licensing demonstration!
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-05
Duración: 7 min
Sinopsis: Michael wrestles with two moral dilemmas in VR, designed by researchers Dr. Erick Ramirez and Dr. Scott LaBarge.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-12
Duración: 3 min
Sinopsis: Michael uses a series of coin flips and a large group of people to demonstrate the “wisdom of the crowd.”
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-12
Duración: 3 min
Sinopsis: Michael recruits local Vsauce fans for his Brain experiment, and fields questions in a Q&A setting.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-12
Duración: 2 min
Sinopsis: Michael shares memories with his mom, who has saved everything from his childhood - from report cards to his space camp jacket.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-12
Duración: 1 min
Sinopsis: Michael takes Dr. Chris Eliasmith on a tour through his high school, including his forensics team’s wall of fame.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-12
Duración: 2 min
Sinopsis: Michael conducts his own version of the famous “jelly bean jar” experiment and reveals the statistical significance of the results.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-19
Duración: 3 min
Sinopsis: Michael learns the true story behind Stanford Prison Experiment guard Dave Eshleman’s “John Wayne” moniker.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-19
Duración: 2 min
Sinopsis: Michael learns more about Ben Blum’s cousin Alex and his personal transformation after participating in an armed bank robbery
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-26
Duración: 2 min
Sinopsis: Michael meets with Caitlin Doughty and learns about a death-positive culture in Indonesia, where relatives keep their dead loved ones in their homes.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-26
Duración: 3 min
Sinopsis: Michael meets with psychologists Dr. Jeff Greenberg and Dr. Sheldon Solomon to discuss how death affects our world views.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-26
Duración: 2 min
Sinopsis: Michael visits Alcor life extension and learns about the first person to ever be frozen using cryonics.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-10-26
Duración: 2 min
Sinopsis: Michael visits Alcor life extension and learns about the family behind – and preserved by – cryonics.
Fecha de emisión: 2018-12-26
Duración: 6 min
Sinopsis: Michael discusses the philosophy of death, and its changing definition, with Dr. Max More, CEO of Alcor life extension.
Fecha de emisión: 2019-01-02
Duración: 3 min
Sinopsis: Michael and Dr. Douglas Vakoch discuss Barnard’s Star, the closest star to our solar system, within the context of sending messages into space.
Fecha de emisión: 2019-01-02
Duración: 3 min
Sinopsis: Michael and Dr. Steven Vance discuss the famous “Golden Record”, which was sent aboard NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft.
Fecha de emisión: 2019-10-24
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Stevens talks about fear and if there exists an innate fear of which all people are afraid.
Fecha de emisión: 2019-10-14
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: I asked a group of colleagues who worked with me on the series to sit down at Vsauce HQ and watch through three entire episodes. We go behind the scenes, elaborate on topics in the episodes, and dig in to what impact working on Mind Field has had on their current research.
