Brain Myths

Only by checking our long held beliefs against modern science and research can we hope to prevent the spread of misinformation. Cause, ya know, less than 200 years ago, people still believed in the Four Humors. I am full of black bile.
Come learn brain things!

Thanks to @nevercakegames for help with research, writing and sound effects :)

Music in this video is by @ludandschlattsmusicalempor6746 and @everydaylouie

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[thelemon]

Ginger my friend. My partner is a clinical mental health therapist. I am a strong advocate for therapy. Better health unfortunately harvests user data and sells it to bidders which is so extremly unethical. Just fyi.

[Berd]

very interesting painting you have in the background gingerpale

[Ink_Colin]

Fun fact about betterhelp
mrwhostheboss made a video about them talking that they actually do sell their patients information to 3rd party companies

[EcnavMC]

Your brain isn’t piloting your meat suit. You are the brain. You’re a little lump of flesh piloting a bone mech with meat armor.

[nschwartz]

“Todays sooner is better help”
*sigh* I wish it wasn’t

[personguy]

I swear, he's just daring teachers to show this in class.

[KJTD]

just a quick FYI: Better help is a pretty bad company. They pay their therapists a lot less than they would get from regular sessions and they've also had a shady rep in the past

[i-am-the-real-funni.-DAMEMEGUY]

4:49 bro flipped us off in the most innocent way possible

[UnderdarkTrans]

"Yeah, therapy is pretty great. Which is why I'm going to get sponsored by a scam service that only serves to make an already distrusted and underused field of health look even more like a sham!"

[JesseJokes]

I hate it when I trip and end up playing some indoor soccer

[DellariSafire]

5:57 is misinformation, koalas actively avoid eating eucalyptus of the tree due to fallen leaves usually having less nutrition.

[flamango]

“Boy it’s a bad day to be an empath.” Is such an under appreciated line

[MaxsPuppyDogOfficial]

GingerPale, that painting in the background is really piquing my curiosity!

[hpWTF]

Other brain myths (The DLC):

- Brain is made by neurons : Partly true, but theres also a whole lot of other types of cells including ones dedicated to immune response and other that just... exist to hold neuros together (Ok they do more things but is funny to think this way)

- Neurons dont replicate : The term "Neuron" englobes a whole lot of types of brain cells, and some yes, even duplicate

- The brain is closed off from the rest of the body, like a chamber of sorts : You would be horrified to know that theres a connection between your cranium and your spinal column, where cerebrospinal fluid flows at night to your brain to wash it from all the byproducts of brain function (So you could technically call a sleep deprived person a dirty brain)

Also, not related directly to the brain but hearts do not have their own nervous sistem, they have an autonomous sistem made of specilialized muscular cells that just jolt on their own, we even have 3 nodes where the pulse generates that can work for the others in case one fails (Thats arrythmia folks)

Also also, another fun fact, cells come from the same fetal layer (the 3 layers that form 8-9 days after fecundation) as the cells from your skin, freaky.

[AngelOfDC]

"Today we'll be looking at some common breathmints!" Honestly thats sounds fun too

[Wormsbrains]

his videos are always so pleasing to watch, from the colours to the animation and fun visuals

[Scigh-on]

Its a good thing our hearts don't stop beating when we notice it like blinking and breathing does

[jeremiahhoy]

The thing about the koalas not recognizing food if the leaves fall off, the tree is actually not true. If koalas eat leaves that aren't at their peak nutrition, they can starve to death. So they've learned to avoid eating discolored leaves or leaves that have fallen off the vine, even if it's only by a few seconds

[MAJROCELT]

This makes the insult "smooth brain" even better. It's scientifically accurate as well as insulting

[leflamewolf]

Fun fact: The 10% myth basically comes from a game of telephone. A neurologist or something said as of that time (2000 I think?) we only understand how around 10% of our brains work. That got picked up by news companies who way oversimplified what they said, and that was misinterpreted as the 10% myth.