I Tried The Vagus Nerve Hack (so you don't have to)

More on @MerckKGaADarmstadtGermany's bioelectronics work: https://www.emdgroup.com/en/research/research-and-development-highlights/bioelectronics.html?ko=vh @drali's channel 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@UClIZqOLqUCro7bKztUjYCNA Join the Discord! 👾 https://discord.gg/uBacq3APnp In addition to sponsorships, we rely on Patreon to keep the channel going 🧠 http://patreon.com/braincraft The Vagus Nerve controls various bodily functions, such as digestion, heart rate, and mood regulation. Recently there's been a surge in alternative therapies that claim to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, including icing, breathing exercises and meditation. In this video, I test the most popular TikTok trend, icing, based on the mammilian dive reflex. We explore the science behind VNS, the latest therapies, and what personalised medicine could look like in the future. Further reading: Vagus Nerve stimulation and therapies 🧐 Johnson, R. L., & Wilson, C. G. (2018). A review of vagus nerve stimulation as a therapeutic intervention. Journal of inflammation research, 203-213. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2147/JIR.S163248 Cimpianu, C. L., Strube, W., Falkai, P., Palm, U., & Hasan, A. (2017). Vagus nerve stimulation in psychiatry: a systematic review of the available evidence. Journal of neural transmission, 124, 145-158. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00702-016-1642-2 #vagusnerve #anxiety #psychology #icing #humanprogress


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Reading My Research to Put You to Sleep 💤 | insomnia sleep aid | calm reading

I turned off most ads for this video, please consider supporting me on Patreon 🧠 http://patreon.com/braincraft Join the Discord! 👾 https://discord.gg/uBacq3APnp Why is this video orange? Blue light, the kind emitted from screens, can suppress your production of melatonin (which makes us feel drowsy). This can make it harder to get to bed, and get to sleep. Orange you glad I did you this favour? 0:00 Welcome 0:48 Abstract 2:28 Introduction 10:13 Method 21:59 Results 32:30 Discussion 52:40 Conclusion 54:07 Vibes REFERENCES 📚 Hill, V. M., Rebar, A. L., Ferguson, S. A., Shriane, A. E., & Vincent, G. E. (2022). Go to bed! A systematic review and meta-analysis of bedtime procrastination correlates and sleep outcomes. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 101697. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1087079222001101?dgcid=author


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Daylight Savings is Killing You For Profit

Join the Discord! 👾 https://discord.gg/uBacq3APnp Support me on Patreon 🧠 http://patreon.com/braincraft And please SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill 0:00 What is going on with Daylight Saving Time? 1:38 Why do we even have daylight saving? 2:59 Daylight saving time is a confusing mess 3:56 How daylight time screws up our body clocks 6:23 The Sunshine “Protection” Act 10:00 Countries that have scrapped daylight saving time 11:27 Do less 11:50 The procrastination club Daylight saving, or summer time, should be scrapped. Sleep scientists HATE Daylight saving - and a lot of people think this is because of the bad effects on sleep around when the clocks actually change. BUT it's more to do with the fact that on Daylight time, your circadian rhythm, sunlight and the clock are out of sync, which can lead to more nuanced bad health impacts. Many countries (like Mexico, the EU) have recently passed laws to stay on Standard Time. BUT the US is in the process of passing a bill (the "Sunshine Protection Act") that would make Daylight saving time permanent (It's been approved by the senate and is now being considered by the house of reps). It has been driven by lobby groups, namely for the golf industry and shopping, because consumer spending increases when it's lighter later in the day. It's bizarre (but not surprising!) that the clocks would permanently change in a way that would be terrible for health to increase consumer spending. REFERENCES 📚 There's so many, there's a doc for it. All studies, images and transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZrlHQMHcC7VGdHi-0sWrMEMm3RVNsi2Nk3XY3-DXYhc/edit?usp=sharing


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This Procrastination Book Doesn’t Exist #shorts

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Everything You've Heard About Oxytocin is Wrong

Get your FREE Wondrium trial here: https://www.wondrium.com/braincraft (and keep learning!) Thanks to Dr. Dan Quintana for the interview – you can follow Dan on Twitter/TikTok/Instagram: @dsquintana More about Dan's research: https://www.dsquintana.com/ SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE Support me and this channel on Patreon: http://patreon.com/braincraft My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@braincraft REFERENCES 📚 Some of Dan's research on oxytocin: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661320300887 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08503-8 Original study on oxytocin and trust: Kosfeld, M., Heinrichs, M., Zak, P. J., Fischbacher, U., & Fehr, E. (2005). Oxytocin increases trust in humans. Nature, 435(7042), 673-676. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature03701 The rat pinch study: Stock, S., & Uvnäs‐Moberg, K. (1988). Increased plasma levels of oxytocin in response to afferent electrical stimulation of the sciatic and vagal nerves and in response to touch and pinch in anaesthetized rats. Acta physiologica scandinavica, 132(1), 29-34. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3223304/ #psychology #oxytocin #myth #psychologyfacts


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Do YOU Delay Going to Bed? Help My Research!

Sign up for the study: https://bit.ly/sleepdelay If you'd like to improve your sleep, we recommend this resource: How to get a good night's sleep, according to science https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/blog/how-to-get-a-good-nights-sleep If you'd like to understand more about procrastination (and feel less guilty about doing it), you can also watch this BrainCraft video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7RX_5eGNJM If you have any further questions, feel free to email us at v.hill@cqu.edu.au #bedtimeprocrastination #sleep #psychology #research


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How to Make Better Decisions #shorts

I'm officially never making another big decision before 12pm. What do you want me to cover next on shorts? Lmk in the comments! References: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0883902621000756 #sleep #health #psychology #decisionmaking #shorts


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How Timezones Can Damage Your Health #shorts

Having a rough week? Late to work? Blame your timezone! Thanks to everyone who wanted to hear more about this after my trip to Indiana last week (very west EDT!). Some references for you: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167629618309718 http://web.archive.org/web/20141010060012/https://www.jawbone.com/blog/circadian-rhythm/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/04/19/how-living-wrong-side-time-zone-can-be-hazardous-your-health/


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Is This The Most Confusing Traffic Sign? (Psychology Explains)

Get your FREE Wondrium trial here: https://www.wondrium.com/braincraft (and keep learning!) Is it "Lane One Form" or "Form One Lane? Are there any traffic signs you find particularly confusing? Comment below 👇👇👇 A big thank you to Aradhna Krishna and Alie Caldwell for their time. Subscribe to Alie's channel Neurotransmissions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYLrBefhyp8YyI9VGPbghvw More on Prof. Krishna's work: https://aradhnakrishna.com/ Support me and this channel on Patreon: http://patreon.com/braincraft We interact with traffic and road signs constantly, though you probably haven't spent much time thinking about them. This is may be because they often guide our behaviour below our conscious awareness. Signs are SUPER important, but traffic signs aren't designed in an inclusive way – those with dyslexia and elderly people take longer to process certain types of signs. So which signs are the worst, most confusing or infuriating? How can traffic sign design be better? At this point, you should really stop reading this description and just watch the video. SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill REFERENCES 📚 Crundall & Underwood. (2001). The priming function of road signs. Transportation Research Young et al. (2018). Distraction and older drivers: an emerging problem? Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety Taylor et al. (2016). Reading the situation: The relationship between dyslexia and situational awareness for road sign information. Transportation Research Tejero et al. (2020). Better read it to me: Benefits of audio versions of variable message signs in drivers with dyslexia. Annals of dyslexia Cian, Krishna, & Elder. (2015). A sign of things to come: behavioral change through dynamic iconography. Journal of Consumer Research Eykholt et al. (2018). Robust physical-world attacks on deep learning visual classification. Proceedings of the IEEE conference on computer vision and pattern recognition


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Why You Shouldn’t Trust Amazon’s Tone Analysis

Join my Patreon to chat about this episode in the BrainCraft Discord! https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft Please go subscribe to Becky’s channel! 👉 https://www.youtube.com/c/BeckyStern When I discovered the Amazon Halo fitness tracker has a ‘Tone of Voice Analysis' feature, I had to investigate. Do you think tone analysis can be useful, and should we even be doing it? MORE: Why Women's Voices Are Getting Deeper: https://youtu.be/zcE_6M1YuK8 Why People Send Terrible Emails: https://youtu.be/7Hodm2VvJ-U My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill #Voice #Psychology #Tone #Technology


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A 300 Day Experiment to Change How I Think

Please check out Merck KGAA Darmstadt Germany's Human Progress survey: https://www.emdgroup.com/en/human-progress/?ko=vh 300 days ago, I gave up my apartment began an experiment to see how working from anywhere would impact my mood, motivation and creativity. This is what I learned. #psychology #workfromanywhere #selfimprovement #alwayscurious SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill REFERENCES 📚 Interview-based studies of bleisure and digital nomads: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10548408.2017.1364206?casa_token=KqgkXx4gPRAAAAAA%3ADbFdzzrbGN4u_-nROWjinU_-RU8PCpqWt3oZ5NPlabfep0Wd5ytChVjqg771JJo_XMBItrV9IhI-of4 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s41978-018-00030-y.pdf Benefits of being in new places: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-0636-4 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103112000212 Benefits of being outside: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204615000286 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0051474 Benefits of new experiences on work performance: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494421000943


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Why Climate Change Is Ruining People’s Mental Health #TeamSeas

Donate to #TeamSeas on YouTube or at their website ► https://teamseas.org/ SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill REFERENCES 📚


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Why People Send Terrible Emails (research explains...)

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 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 around, It's a Small World: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbvQHCZJHHS4PJpatQGH-0w Darude - Sandstorm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02AUSxp5i8M All Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO41_2cWSXA&t=1s REFERENCES 📚 Gunraj, D. N., Drumm-Hewitt, A. M., Dashow, E. M., Upadhyay, S. S. N., & Klin, C. M. (2016). Texting insincerely: The role of the period in text messaging. Computers in Human Behavior, 55, 1067-1075. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563215302181?via%3Dihub The Period Is Pissed: https://newrepublic.com/article/115726/period-our-simplest-punctuation-mark-has-become-sign-anger Newton, L. (1990). Overconfidence in the communication of intent: Heard and unheard melodies. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Riordan, M. A., Kreuz, R. J., & Blair, A. N. (2018). The digital divide: Conveying subtlety in online communication. Journal of Computers in Education, 5, 49-66. doi: 10.1007/s40692-018-0100-6 Riordan, M. A. & Trichtinger, L. A. (2017). Overconfidence at the keyboard: Confidence and accuracy in interpreting affect in email exchanges. Human Communication Research, 43, 1-24. doi: 10.1111/hcre.12093 Kruger, J., Epley, N., Parker, J., & Ng, Z. (2005). Egocentrism over e-mail: Can people communicate as well as they think? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 925-936. Byron, K. (2008). Carrying too heavy a load? The communication and miscommunication of emotion by email. The Academy of Management Review, 33(2), 309-327. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20159399


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Why There's a Life-Size Statue Of Me (and 120 other scientists!)

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.


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Are You Guilty of Bedtime Procrastination? #shorts

Text "SLEEP" to 844-55-DELAY (844-553-3529) or head to https://www.braincraft.tv/procrastination Make sure to subscribe to @BrainCraft for the full Bedtime Procrastination video (coming soon)! 💤


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The Truth About Being a Scientist & YouTuber (my story)

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 Mixing by Arienne Bloss Colour Grading by Nick Maillet This IF/THEN® She Can Change The World Project was made possible with the support of Lyda Hill Philanthropies as part of the AAAS IF/THEN® Ambassadors Program.


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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Procrastination

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.


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Why You Should Stop Using Times New Roman (Research Explains)

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-Treitman/72b7afdb762a8b0e03e8d9e4b0a9a59f1c99e0a3 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/634067.634173#:~:text=A%20significant%20main%20effect%20of,serif%20or%20sans%20serif%20fonts. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2858036.2858204 Emotional content and colours: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18459353/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3132525.3132546 ACCESSIBILITY https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2513383.2513447 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26993270/#:~:text=OpenDyslexic%20was%20compared%20to%20Arial,(c)%20nonsense%20word%20reading.&text=Results%20from%20this%20alternating%20treatment,the%20group%20as%20a%20whole. https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2513383.2513447 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11881-017-0154-6.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00220671.2012.736430?needAccess=true https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531513105008812?casa_token=P1wuF_Fg-7cAAAAA:Jcxpf9z5Gb7RKusXYg8csBiOP6JwJ9yThILEY4z7C4ayf93RQTQSuykgGM_QplLLfjHAyng2CoDG#fig1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008418212004693?casa_token=lcvTIaXFNeMAAAAA:Wy8pYsAgODvtGHREroGQx3szr2nOvHV5_81f5rWaGHHSZx6GliKn5mI0WfKE2pvuWYMInnzFgqGa https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726769/pdf/nihms852548.pdf Alex Chen’s post: https://medium.com/queer-design-club/the-controversy-of-accessible-type-8def04eb8808 FONT HISTORY https://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/12/09/times-new-roman https://www.fonts.com/font/monotype/arial/story https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/31/calibris-scandalous-history https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2021/04/28/microsoft-word-which-of-these-will-be-the-new-default-font/?sh=7ba9194f4dcf


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Why You Should Embrace Being an Introvert #shorts

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What an Old Cocaine-Dispensing Pharmacy Taught me About Trust & Vaccines

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-a-covid-19-vaccine-rises-to-60-as-confidence-in-research-and-development-process-increases/ https://medium.com/@rachelbotsman


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