Braincraft

Happy New Year! Here is one of the amazing powers of exercise.

Could a slight rise in narcissism from increased use of social media actually make us better, more self-aware people?

Want to win gold? It helps to train your brain, not just your body. Studies with athletes show that using imagery techniques to train your brain can improve your physical performance.

Your Warped Perception of Time

Your Brain's Facial Recognition Technology

The Psychology of Colour, Emotion and Online Shopping

Want to beat jet lag fast? There's an app for that. I chat with researcher & app developer Olivia Walch from University of Michigan.

Amazing Effects of Sleep (And Lack of it)

Why Do We Feel Hungry?

Knitting is making a comeback and the benefits might just surprise you.

Does Technology Ruin Relationships?

The Psychology Of Personal Space

This Is How Your Brain Grows

Can Reading Boost Your Emotional Intelligence?

When Do We Reach Our Mental Peak?

DIY Brain Enhancement or Frankenstein?

Re-engineering Sight

Why we forget things and how there's a silver lining. What was I talking about?

Do you feel really disorientated when you wake up? 1 in 7 people suffer from 'Sleep Drunkenness'.

If you were sleep deprived, could you just fake that you got more sleep the night before? Science has some interesting answers.

A brief tale on the possibilities of brain-to-brain communication, with a few cats.

Sometimes bad things happen to good feedback.

Persuasive and personalised messages are all around us.

The surprising effects behind our accents.

How attention and focus affects creative thinking.

Joy and happiness makes us genuinely smile, but can forcing a smile make us genuinely happy? Say cheese!

Is a MIND-BLOWING moment rewarding and addictive?

Do you have food nostalgia? Why are our memories of food are so vivid (and delicious).

Can you see what I see? We all experience things subjectively, including how we perceive optical illusions.

Is there a limit to the number of relationships we can maintain? And could that be changing with our ever-expanding online social networks?

Does the beat always beat you? Why some people can't hear music.

'Twas the night before Christmas, and you still haven't gone shopping... so here are some scientific gift giving tips. Happy Holidays and thanks for watching in 2014!