What are mini brains? - Madeline Lancaster

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Shielded by our thick skulls and swaddled in layers of protective tissue, the human brain is extremely difficult to observe in action. Luckily, scientists can use brain organoids - pencil eraser-sized masses of cells that function like human brains but aren’t part of an organism - to look closer. How do they do it? And is it ethical? Madeline Lancaster shares how to make a brain in a lab.
Lesson by Madeline Lancaster, animation by Adam Wells.
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  • @TEDEd
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  • @MedatonOrtano

    @MedatonOrtano

    6 жыл бұрын

    I love the posthuman stuff like this. How about something cyborg-y in the future?

  • @thomasemil8909

    @thomasemil8909

    6 жыл бұрын

    TED-Ed can you return the super hero science series

  • @bongpich8620

    @bongpich8620

    6 жыл бұрын

    TED-Ed biko. Bnk

  • @corinagustiuc7360

    @corinagustiuc7360

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nu pagadi

  • @House24A

    @House24A

    6 жыл бұрын

    how do you made this video?

  • @abdullahmapari212
    @abdullahmapari2126 жыл бұрын

    *Excellent animation*

  • @Boufcon

    @Boufcon

    6 жыл бұрын

    This is incredible. Anyone has an idea how this animation was done ? With what kind of software ?

  • @pd1769

    @pd1769

    6 жыл бұрын

    Boufcon done by best animators with best softwares

  • @cleitonoliveira932

    @cleitonoliveira932

    6 жыл бұрын

    Its almost always made with Adobe After Effects.

  • @awwells1985

    @awwells1985

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, man, I am the animator. Bit of After Effects, bit of 3D Software.

  • @eaSophia

    @eaSophia

    6 жыл бұрын

    Do you have any background in neuroscience? Man you sure are talented! I hope there are ways to can help you get recognized.

  • @RemingtonHillOfficial
    @RemingtonHillOfficial6 жыл бұрын

    I’m going to write a science fiction script for a movie about organoid rights

  • @veenamukesh

    @veenamukesh

    3 жыл бұрын

    have you done it yet

  • @RemingtonHillOfficial

    @RemingtonHillOfficial

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@veenamukesh in the finishing stages of pre-post-launch production, next we will be onto the reshoots of the contingency script for the fourth film, as long as we stay on track for the second prequel writing meetings during c*vid. But we do have a few thoughts on our first line of the movie! So close 💫

  • @rosiewu

    @rosiewu

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RemingtonHillOfficial Woah!!!!! Congratulations!

  • @stonerclone2616

    @stonerclone2616

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RemingtonHillOfficial damn thats awesome

  • @Silentgunner555

    @Silentgunner555

    3 жыл бұрын

    Be careful, it may just become science fact

  • @AbstraktVisaj
    @AbstraktVisaj6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you TedEd for bringing us yet another informative video with amazing animation.

  • @parallel4
    @parallel46 жыл бұрын

    What is a mini brain? It's what I have in my skull.

  • @swetasinha9542

    @swetasinha9542

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol 😂

  • @prakhar6334

    @prakhar6334

    3 жыл бұрын

    oof that hits hard

  • @minimalisticadvise6732
    @minimalisticadvise67326 жыл бұрын

    Love the animation so simple yet captures each phenomenon beautifully especially the brains learning part. Also thank you for telling us about such research, I never knew this was already achieved 5 years ago and i am gonna be a doctor. In our country research are not given priority but learning by your videos is way to pass those walls.

  • @johndawson6057

    @johndawson6057

    Жыл бұрын

    How's it going?

  • @samueltheil4032
    @samueltheil40323 жыл бұрын

    Brain the size of a pencil eraser? So that scene in David Lynch's Eraserhead was legitimate head science, who knew.

  • @bookdream
    @bookdream6 жыл бұрын

    This is insanely fascinating, well explained, and beautifully animated

  • @siddhiraskar5464
    @siddhiraskar54646 жыл бұрын

    Ahh...The animation is soo smooth My OCD brain is satisfied.

  • @catfishofpl1707
    @catfishofpl17076 жыл бұрын

    I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE! I have one!

  • @Strange_Man1911

    @Strange_Man1911

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ooo, how do dat feels? Me no has 1

  • @nirnayjain4989

    @nirnayjain4989

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too have 1 NVM i have nothing in my head just skull

  • @zuniga0331

    @zuniga0331

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣 I feel that one brah!

  • @fariesz6786
    @fariesz67863 жыл бұрын

    0:33 so you're saying there's a moat around my consciousness and it has duckies in it. accurate.

  • @jyotys9715

    @jyotys9715

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha yes, the cerebrospinal fluid inside the skull...Such a cute representation!

  • @pitodesign

    @pitodesign

    Ай бұрын

    Mine has crocodiles

  • @TheRealEndead
    @TheRealEndead6 жыл бұрын

    The analogies used throughout the entire video is on point. Really makes the subject a lot easier to learn.

  • @YokubouTenshi
    @YokubouTenshi6 жыл бұрын

    0:54 Someone should tell the animator that schizophrenia isn't split personality.

  • @HerMi.T

    @HerMi.T

    3 жыл бұрын

    True.

  • @Legitgaming838

    @Legitgaming838

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe they put that because it was suppose to be shown as a hallucination.

  • @karengomez3143

    @karengomez3143

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t know how to draw it in a simple but actual representation

  • @pikerpoler
    @pikerpoler6 жыл бұрын

    it is just amazing how they utilize every bit of animation to deliver both the information and the message they want to deliver. when making this video, way more taught was put into it than it shows. that is part of why it is so good

  • @indravargas1388
    @indravargas13886 жыл бұрын

    I LOVED the animation of this video. Excellent as always, Ted-Ed.

  • @jenl732
    @jenl7326 жыл бұрын

    As a visual person I really love this animation at best. It keeps pace with the subtitles the most.

  • @wingeddance
    @wingeddance6 жыл бұрын

    Please use this art style and genre of music from now on. It's so relaxing and helps me focus on the topic at hand.

  • @Saikool64

    @Saikool64

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sara Zeru the fun of TED-Ed is the varying styles. Maybe only when talking about brains, as they have used the same style for videos of the same topic.

  • @canaryimpulse989
    @canaryimpulse9896 жыл бұрын

    TED-Ed >>> TEDTalks.

  • @mina_ashraf

    @mina_ashraf

    6 жыл бұрын

    they are all very informative and superb

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    @anime4life930

    4 жыл бұрын

    Someone Else tik tok 😂😅

  • @HerMi.T

    @HerMi.T

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ted talks analyse something in even more detail. That's why Ted talks is also great. Ted ed is great introduction.

  • @manavsingh7378
    @manavsingh73786 жыл бұрын

    Which software you use for making these animations? I wanna learn too. It's amazing!

  • @islandfireballkill

    @islandfireballkill

    6 жыл бұрын

    Its probably made in adobe illustrator. You could find some online tutorials if you want to learn.

  • @manavsingh7378

    @manavsingh7378

    6 жыл бұрын

    Busted_Bullseye thank you

  • @carolynmmitchell2240

    @carolynmmitchell2240

    6 жыл бұрын

    go to skillshare.

  • @amandachen7770

    @amandachen7770

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ted ed hires animators for each video, which is why the art/illustrations vary for each one

  • @bharatiyajokesparody
    @bharatiyajokesparody3 жыл бұрын

    Very insightful! I really appreciate the hardwork y'all put in. Thank you!

  • @Rohitspc
    @Rohitspc6 жыл бұрын

    Ur voice should be universal

  • @arvnd_00
    @arvnd_006 жыл бұрын

    Spectacular animations! Amazing explanations!

  • @abdurraheem8033
    @abdurraheem80336 жыл бұрын

    Thank you TED ED it's really helping me

  • @realeyes8199
    @realeyes81996 жыл бұрын

    Your amazing videos develop neuroplasticity in my brain.

  • @carolynmmitchell2240

    @carolynmmitchell2240

    6 жыл бұрын

    SACHIN SUNDARESAN I doubt that honestly.

  • @realeyes8199

    @realeyes8199

    6 жыл бұрын

    carolyn mmitchell Honesty is the best policy.😜😁

  • @perrysanders2899
    @perrysanders28996 жыл бұрын

    Love these videos. Keep it up

  • @Xeyal1001
    @Xeyal10016 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy learning about these things. Thank you for sharing it.

  • @quantummight2972
    @quantummight29726 жыл бұрын

    "What makes us human?" Didn't Aristotle kinda answered that by defining the different kinds of species in dependence with their capabilities?

  • @HerMi.T

    @HerMi.T

    3 жыл бұрын

    Right, Aristotle theory really help us to understand why we are human beings. I think the better way to put this is that what makes us living organisms because other organisms also has brains but their dependence with situations and capabilities make them different from us.

  • @emilnavod67

    @emilnavod67

    3 жыл бұрын

    You mean the featherless bipeds?

  • @natarajboina7525
    @natarajboina75256 жыл бұрын

    Thanks TED-Ed. This was amazing!

  • @antonreshetnikov1671
    @antonreshetnikov16716 жыл бұрын

    Really like the animation style! Not mentioning the way the topic explained. Thank you!

  • @nadi106100
    @nadi1061006 жыл бұрын

    loved the animation on that video!

  • @yngmeka
    @yngmeka6 жыл бұрын

    Another great and informative video as always. Keep doing what y'all are doing.

  • @shyguy1845
    @shyguy18456 жыл бұрын

    Kudos to Ted ed for very informative videos as always i just became one your patrons

  • @laurynk4209
    @laurynk42092 жыл бұрын

    2:53 SQUID GAME?? phenomenal animation work btw

  • @Asterism_Desmos
    @Asterism_Desmos2 жыл бұрын

    The animation was a different and familiar simultaneously and I loved every second.

  • @drsaifjr
    @drsaifjr6 жыл бұрын

    Very informative and easy to digest

  • @ahumanbeing
    @ahumanbeing3 жыл бұрын

    Ted-Ed's animation is soooo good that I can't keep them in watch later. I can't even finish the video without pausing to comment how amazing the animation is!

  • @cortster12
    @cortster126 жыл бұрын

    Considering human brains can be grown in a womb, a lab isn't that far fetched.

  • @MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs
    @MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs6 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful animation! Great content!

  • @leonardosforzin6774
    @leonardosforzin67746 жыл бұрын

    What about a video about consciousness and self-consciousness?

  • @mjstory1976
    @mjstory19766 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Very educational 👍

  • @jennyarguelles1045
    @jennyarguelles10456 жыл бұрын

    I love the analogy - the way the brain organoid is likened to parts of the plane. Thank you, TED-Ed!

  • @TheNavieus
    @TheNavieus6 жыл бұрын

    Amazing Video.Great concept and supported by a brilliant animation.

  • @keerthanasharma4831
    @keerthanasharma48316 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. Great job, as always

  • @pepurrmint
    @pepurrmint6 жыл бұрын

    this is so cool!! i love the animation

  • @Questn
    @Questn6 жыл бұрын

    We will all grow a better one for ourselves. I definitely will.

  • @SotraEngine4

    @SotraEngine4

    6 жыл бұрын

    I like my brain

  • @Theo4871

    @Theo4871

    6 жыл бұрын

    But will it be you?

  • @nicosoftnt

    @nicosoftnt

    6 жыл бұрын

    Timerºº Very Nice question. I would say yes. Depends on how it's done. If its just an add-on that helps you think better. It would be okay. Now, if it disturbate the way you think, or some part of your brain is removed by "an improved one" Then... NO

  • @les_crow

    @les_crow

    6 жыл бұрын

    No it will not be you, same way your kids aren't you.

  • @Theo4871

    @Theo4871

    6 жыл бұрын

    NicosoftNT Indeed, "add-ons" may be a way to ensure it's still you. But well, our bodies are completely renewed as years pass, and we still feel like the same person, consciousness is still a big mystery.

  • @Sabyyz
    @Sabyyz6 жыл бұрын

    Love your vids

  • @stonks7033
    @stonks70333 жыл бұрын

    Scientists make rally smart being then say we cant make them Get it

  • @infundere
    @infundere6 жыл бұрын

    Amazing animations!

  • @salomonchambi
    @salomonchambiАй бұрын

    I was today years old when I first learned about this! amazing

  • @joshuafreeman9532
    @joshuafreeman95326 жыл бұрын

    Great animation ted ed !

  • @superpcstation
    @superpcstation6 жыл бұрын

    In love with the animation!

  • @yejinlee8920
    @yejinlee89202 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful piece of art portraying a cutting-edge science!

  • @UjjwalRane
    @UjjwalRane6 жыл бұрын

    Great animation! Stands apart by its originality.

  • @bijibijmak
    @bijibijmak6 жыл бұрын

    That was awesome!

  • @samahziyad2891
    @samahziyad28916 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, thank you

  • @alimreyes2524
    @alimreyes25246 жыл бұрын

    I thin this is one of my favorite looking videos so far from this channel

  • @jennyarguelles1045
    @jennyarguelles10456 жыл бұрын

    I love the analogy. The way the brain organoid is compared to a plane. Thank you, TED-Ed!

  • @karengao5570
    @karengao55706 жыл бұрын

    this is so cool!! Thank you Ted-Ed!!!

  • @ProducerGio
    @ProducerGio6 жыл бұрын

    This animation are gonna make me cry

  • @catsjacinto
    @catsjacinto6 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video. It’s so cool that we can make these sort of stuff now to learn more about ourselves. Also, the animator did a really amazing job. Well done!

  • @curious2782
    @curious27826 жыл бұрын

    The animating in this, like all Ted ed Vids, is fantastic.

  • @PixelBytesPixelArtist
    @PixelBytesPixelArtist6 жыл бұрын

    For context: a bee has 100,000 neurons

  • @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time
    @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time6 жыл бұрын

    Interesting info!!!

  • @nf2781
    @nf27816 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!!!

  • @MrAlko99
    @MrAlko996 жыл бұрын

    This video was amazing

  • @olive5671
    @olive56716 жыл бұрын

    This is the BEST ANIMATIONS I've ever seen in a Ted-Ed video!

  • @kaziislam2785
    @kaziislam27856 жыл бұрын

    The animation here is amazing!

  • @LadyOutlier
    @LadyOutlier5 жыл бұрын

    Now this is actually an extremely interesting video. Definitely given me some inspiration as a writer!

  • @moonstonepearl21
    @moonstonepearl216 жыл бұрын

    This is fascinating. I never knew this was a thing!

  • @jacops419
    @jacops4196 жыл бұрын

    Those animations are amazing

  • @riesplescher8038
    @riesplescher80386 жыл бұрын

    I love this animation!

  • @SuicideBunny6
    @SuicideBunny66 жыл бұрын

    Makes me think how incredibly complex life is. A complete human/ animal/ ... just originates from 2 cells that came together.

  • @maddio3
    @maddio36 жыл бұрын

    i can't get over the animation

  • @Agropotato75
    @Agropotato756 жыл бұрын

    This video is a work of art

  • @utkarshgupta2943
    @utkarshgupta29436 жыл бұрын

    Man how do you animate! Amazing!

  • @thecommonfool2110

    @thecommonfool2110

    6 жыл бұрын

    "He" doesnt animate, multiple people work together like a company Actually i think they *are* a company

  • @utkarshgupta2943

    @utkarshgupta2943

    6 жыл бұрын

    Can you tell me which software they use?

  • @DecemberGalaxy0

    @DecemberGalaxy0

    6 жыл бұрын

    Utkarsh Gupta must be adobe after effects and/or adobe premiere pro

  • @christienhernandez4794
    @christienhernandez47943 жыл бұрын

    I work in one of these labs! We use our spheroids as models for TBI, Ischemic stroke, neurotoxicology, and more!

  • @tasosalexiadis7748

    @tasosalexiadis7748

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi, researcher here from a different field. I was always wondering what software do you use?

  • @RspbyLmn
    @RspbyLmn5 жыл бұрын

    I am amazed!

  • @apen3493
    @apen34936 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel

  • @eunhyoukshin7777
    @eunhyoukshin77776 жыл бұрын

    The animation is so strikingly good

  • @mythi7059
    @mythi70596 жыл бұрын

    *I love the new animation style!!!*

  • @tarekaljawi
    @tarekaljawi6 жыл бұрын

    man this is INSANE! never been so mind blown like this to scientific stuff before

  • @louiebueno2640
    @louiebueno26406 жыл бұрын

    I love the animation

  • @davidgranity7679
    @davidgranity76796 жыл бұрын

    That is great animation concept. Thank you for that animators

  • @anchaltrisal1345
    @anchaltrisal13456 жыл бұрын

    Please please make a video on schizophrenia and how it affects the brain. Pleaseeeee

  • @carolynmmitchell2240

    @carolynmmitchell2240

    6 жыл бұрын

    Anchal Trisal tweaker.

  • @anchaltrisal1345

    @anchaltrisal1345

    6 жыл бұрын

    oh! my bad

  • @akashambrose
    @akashambrose6 жыл бұрын

    Nice video mann

  • @jowillll
    @jowillll3 жыл бұрын

    the graphics and illustration in this vid >>

  • @Miimu5210
    @Miimu52106 жыл бұрын

    More importantly, can we grow functioning human genitals in a lab?

  • @sathvikmalgikar2842

    @sathvikmalgikar2842

    6 жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @Cahos_Rahne_Veloza

    @Cahos_Rahne_Veloza

    6 жыл бұрын

    South Park has ya covered.

  • @cannae920

    @cannae920

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mi *FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES* Badum tss

  • @arniecalang4583

    @arniecalang4583

    6 жыл бұрын

    #AskingForAFriend

  • @theincarnationofboredom207

    @theincarnationofboredom207

    6 жыл бұрын

    The reproductive organs are also pretty complicated, so probably not.

  • @GREY666KILLER
    @GREY666KILLER6 жыл бұрын

    Mini brain blown!

  • @bluescreening
    @bluescreening6 жыл бұрын

    This animation style pleases me.

  • @tesconstamylo
    @tesconstamylo6 жыл бұрын

    Great work and very easy to understand! Yet we are still missing the big picture including the effects of diet, sleep on our cortex and the effects of diseases on the construction and deconstruction of synapses basically our memories and learning!

  • @varunthakkar7781
    @varunthakkar77816 жыл бұрын

    Thumbs up for animation...👍👌

  • @blastoff2moon429
    @blastoff2moon4296 жыл бұрын

    Classic animation , I love soooo much . Love form India !!!!

  • @mercuriallimit
    @mercuriallimit6 жыл бұрын

    Loved the animation, could someone advise me on how this is done? I'd like to learn more

  • @kritikachoudhury2188
    @kritikachoudhury21884 жыл бұрын

    graphics are soo good!

  • @amandachen7770
    @amandachen77706 жыл бұрын

    That is amazing

  • @iamachs
    @iamachs3 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting though a really scary idea as well. thank you @Ted-Ed, all the best!

  • @oliviaanderson1210
    @oliviaanderson12106 жыл бұрын

    So can this brain think? *shudders

  • @anudeepandy989
    @anudeepandy9896 жыл бұрын

    The animation is Nooice! 👌👏

  • @reubenhayward6974
    @reubenhayward69743 жыл бұрын

    this animation is masterfully done... my god

  • @diemer2433
    @diemer24336 жыл бұрын

    We can mimic Logan's brain though, I show you nothing