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Mayim Bialik Answers 50 of the Most Googled Neuroscience Questions | WIRED

Actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik answers 50 of the most googled questions about neuroscience. How does a stroke affect the nervous system? How does the nervous system and endocrine system work together? How does it help the body maintain homeostasis? What’s the number one most asked question about neuroscience? Watch to find out! ►► Listen…

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Actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik answers 50 of the most googled questions about neuroscience. How does a stroke affect the nervous system? How does the nervous system and endocrine system work together? How does it help the body maintain homeostasis? What’s the number one most asked question about neuroscience? Watch to find out!

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  1. Sean

    August 26, 2020 at 8:47 pm

    WIRED, get this woman a better mic!

  2. GreenGiant O.o

    August 26, 2020 at 8:52 pm

    I just clicked on this video to see what it’s was like an i see her face I just know this is going to be good

  3. Sara Ferrell

    August 26, 2020 at 8:56 pm

    I had to stop halfway through to ask my husband to explain the basic terminology of the nervous system to me. Funnily, we didn’t cover much [read: any] of this in my engineering classes….

  4. Ana Paula

    August 26, 2020 at 9:02 pm

    Mayim makes me want to switch majors

    • marina kasparov

      August 27, 2020 at 12:51 am

      Yes!!

  5. Alysia's Attic

    August 26, 2020 at 9:08 pm

    Did she even take a breath? LOL

  6. Denii

    August 26, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    mayim tell me what’s wrong with my brain and why i cant see an apple when i close my eyes and think of one and why i dont have an inner voice thingy and how do i fix it T_T

  7. What's Your Routine

    August 26, 2020 at 9:34 pm

    Wow. I have never loved a person as much as love her right now and she makes me want to be a neurological lol

  8. alison taub

    August 26, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    I don’t know anything about neuroscience and this was super fun and interesting to watch.

  9. Tish Lynn

    August 26, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    More Mayim plzzzzzz!!!

  10. Sebastian Lima

    August 26, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    Mayim is my favorite human

  11. shabytin

    August 26, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    Okay Wired. Release all the Mayim Bialik content you have right there. We need more!

  12. R Keb

    August 26, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    How many hours did you spend at Wired??

  13. PatrickAllenNL

    August 26, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    I came here to hear her talk, I don’t get any of it

  14. saffron fields

    August 26, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    Dr. Bialik, my 5 year old son thinks you’re the smartest person in the world-he looks up to you so much. He talks of being a scientist on the daily. Thank you for being a great role model to all of us out there driven to study, discover, and enlighten! Science! 👆🦾

  15. 샤야

    August 26, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    please never stop having her answer questions

  16. Nate Crownwell

    August 26, 2020 at 10:50 pm

    epic!

  17. gillianemb

    August 26, 2020 at 10:50 pm

    I love how Mayim remains so friendly and personable while explaining really complicated things💛

  18. Anja R

    August 26, 2020 at 10:56 pm

    🤯❤️

  19. Mason 美生

    August 26, 2020 at 11:12 pm

    This is like a quiz for her. And I don’t understand any of these questions.

  20. Pauline Cheng

    August 26, 2020 at 11:17 pm

    This sounds like an mcat review session 😂🙈

  21. Lisa Müller

    August 26, 2020 at 11:22 pm

    I just love this woman so much

  22. Steven Lerner

    August 26, 2020 at 11:36 pm

    YES YES YES more of her in videos please love you Amy always and forever 😛

  23. kyekiss

    August 26, 2020 at 11:49 pm

    You can just keep these coming, Wired. Mayim Bialik content is all I need now.

  24. Jackson

    August 27, 2020 at 12:06 am

    I was expecting more elaborate answers sometimes, this is not a multiple choice test 😂

  25. WretchedNightmare

    August 27, 2020 at 1:21 am

    Glutamate is NOT in charge of learning. Her answer that you can’t boil learning down to a neurotransmitter is correct.

  26. Robert Immanuel

    August 27, 2020 at 10:05 am

    she’s really charming

  27. Ariella Joy

    August 27, 2020 at 10:40 am

    Me to me after clicking on this video: “Ya’ll gonna learn today”

  28. Ji Hye Park

    August 27, 2020 at 11:16 am

    I love Mayim’s gestures, everytime she’s not certain or certain what she’s talking about.

  29. y ln

    August 27, 2020 at 11:26 am

    i love the way she answers the questions.

  30. Sharon Soni

    August 27, 2020 at 11:34 am

    14:13 😂
    I’m glad I watched this video. 💕🌼

  31. Andrew Norman

    August 27, 2020 at 11:36 am

    If only I could meet a lady like her… Awesome

  32. Dennis Hall

    August 27, 2020 at 11:46 am

    Listening to Mayim Bialik talk about caffeine and it’s effect on the central nervous system, while consuming my morning coffee, is having a delightful affect on my neurotransmitters! 😁

  33. lo l

    August 27, 2020 at 12:11 pm

    She’s really smart

  34. The Unknown Pianist

    August 27, 2020 at 12:38 pm

    Listen to my piano concert

  35. Jessica C.

    August 27, 2020 at 1:08 pm

    I feell like she is never sure about the answers so, this video doesn’t really makes sense to me 😬

  36. citystars1117

    August 27, 2020 at 1:22 pm

    I don’t want to see this lady on my page anymore

  37. R6 FATTY

    August 27, 2020 at 1:44 pm

    This lady need Jesus

  38. dinopeaspcs

    August 27, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    To you who are enjoying reading comments while watching this, I have a simple rule, DO NOT read the replies in each comment. You’ll end up ruining your current good mood. 😂

  39. Marcel Chaudhary

    August 27, 2020 at 3:33 pm

    1 minute of the video is enough to realize that she’s academically brilliant. Can’t watch any more.

  40. Robyn Loves1D

    August 27, 2020 at 3:39 pm

    She’s super smart and funny, too! Loved her on Blossom and BBT.

  41. Vaibhav Agarwal

    August 27, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    So amy is amy in real life? I just wanna say I luv tbbt

  42. Cheval Nektosha

    August 27, 2020 at 6:28 pm

    For me Mayim just got 100x sexier

  43. Ayush Gupta

    August 27, 2020 at 8:47 pm

    🥳🥳🥳

  44. Shoresy 69

    August 27, 2020 at 9:03 pm

    If she was younger I’d love to be an equal life partner with her.

  45. Gifleo

    August 27, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    Wait, she is actually a neuroscientist?

    • Derek T

      August 28, 2020 at 1:48 am

      No, this is a skit for the big bang theory

    • cataa mardones

      August 28, 2020 at 2:29 am

      Yes, she has a phD in neuroscience.

  46. DJ Davis

    August 27, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    Its so funny how after every question you can see her trying to bring her answer down like four intelligence levels.

  47. Fernanda

    August 27, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    Omg amazing video

  48. Punk Shark

    August 28, 2020 at 12:04 am

    She is smart and so down to earth

  49. Jonathan Trauner

    August 28, 2020 at 12:15 am

    You are heaven Mayim

  50. Nicole Drummond

    August 28, 2020 at 12:20 am

    I don’t know half of the things that she is saying but I can listen to her talk for hoursssss 😁

  51. Derek T

    August 28, 2020 at 1:29 am

    Obviously she is reading off a teleprompter

  52. Amanda Belony

    August 28, 2020 at 2:16 am

    She is a queen !!!!

  53. Riley Hartmann

    August 28, 2020 at 2:59 am

    5:53 me watching this having autonomic nervous system dysfunction and GI issues: 👁️👄👁️

  54. cesar velasquez

    August 28, 2020 at 4:46 am

    This woman is amazing, thank you for mentioning that therapy is a great way to keep you healthy

  55. Ruza Hel

    August 28, 2020 at 5:26 am

    *Doctor* Mayim Bialik

  56. Janita James

    August 28, 2020 at 8:10 am

    im a business student……what am i doing here?…

  57. Melanie Dejonge

    August 28, 2020 at 8:39 am

    I have such a gigantic STEM girl crush on her right now!!!!

  58. Cheese McCheesey

    August 28, 2020 at 9:27 am

    Goodness I love her.

  59. Jackie beans

    August 28, 2020 at 1:35 pm

    Thanks, Mayim!!💕💕

  60. Elyse Lewis

    August 28, 2020 at 3:52 pm

    Woah, these questions totally brought back memories of studying for my psychology as a science class

  61. Krystale Myth

    August 28, 2020 at 4:00 pm

    my brain when I saw the thumbnail: watch it, you’re gonna love it
    me watching: my god! I love it! I love her!
    my brain after watching: told yah

  62. MC Venne

    August 28, 2020 at 7:32 pm

    I love that she doesn’t know everything. That’s how all scientist are like. They admit they don’t know and seek the information if they need it.

  63. sammybabi

    August 28, 2020 at 8:51 pm

    Love her

  64. aces

    August 29, 2020 at 12:59 am

    doctors are so much more informative and assistive when being given a platform and audience vs when in their office for a check up.

  65. leah o sullivan

    August 29, 2020 at 1:21 am

    I want mayim to be my science teacher… But also my mom 🤣

  66. Lexi Daigle

    August 29, 2020 at 2:26 am

    She got to the cannabis question as I’m sitting here high with my muscles relaxed eating a snack lol. It’s the only thing that’s helped with chronic pain

  67. Mayukha Bommaraju

    August 29, 2020 at 2:44 am

    I think people should remember that even if we get a degree in something, we don’t have to know all the questions about it, and I like that she wasn’t afraid to show that inaccuracy. Love this woman 😍

  68. Sad Eyes

    August 29, 2020 at 4:57 am

    #24… WHAT SHE SAID!!!!!

  69. Shandra Brooks

    August 29, 2020 at 4:58 am

    I learned so much of this in my anatomy and physiology classes in college.

  70. Sad Eyes

    August 29, 2020 at 5:05 am

    Loved this 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  71. Lisa Eichler-Johnson

    August 29, 2020 at 6:45 am

    Best Wired EVER!

  72. Okay Buddy

    August 29, 2020 at 10:13 am

    No wonder she was so good at playing Amy. She’s smart, gorgeous and funny🤍

  73. Kirsten Pihlaja

    August 29, 2020 at 1:52 pm

    These Mayim WIRED videos are helping my brain not spiral into the awfulness of the world. I don’t understand everything and I so appreciate her humor in explaining! heh.

  74. Carolyn Bumblis

    August 29, 2020 at 4:58 pm

    Love listening to Mayim talk.

  75. plushpuppy32

    August 29, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    Why is my nervous system destroying my body

  76. Jana Duračková

    August 30, 2020 at 5:52 am

    you did great! 😀 I will be choosing a subject for major studies this year…always wanted to try neurobiology, thought I wasnt good enough, because the nervous system itself is so incredibly complex…thanks to you, I kinda wanna try anyway

  77. Porn05Mouth

    August 30, 2020 at 6:48 am

    Her delivery is so engaging. I could watch this for hours even though I don’t give af about neuroscience.

  78. Film Feline

    August 30, 2020 at 7:00 am

    a great neurotransmitter = triptophen lol it’s in turkey, milk…

  79. Megan Combs

    August 30, 2020 at 4:15 pm

    Is alcohol’s effects on the cerebellum responsible for one’s “blacking out”?

    • Megan Combs

      August 30, 2020 at 4:16 pm

      @MayimBialik or another willing knowledgeable other 😉

  80. Stewart Smalls

    August 30, 2020 at 4:53 pm

    This needs a “Neuroscientist Explains concept at 5 different levels” take! 🤓

  81. Elizabeth Gutierez

    August 30, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    Well I feel dumb now…

  82. Notch Incorporated

    August 30, 2020 at 8:08 pm

    Good job @mayimbialik

  83. Richard Speir

    August 31, 2020 at 8:38 am

    I got to meet her in 2012 when she came to my University to give a talk. Was my first time meeting a celebrity, couldn’t stop grinning like an idiot. Was still a great talk though.

  84. Jean Baish

    August 31, 2020 at 8:54 am

    14:19 )))

  85. tiny99990

    August 31, 2020 at 10:44 am

    I love Mayim Bialik… She reminds me SO much of one of my favorite teachers, they could have been twins, they majored in the same thing and have a surprising amount of things in common… My teacher is in her 60s though so she is quite a bit older… Mayim Bialik is one of the few celebrities I would love to meet one day…

  86. Klaudia Guarana

    August 31, 2020 at 11:19 am

    I love her

  87. פני אפרצב

    August 31, 2020 at 1:46 pm

    Love her, such a regular person

  88. tiny99990

    August 31, 2020 at 1:54 pm

    14:10 I feel like there is a flat earther joke here, but I am just to depressed and tired to think it up…

  89. Emily P

    September 1, 2020 at 1:56 am

    I could listen to her talk about anything Any day

  90. Shinaz Bakar

    September 1, 2020 at 3:15 am

    I’ve loved her since Blossom.

  91. cristina

    September 2, 2020 at 6:43 pm

    LINDA E INTELIGENTE

  92. digital subliminal messages

    September 3, 2020 at 1:45 am

    S T O P. R A P E I N G. B A B I E S
    See , now I wanna see some “praying donkeys 🐴// // I bet ,

  93. digital subliminal messages

    September 3, 2020 at 1:47 am

    S R B
    The “transmitter testing”/ I’d ….not only in the biom transfer/ but it’s also the emotional manipulation / fear anger …or sadness

  94. Marcell Newmani

    September 4, 2020 at 8:37 pm

    • Marcell Newmani

      September 4, 2020 at 10:42 pm

      Marcell Newman/Mayim Bialik media says: “I have nothing to do with Johnny Galecki in the media.”

    • Marcell Newmani

      September 4, 2020 at 10:43 pm

      Marcell Newman/Mayim Bialik media says: “I have nothing to do with Kunal Nayyar in the media.”

    • Marcell Newmani

      September 4, 2020 at 10:43 pm

      Marcell Newman/Mayim Bialik media says: “I have nothing to do with Simon Helberg in the media.”

    • Marcell Newmani

      September 4, 2020 at 10:45 pm

      Marcell Newman/Mayim Bialik media says: “I have nothing to do with Punky Brewster in the media.”

    • Marcell Newmani

      September 4, 2020 at 10:46 pm

      Marcell Newman/Mayim Bialik media says: “I have nothing to do with Soleil Moon Frye in the media.”

  95. Marcell Newmani

    September 4, 2020 at 8:37 pm

    5’4″?

  96. Djmike Eventos

    September 6, 2020 at 8:27 am

    I could NOT stop watching the whole clip.

  97. Johannes Halberstadt

    September 6, 2020 at 12:37 pm

    Do you think you could or would ever fully go back to Neuroscience in the future?

  98. V.T. Curtains

    September 7, 2020 at 10:56 am

    Here’s something i’ve found interesting recently: Acetylcholine as well.

  99. V.T. Curtains

    September 7, 2020 at 10:57 am

    Mayim Rules!!

  100. F. Michael Bremer-Cruz

    September 8, 2020 at 2:09 am

    Wow, this was just brilliant–seeing Dr. Bialik answer so many complicated questions off the cuff so well is beyond impressive. I very much enjoyed this–thanks for sharing it. 🙂

  101. Wagner Pinheiro

    September 8, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    No one asked about the locus ceruleus XD

  102. digital subliminal messages

    September 8, 2020 at 11:05 pm

    S T O P. R A P E I N G. B A B I E S
    They seemed a lil.more responsible / them maybe some other kids/./ And left in the woods , alone / /.but not today / what the broken toy now was about // but they’d know how to feed themselves totally at this point /

  103. TL

    September 10, 2020 at 9:16 am

    Yea you did great. I learned a lot.

  104. Escaping to the Philippines

    September 12, 2020 at 1:53 am

    *Man, she really Blossomed into something…OMG!* 😜😝

  105. Travis Head

    September 12, 2020 at 5:58 am

    Real life female version of Sheldon

  106. Geetanjali Jadhav

    September 12, 2020 at 7:38 am

    Did I just love watching this video? Yes, I did.
    Also…
    Hey you! Hope you’re doing well and taking care of yourself, I’m just a random person commenting I know and it’s weird and all that but I just want you to know that today you will receive a good news which will bring a huge change in your life. Remember it can be anything big or small, the feeling of joy and how it’s going to change your life is what matters.

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  107. lu fortuna

    September 14, 2020 at 8:47 am

    I adore her I just wanna hug her

  108. Sidney Mosley

    September 18, 2020 at 4:53 am

    Fun Fact: She was in Michael Jackson’s “Liberian Girl” music video

  109. QuotePilgrim

    September 18, 2020 at 9:38 pm

    Lol I heard “between three and four dozen” as between 3 and 48, but in hindsight it was obviously meant as between 36 and 48.

  110. Heiw MM

    September 22, 2020 at 8:15 pm

    but whats with the sound…

  111. Mary Rose Kent

    September 23, 2020 at 7:48 pm

    Mayim, I went through a period of several years of migraines, and it turned out to be my endocrine system was out of whack; once I was put on two thyroid medications and my thyroid got happy, the migraines stopped. It could be just me, but I’d add bad endocrine support to the list of possible reasons.

  112. M C

    September 24, 2020 at 11:04 am

    I love her so much

  113. Giu Lia

    September 24, 2020 at 7:19 pm

    Omg I just love her! She is a real role model and just the most sympathetic person ❤️😍

  114. Naledi

    September 30, 2020 at 12:57 am

    Wow! She’s amazing!

  115. Urian5

    September 30, 2020 at 3:35 pm

    Where’s Sheldon?

  116. Urian5

    September 30, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    Which neurotransmitters are responsible for Sheldon? Not Sheldon’s behaviour…just Sheldon?

  117. The Peachie Spoonie

    October 1, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    Can you do a video just on migraine disorder?

  118. James Barnes

    October 2, 2020 at 3:56 pm

    I’ve been spending the last three days watching mayim bialik videos. I love hearing her talk. Her channel is wonderful and insightful.

  119. Me, myself & her

    October 5, 2020 at 7:34 pm

    I’ve had a stroke and I was around 28, it affected the memory centr of the brain and the left arm

  120. Carbajal Betancourt

    October 5, 2020 at 10:54 pm

    She inspires me to be extraordinary

  121. Jeff Johnson

    October 6, 2020 at 12:08 am

    That would have been more enlightening/helpful/interesting to me if Mayim Bialik had tuned more of her answers to the level of ignorance or knowledge of people who would ask those questions. What’s the point of doing this if that is not the goal? The other comments here seem tuned more to the entertainment value, so maybe that is the point. An irony of this performance as presented is that, apparently, someone afterward had to go Google a lot of the questions to get adequate answers to be presented in text on top of her answers.

  122. carolinestories

    October 8, 2020 at 8:10 pm

    you know you’re a pro in your field when you can answer 50 major open-ended questions in a row

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