BRAINIACS: Artificial Intelligence & Brain Boosts (插曲 4)

In this episode of Brainiacs, you’ll find out how AI is helping doctors detect cancer, and why that post-fiesta siesta (aka food coma) might actually improve your memory. So go ahead, take that afternoon nap! 還, if you’re into playing video games on your phone, you’re about to get a little scientific validation. These research-backed games developed by NYU researchers can boost your brain and help you regulate tough emotions. BONUS: The games are free!

NYU BRAINIACS
In each episode, Brainiacs captures the energy and creativity of research happening across NYU’s urban frontiers in New York City, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai. Join host Sapna Parikh as she guides viewers through stories of great impact and ingenuity, bringing the scientific process and new discoveries to life.

Producer/Host/Editor SAPNA PARIKH, 醫學博士, MPH

Supervising Producers JASON HOLLANDER
EILEEN REYNOLDS
Camera BOB KERR
Studio Producer DAN THOENNESSEN
Animation Open JOSH MAGPANTAY
Music BRIAN WAYY/POND5

Recorded at the NYU Stern Studio
Produced by the NYU Office of Public Affairs
Slug footage courtesy of Nikolay Kukushkin
Video Game footage courtesy of Jan Plass/CREATE Lab
Supplemental footage by Storyblocks
Icons by The Noun Project
Sound effects by Pond5