The Spike - How Your Brain Uses Electrical Impulses to Communicate

Explore the fascinating world of neural communication in this 59-minute lecture by Mark Humphries, Chair in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Nottingham. Delve into the concept of 'spikes' - the blips of voltage that billions of neurons use to communicate within our brains. Discover how these electrical impulses are born, transmitted, and lead to action. Examine decades of neuroscience research to unravel the mysteries surrounding these crucial signals. Learn about the intricate processes occurring in the 2.1 seconds it takes for an impulse to travel through our brain, involving our sensory and motor regions. Gain insights into how the joint activity of many neurons encodes past, present, and future information to guide behavior.