I Watch 3 Episodes of Mind Field With Our Experts & Researchers

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Published 2019-10-14

To celebrate, I asked a group of colleagues who worked with me on the series to sit down at Vsauce HQ and watch through three entire episodes. We go behind the scenes, elaborate on topics in the episodes, and dig in to what impact working on Mind Field has had on their current research.

GUESTS:

Samuel Veissière, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, McGill University

Elisabeth de Kleer
Producer/Director

Daniel Toker
Neuroscience PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley

Judy Ho, PhD, ABPP
Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychologist

WATCH MIND FIELD:

SEASON ONE:    • Isolation - Mind Field (Ep 1)

SEASON TWO:   • The Trolley Problem in Real Life

SEASON THREE:    • The Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis

2:41 – Placebos
4:50 – Emotional valence and colors
5:06 – Color and attentional bias
8:26 – Nonspecific effects
8:59 – Specific vs nonspecific effects
10:22 – Nonverbal people/animals and placebo effects
16:23 – Placebo studies
16:48 – Neuroenchantment
17:24 – Ethics of placebo studies
20:41 – Adaptive self-deception
22:28 – Transitional objects
22:59 – Accessory-assisted suggestion
27:07 – Neuroenchantment and genetic testing
39:23 – Placebo mind-reading experiment
47:15 – Placebo thought-implantation experiment
48:38 – Hypnosis
50:57 – Hypnotic susceptibility
51:52 – Placebo effect in animals
1:00:26 – Replication crisis in psychology
1:02:50 – Placebo psychedelics
1:05:15 – Tulpamancy and Tulpamancers
1:08:15 – Terror Management Theory
01:08:21 – Mortality salience
1:19:40 – Experimental ethics
1:43:10 – Cryonics
1:44:52 – Cryogenic preservation
1:55:00 – Socioeconomics of cryogenic preservation
2:12:48 – Digital immortality
2:17:09 – Learning and memory
2:17:24 – Hippocampus
2:18:13 – Video games and the brain
2:21:00 – How MRIs work
2:25:58 – Life-sized maze
2:34:16 – Blab droid
2:36:22 – Empathy towards machines
2:37:49 – Anthropomorphism
2:45:16 – Sleep and hippocampus memory retention
2:46:36 – Sleep and memory
2:49:08 - Effect of video games on memory
2:53:27 – Memory palaces

All Comments (21)

@Didi_Meow_AND_theMEWS 4 years ago

all these years and i still don't have the heart to tell Michael my name is not Vsauce
@bigkoi1015 4 years ago

YoutubeRed: Our episodes Aren't Free. Vsauce: or Are they?
@loganiushere 3 years ago

It's no longer 2019, it's been over a year, and yet Mind Field is still free for all. Micheal, you God how much did you have to sacrifice to get Mind Field to be free in perpetuity.
@GERMANAITOR 6 months ago

Vsauce: "Wow, your skin condition went away!" Girl: "Yup! All thanks to your machine!" Vsauce: "Actually, it never did anything. It was off. You healed all by yourself!" Girl: "Oh..." *Nervously scratches arm*
@f8ded 4 years ago

"all mindfield seasons for free" everyone liked that
@whiteshadow424 4 years ago

Subtitles:(eerie sound) Deaf people: cowering in fear
@TheLKStar 3 years ago

This video was such a great idea. You intensified the whole mind field experience by having expert commentary on it, I wish there were more like this.
@NihilistViking 3 years ago

I hope Vsauce stays around for a long time. I love the science you do and wish I could be apart of it.
@somicu6020 4 years ago

VSauce uploads again in the same month "Hey, wait that's illegal"
@joseval98 4 years ago

Michael: The dog was not a very good actor Dog: You fool, i was acting like a bad dog so i get to eat more cheese
@JoseBortoli 9 months ago

I’ve always respected Michael so much for his active listening techniques. This was something that took a lot for me to learn to do as a child because of undiagnosed ASD but he never interrupts anyone, and always lets them finish their thoughts before jumping in. It’s so inspiring to watch someone with so much pride and enthusiasm - power - in the room, who doesn’t interrupt others continuously.
@noonesaccount6675 1 year ago

I have epilepsy and for some reason something that happens after I have a seizure is that I usually get upset about red. I have freaked out that there isn't anything red neat me, and I've also freaked out that I don't know what red is, and I've freaked out that there is red things around me. Human beings and brains and colours and how they interact are totally wild haha.
@alphaprimus7794 4 years ago

"Hey Vsauce, Michael here!" I have never missed 4 words so much in my entire life as I have these. My soul is whole again.
@MrCurlyAlex 4 years ago

Michael: posts three Mind Field seasons Also Michael: there is another
@TheGrossDemon 3 years ago

Michael: I could die at any moment Caitlin: big smile you sure could!!! lol i wanna be as passionate as she is about dying
@itsdoug7814 1 year ago

I have a profound respect for michael after finding out that he had to play league of legends for 10 days
@rumhell 4 years ago

His beard will cover his whole body in no time
@NoName-fp2nd 4 years ago

My ears literally get pleased after hearing "hey vsauce"
@jojoversus1100 2 years ago

Okay so I'm totally not crying at the kids after they managed to get better. That kid saying he no longer has migraines, & now he's actually excited for high school, broke me. & if you think I'm being ridiculous, wait until you have a child of your own. My 3 year old son has had to go through so much since he was born, & the feeling of seeing your child happier & able to live the life they want is so powerful. This whole field of "curing children through placebo" deserves all the grants & all the Nobel prizes.
@maggie343 10 months ago

When Nathan said "I don't know why I don't listen, maybe because I have problems" i started crying bc I know exactly how he feels. It feels like you are a burden and a problem for things you just can't stop