# The neuroscience of imagination

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Andrey Vyshedskiy
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/andrey_vyshedskiy_the_neuroscience_of_imagination)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Imagine, for a second, a duck teaching a French class. A ping-pong match in orbit around a black hole. A dolphin balancing a pineapple. You probably haven't actually seen any of these things. But you could imagine them instantly. How does your brain produce an image of something you've never seen? Andrey Vyshedskiy details the neuroscience of imagination. \[Directed by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu\].

## Lectures

1. [The neuroscience of imagination](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/andrey_vyshedskiy_the_neuroscience_of_imagination/b8615b2bc938), 5 min (TED's player)