# Know thyself, with a brain scanner

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxToronto 2011
- Speaker: Ariel Garten
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ariel_garten_know_thyself_with_a_brain_scanner)
- 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 playing a video game controlled by your mind. Now imagine that game also teaches you about your own patterns of stress, relaxation and focus. Ariel Garten shows how looking at our own brain activity gives new meaning to the ancient dictum "know thyself."

## Lectures

1. [Know thyself, with a brain scanner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ariel_garten_know_thyself_with_a_brain_scanner/e7bb59656405), 15 min (TED's player)