# Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxCaltech
- Speaker: David Anderson
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_anderson_your_brain_is_more_than_a_bag_of_chemicals)
- 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)

Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson has a more nuanced view of how the brain functions. He shares new research that could lead to targeted psychiatric medications -- that work better and avoid side effects. How's he doing it? For a start, by making a bunch of fruit flies angry.

## Lectures

1. [Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_anderson_your_brain_is_more_than_a_bag_of_chemicals/0d26d28d536b), 16 min (TED's player)