# Uncovering the brain's biggest secret

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Melanie E. Peffer
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, History, Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/melanie_e_peffer_uncovering_the_brain_s_biggest_secret)
- 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)

In the 1860s, scientists believed they were on the verge of uncovering the brain's biggest secret: how the brain's signals travel through the body. They believed these impulses travelled uninterrupted along a massive web of tissue. But soon, a young artist would cut down this hypothesis, and sketch a bold new vision of how our brains work. Melanie Peffer details the discoveries of Golgi and Cajal. \[Directed by Artrake Studio, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott\].

## Lectures

1. [Uncovering the brain's biggest secret](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/melanie_e_peffer_uncovering_the_brain_s_biggest_secret/bb0d898e467e), 5 min (TED's player)