# This is your brain on communication

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2016
- Speaker: Uri Hasson
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/uri_hasson_this_is_your_brain_on_communication)
- 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)

Neuroscientist Uri Hasson researches the basis of human communication, and experiments from his lab reveal that even across different languages, our brains show similar activity, or become "aligned," when we hear the same idea or story. This amazing neural mechanism allows us to transmit brain patterns, sharing memories and knowledge. "We can communicate because we have a common code that presents meaning," Hasson says.

## Lectures

1. [This is your brain on communication](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/uri_hasson_this_is_your_brain_on_communication/8c8b0ac1f6eb), 15 min (TED's player)