Étagère mesuréePsychologie
Psychology videos judged on substance, not views
- Remplissage médian
- 40%
- La partie utile commence
- 0:51
- Durée typique
- 18 min
dernier recalcul 16 sept. 2026
Psychology has the largest gap on YouTube between a title’s promise and a video’s contents, and we can put a number on that rather than assert it: this is one of the categories where our title-honesty measurement moves the most.
The pattern is familiar. “The psychology of why you procrastinate” is frequently a video about one study, described loosely, surrounded by advice that does not follow from it. The video is not lying. It simply promised a mechanism and delivered a mood.
The ranking on this shelf is by measured value density — how much of the runtime carries information rather than restatement — and entries where the title substantially oversells the contents are pushed down rather than featured. That is a judgement about the packaging, not about the presenter, and it is ours: we are not reporting what anyone else thinks of these videos.
One limit worth stating plainly. We measure how densely a video delivers what it says it will. We do not verify the science inside it, and a well-structured video about a study that did not replicate will still score well here. For that, read the study.
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A Brain-Inspired Algorithm For Memory
0:0026:52- Densité
- 76
- Remplissage
- 28%
- Utile à partir de
- 2:40
A tightly-built, near-zero-water derivation of Hopfield networks that genuinely teaches the mechanism, not just the vocabulary.
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02
Brain Criticality - Optimizing Neural Computations
0:0037:05- Densité
- 75
- Remplissage
- 26%
- Utile à partir de
- 0:53
A rigorously built, densely explained walkthrough of brain criticality theory — real conceptual payoff, with only one short sponsor break as water.
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03
The Brain’s Learning Algorithm Isn’t Backpropagation
0:0026:52- Densité
- 76
- Remplissage
- 27%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:04
A rigorous, first-principles derivation of predictive coding as a biologically plausible alternative to backpropagation — dense, well-structured education with only a brief, clearly…
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04
Your Brain Is 150,000 Mini-Brains
0:0021:37- Densité
- 75
- Remplissage
- 24%
- Utile à partir de
- 0:50
A rigorously constructed, high-density explainer that actually earns its ambitious title — one of the stronger science explainers of the year, marred only by a short disclosed sponsor break.
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Building Blocks of Memory in the Brain
0:0027:46- Densité
- 74
- Remplissage
- 29%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:39
A tightly-argued, research-grounded explainer on how and where the brain physically stores and links memories.
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Theta rhythm: A Memory Clock
0:0020:18- Densité
- 73
- Remplissage
- 32%
- Utile à partir de
- 0:51
A tightly argued, genuinely educational deep-dive into how theta rhythm times and structures hippocampal memory — one short sponsor break aside.
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Place cells: How your brain creates maps of abstract spaces
0:0014:37- Densité
- 74
- Remplissage
- 30%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:30
A tightly argued, evidence-rich tour of hippocampal place cells — from spatial mapping to abstract cognitive spaces.
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Neural manifolds - The Geometry of Behaviour
0:0023:17- Densité
- 72
- Remplissage
- 37%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:35
A genuinely rigorous, beautifully explained walk from spike trains to topology to a real published result — rare-tier science education.
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Most AI has amnesia. Here's the fix
0:0018:48- Densité
- 74
- Remplissage
- 33%
- Utile à partir de
- 3:00
A rigorous, well-paced first-principles derivation of why RNNs forget and how gating fixes it — genuine teaching with a short honest sponsor break.
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Can We Build an Artificial Hippocampus?
0:0023:51- Densité
- 73
- Remplissage
- 33%
- Utile à partir de
- 0:55
A rigorous, well-produced walkthrough of the Tolman-Eichenbaum Machine—genuinely deep science communication with only a brief, clearly disclosed sponsor break.
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You've (Likely) Been Playing The Game Of Life Wrong
0:0045:13- Densité
- 76
- Remplissage
- 24%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:06
A dense, well-demonstrated deep dive into power laws and critical phenomena that genuinely pays off its bold title, wrapped around one sponsor read and an end-of-video board game plug.
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The Expert Myth
0:0017:59- Densité
- 75
- Remplissage
- 29%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:44
A well-sourced, tightly argued explainer on what actually makes someone an expert — worth watching, with a short honest sponsor break.
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The Most Counterintuitive Way to Build a Brain
0:0013:38- Densité
- 71
- Remplissage
- 31%
- Utile à partir de
- 0:47
A sharp, well-crafted explainer that makes a genuinely counterintuitive idea in computational neuroscience click, with only a brief, clearly-declared sponsor read.
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How We’re Fooled By Statistics
0:007:38- Densité
- 77
- Remplissage
- 27%
- Utile à partir de
- 0:33
A sharp, still-relevant explainer that turns a famous cognitive-bias anecdote into a genuinely useful statistical toolkit, lightly taxed by a short Audible plug.
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Cognitive Psychology - More About Memory Pt1 - Biology of Memory
0:0026:33- Densité
- 74
- Remplissage
- 21%
- Utile à partir de
- 0:19
A dense, well-sourced walkthrough of how memory is physically encoded and reconsolidated in the brain, backed by real studies.
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The Most Controversial Idea In Biology
0:0028:50- Densité
- 73
- Remplissage
- 32%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:01
A well-researched, historically grounded explainer of gene-centric evolution that fairly presents both the theory and its real criticisms, docked only by a short integrated sponsor break.
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How Your Brain Chooses What to Remember
0:0017:19- Densité
- 72
- Remplissage
- 30%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:13
A rigorous, well-sourced explanation of how sharp-wave ripples tag and consolidate important memories — genuinely educational with only a light, clearly-declared sponsor break.
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The Biggest Myth In Education
0:0014:27- Densité
- 70
- Remplissage
- 38%
- Utile à partir de
- 3:15
A well-sourced, evidence-heavy debunking of the learning-styles myth, lightly padded with street interviews and a Google Search sponsor segment.
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The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink | TED
0:0018:37- Densité
- 70
- Remplissage
- 27%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:22
A tightly argued, evidence-backed TED classic on why carrot-and-stick incentives backfire on creative work — still one of the sharpest short explainers on motivation.
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The Most Common Cognitive Bias
0:004:44- Densité
- 65
- Remplissage
- 39%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:56
A sharp, well-demonstrated explainer on confirmation bias that earns its title through a real live experiment, not just narration.
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Cognitive Psychology - Judgment and Decision Making Pt1 - Heuristics, Biases, Fallacies
0:0057:54- Densité
- 75
- Remplissage
- 23%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:23
A dense, well-taught lecture on judgment biases and base-rate neglect that earns its runtime with real worked math, not just repackaged Kahneman quotes.
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The Illusion of Truth
0:008:25- Densité
- 75
- Remplissage
- 24%
A tight, well-sourced explainer on why repetition and 'cognitive ease' trick us into believing things — genuinely earns its title, with only a brief sponsor tail.
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Attachment Styles and Personality Disorders | What is Attachment Theory?
0:0016:44- Densité
- 71
- Remplissage
- 34%
- Utile à partir de
- 5:28
A dense, well-organized clinical walkthrough connecting attachment theory to all ten personality disorders — genuinely educational with minimal filler.
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A Universal Theory of Brain Function
0:0019:31- Densité
- 67
- Remplissage
- 35%
- Utile à partir de
- 1:42
A clear, well-built explainer of the free energy principle as a unifying model of perception, carrying a short disclosed Squarespace sponsor break.
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Why Being Delusional is a Superpower
0:0012:04- Densité
- 74
- Remplissage
- 31%
A well-evidenced, causally clear look at why we underestimate luck—genuinely educational despite a brief closing product plug.
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Comment ce classement est établi
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