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This is a game! It’s called the Ultimatum Game and there is a big pot of money. But, you have to split the pot! You need to decide how you want to split the pot – think 80/20 or 50/50 and suggest that! If agreed, you will both get the share. If rejected, no one gets the money. What do you do? This game has been used in a lot in tests of fairness. And things like your brain or electric stimulations of certain brain regions affect how people decide to split the pot, and if others accepted their offer they will split it. In one study, participants were given a pill of amino acids or placebo, and then they played The Ultimate <a href="https://rumble.com/v3537v-check-out-this-clever-japanese-board-game..html" target="_blank">Game</a>. Those who had the amino acid pill rejected unfair offers in 80% of the cases, and those who took the placebo, rejected unfair offers 65 % of the time. The amino acid pill didn’t include tryptophan, the amino acid necessary to synthesize serotonin, a chemical that plays a role in regulating emotions during social decision-making. So reduced serotonin resulted in more resentment towards the offer, making the responders less likely to accept. Another study bent the rules of The Ultimatum Game. When the participants first split the pot, they are offered 10-25% of the value to their partner. Then The Ultimatum Game became electrifying. Some participants received electrical stimulations that increased activity in a <a href="https://rumble.com/v32vhg-quiz-nothing-will-test-your-brain-more-than-these-riddles-good-scores.html" target="_blank">brain</a> area though to control fairness. It’s kind of mind-blowing that our sense of fairness and inequity can be manipulated by drugs and electrical stimulations. But… can you really win The Ultimatum Game? How would you split the pot?

Sometimes things get a little weird in fMRI machines.

The curious case of a man who lost his memory, but could still learn things.

The *mind-blowing* story of Phineas Gage, a man who survived with a hole in his brain – and what we learnt from him.

Can you see what I see? Let me know if you were tricked by these illusions!

Is more choice really better than less?

Put your observation skills to the test.

Social connection is a craving we sometimes can't deny.

Join AsapSCIENCE for a deeper look at defining insanity.

Can Mary learn anything in the Knowledge Argument?

You asked for an Inside Out episode, so here it is! Here's some science behind the message in the film. I tried to leave out any spoilers!

And how is dog sleep different than our own?

Imagine a world where all voices sound the same.

As Monty Python prophesied, “So…always look on the bright side of death / Just before you draw your terminal breath”

Be grateful, it's good for you!

In response to earlier videos on sugar, here are three misconceptions most of us share.

January has long been seen as a time for setting goals, but does it work?

Each of us has one trillion microbes living on (or inside) our bodies.

Magic tricks along with optical illusions might even fall in the same basket taking into consideration tat both can deceive your eyes. It is also a fact that is very very interesting to watch. We can always use a little sheering up and going to a show, where we can see things that we strongly believe that are real but usually come to understand that all that was a lie. Magic, especially illusion tricks tend to hide behind reality and the truth which makes it even more fun to see. Most of the time we have to go out of the way to purchase tickets and spend money for such a show, where as nowadays it is easy to come across such show by only connecting to the internet and searching for videos of such category. This girl has us on our toes as she happens to perform an <a href="https://rumble.com/v32p51-creepy-following-window-ghost-hollow-face-illusion.html" target="_blank">illusion</a> which seems to look very interesting and attention grabbing and even something that you might find an interest in learning how to do. She does take us step by step explaining the process of how our minds can be tricked. So, here is a video of how to trick your brain with optical illusions. There is always new and <a href="https://rumble.com/v33t4i-lumberjack-builds-innovative-machine-to-make-his-job-1000-times-easier.html" target="_blank">innovative</a> ways to keep you busy, and if you might think for a second you know them all, you might be too quick with conclusions. Take a look as this video is somewhat ready to amaze you!

How did the stem-cells drawn from children's teeth help us understand the key to autism?

Delivering drugs to the brain has been a longtime obstacle for doctors.

It's my 100th episode of BrainCraft! Thank you so much for watching!

Check out how venus flytraps - and other carnivorous plants - act just like our brains!

The neuroscience of boredom is slightly interesting.

Check your irrational fears: Over 3 million people worldwide STILL die every year from vaccine-preventable diseases.