What happens in your brain when…?
200 everyday moments, from falling in love to forgetting where you parked. Each one names the brain regions that light up, in the order they act, and plays on a 3D brain.
Emotions
20- ❤️ you fall in love
- 😱 you get jump-scared
- 😒 you feel jealous
- 😢 you cry
- 😂 you laugh at a joke
- 😠 you get angry
- 😳 you feel embarrassed
- 💔 you get your heart broken
- 🥹 you feel nostalgic
- 😰 you feel anxious before an exam
- 🎵 you get goosebumps from music
- 😔 you feel guilty
- 🧠 you feel lonely
- 😢 you are grieving
- 🏆 you feel proud
- 🤢 you feel disgusted
- 😲 you get surprised
- 🥱 you feel bored
- 🌟 you feel hopeful
- 🌌 you feel awe looking at the stars
Body
20- 💩 you poop
- 🍽️ you feel hungry
- 😌 you eat until you're full
- 💧 you get thirsty
- 🤧 you sneeze
- 🥱 you yawn
- 😖 you get hiccups
- ❄️ you shiver in the cold
- 🥵 you sweat in the heat
- 🦶 you stub your toe
- 🥶 you get brain freeze
- 💓 you feel your heart race
- 🫁 you hold your breath
- 😂 you get tickled
- 🚽 you need to pee
- 🤢 you feel nauseous
- ✋ you get an itch
- 😳 you blush
- 🌡️ you get a fever
- 🦵 your leg falls asleep
Substances
20- ☕ you drink coffee
- 🚬 you smoke a cigarette
- 🍺 you drink alcohol
- 🤕 you have a hangover
- 🍬 you eat sugar
- 🍫 you eat chocolate
- 🌶️ you eat spicy food
- 💊 you take a painkiller
- 🌿 you use cannabis
- 💊 you take an antidepressant
- 😵 you go under general anaesthesia
- 💤 you take a sleeping pill
- ❄️ you use cocaine
- 💊 you take MDMA
- 🍄 you take magic mushrooms
- 💊 you take ADHD medication
- 🚭 you quit smoking
- 💊 you take a placebo
- 😄 you breathe laughing gas at the dentist
- 😴 you quit caffeine
Everyday
20- 🅿️ you forget where you parked
- 👂 you hear your name in a crowd
- 🤔 you get déjà vu
- 🤔 you have a word on the tip of your tongue
- 🚪 you walk into a room and forget why
- 📱 you scroll social media
- 📱 you get a notification on your phone
- 🚗 you drive a familiar route on autopilot
- 🧭 you get lost in a new city
- ⏳ you procrastinate
- 🧠 you make a decision
- 💭 you daydream
- 🧠 you multitask
- 📖 you read a book
- 🎵 you listen to music
- 🎮 you play a video game
- 🛍️ you buy something on impulse
- 🚗 you get stuck in traffic
- 🍳 you cook a meal
- 💭 you talk to yourself
Sport
20- 🏃 you go for a run
- 🏃 you get a runner's high
- 🏋️ you lift weights
- ⚾ you catch a ball
- ⚽ you take a penalty kick under pressure
- 🚴 you ride a bike
- 🏊 you swim
- 🧘 you do yoga
- 💃 you dance
- 🧗 you go rock climbing
- 🦩 you balance on one leg
- 🎾 you serve in tennis
- 🎯 you are in the zone
- 😞 you lose a match
- 🏆 you win a race
- 🛹 you learn a skateboard trick
- ♟️ you play chess
- ⛳ you hit a golf ball
- 🪂 you go skydiving
- 🏔️ you hike at high altitude
Sleep
20- 😴 you pull an all-nighter
- 😴 you fall asleep
- 💭 you dream
- 😱 you have a nightmare
- 💡 you have a lucid dream
- ⏰ you wake up to an alarm
- 💤 you take a nap
- ✈️ you get jet lag
- 🚶 you sleepwalk
- 😱 you have sleep paralysis
- 😳 you jerk awake as you fall asleep
- 😫 you lie awake with insomnia
- 😴 you sleep after learning something new
- ⏰ you hit snooze
- 🌙 you work a night shift
- 😴 you oversleep
- 📱 you look at your phone before bed
- 😴🚨 you sleep in a new place
- 🗣️ you talk in your sleep
- 😴 you wake up groggy
Learning
20- 🧠 you learn a new language
- 🧠 you study with flashcards
- 🎹 you learn to play the piano
- 🧮 you solve a maths problem
- 💡 you have an aha moment
- 🧠 you practise a skill until it's automatic
- 🧠 you learn a new word
- 🏫 you remember your first day at school
- 📚 you cram the night before an exam
- 🎵 you study with music on
- 🧑🏫 you teach someone else
- 📱 you get distracted while studying
- 🧠 you hold a phone number in your head
- 🧠 you learn from a mistake
- 🗺️ you read a map
- 💭 you imagine the future
- 💭 you try to remember a face
- 🤹 you learn to juggle
- ✍️ you write by hand
- 🔁 you form a new habit
Senses
20- 👃 you smell something from your childhood
- 🍋 you taste something sour
- 🌀 you see an optical illusion
- 🎵 you get a song stuck in your head
- 👀 you look at a face
- 🔥 you touch something hot
- 💥 you hear a loud bang
- 👁️ you see colours
- 📞 you recognise a voice on the phone
- 😖 you feel pain
- 👀 you see something move
- 👄 you read lips in a noisy room
- 🌀 you get dizzy after spinning
- 🌒 you see in the dark
- 🍷 you taste wine
- 📳 you feel a phantom phone vibration
- 🔥 you smell smoke
- 😖 you hear nails on a chalkboard
- 🖼️ you look at a beautiful painting
- 💆 you get a massage
Social
20- 🤝 you meet someone new
- 👀 you make eye contact
- 💔 you get rejected
- 😊 you get a compliment
- 🤥 you tell a lie
- 🎤 you speak in public
- 😖 you see someone in pain
- 🤗 you hug someone
- 😬 you feel peer pressure
- 🎁 you give a gift
- 👍 you get likes on a post
- 😠 you argue with someone
- 🤝 you trust a stranger
- 🥱 you catch a yawn from someone
- 🤱 you hold a baby
- 👶 you become a parent
- 🤫 you gossip
- 😔 you feel left out
- 🤝 you work in a team
- 💋 you have your first kiss
Health
20- 🧠 you have a stroke
- 🤕 you get a concussion
- 🤕 you have a migraine
- ⚡ you have a seizure
- 🧠 you get Alzheimer's disease
- 🧠 you get Parkinson's disease
- 😵 you faint
- 😔 you have depression
- 🧠 you have ADHD
- 😰 you have a panic attack
- 🧘 you meditate
- 😰 you are stressed for weeks
- 😱 you have a phobia
- 😶🌫️ you have brain fog
- ⚡ you get a spinal cord injury
- 😱 you have PTSD flashbacks
- 🔁 you have OCD
- 🔔 you have tinnitus
- 💤 you go into a coma
- 🧠 you grow old