Scientists Scan My Brain to See If I’m a Genius
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ค. 2024
- The other day I got an invitation to a windowless office building in downtown Manhattan to get a quantitative electroencephalogram, which is designed to measure brain wave patterns as electrical signals. It is being increasingly used to analyze various aspects of brain function, including things like cognitive flexibility, intelligence, and even creativity. Then I’ll be jumping on a call with the neuroscientist Andrew Hill, who has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from UCLA. He analyzed my brain and the results honestly shocked me.
You can learn more about his company Peak Brain Institute here: peakbraininstitute.com/
0:00 Intro
0:31 I take an “IQ” test?
0:54 I get the brain scan!
2:37 Scientists read my brain waves
3:09 Interview with neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Hill
3:27 Response control test results
5:11 Attention test results
5:35 My conclusions re: my “intelligence” or lack thereof
5:45 Does my brain processes languages differently?
7:18 My brain scan results
8:25 Is my brain OCD?
8:47 Why am I so tired all the time?
9:08 Looking at my brain connectivity
10:33 My brain is really sensitive
11:13 How fast my brain is
11:52 Am I getting enough sleep?
12:23 Is my brain gifted?
13:07 My conclusions re: my brain scan results
13:20 Concluding thoughts
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Doc: "You might have a stutter"
Xioma: stutters.
Don't worry, I do it too.
I feel that and I'm always so embarrassed by it. I have epilepsy and occasionally have tonic clonic seizures in my sleep. I had one on Oct 5, 2020 that required hospitalization and I've had issues with minor stuttering, memory loss, and mixing / splicing words. It's so embarrassing, but i guess it's out of my control
youtuuu.tokyo/IQdbaMHVPYs
He stutters so much it’s crazy. I thought it was just how Chinese people talk but he does it with every language he learns
He also totally has the tiniest facial tics (especially the way in which he blinks at times). I was shocked that he wasn't aware of that.
@@1dudecrush this!
“I don’t have any tics” he says while blinking his eyes rapidly. Seriously how did they not pick up on that?! 🤣🤣🤣
That's something I've always thought was a tick with him lol
that can be from tiredness too
Yeah I think the guy was being polite by not mentioning it any more after he first brought it up.
It's usually an indication of stress/anxiety, your body performs those inadvertent ticks as a coping mechanism.
Yeah he stutters and rapidly blinks 10:23 while saying he has no ticks after the dr mentioned blinking and stuttering 10:01 🥴
I’m an ex neurology nurse who worked in medical neurology which focuses alot of patients who have brain disorders and especially epilepsy so a telemetry of Ecgs was a huge part of the job as a whole. You do have an amazing talent for leaning languages and he expressed this to you when he was explaining how acute and sensitive your hearing is which also goes in line with you having the “Princess and the pea” symptoms. I feel you brushed this off a little when he was telling you but you don’t seem to take compliments easily I guess ?
We have similarities in our brains and that’s my reason for writing to you. I want you to especially take in and pay attention to him telling you about your sleep issues and how your brain is running slow. I am exactly the same but just went with it as it was all I knew throughout my life. I’m hypersensitive to things around me and also have sleep problems. I really pushed myself in nursing as I had a talent in it but like you I was running at half mast. PLEASE take this seriously as I didn’t know this until it was too late. I went about 15 years working and studying - as I moved into critical care nursing that requires alot of in house and additional education and courses whilst working full time and doing 2 weeks night a week. So I started to get sick and they considered MS in the beginning which is how it came about of me getting checked in neurology like this and by that time it was way to late. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go and see a specialist as it can and has with myself lead to a whole host of auto immune diseases and others that I can’t stop or go back. We just manage the symptoms and try to slow down the progression of my disease. I have went from very healthy/active living busy life to now being disabled. So please can you see a specialist and first of all address the sleep disorder and other potential problems. I would hate for this to happen to someone else when you have the beginning of information to work on so good luck ! FYI you absolutely have a tick with your eyes I think it’s stress and concentration triggered lol.
commenting on this so it boosts it snd he's more likely to see it because I think it's important
Hi there. How does one go about getting studies as such ? Can we just phone a neurologist office and request an assessment? Or does this come via a general doctor referral??
Literally just had a sandwich before you said this comment. Ty
@@yngballr If you are in the US it would depend on your insurance provider. But normally by recommendation of your primary care physician, one of those things you'd just have to ask about on your next visit.
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I feel like there was an opportunity to have you speak different languages during this scan to see the levels and locations of brain activation when that thought process is engaged. But they probably have a standard set of initial tests. Perhaps a part 2 when the sleep issue is addressed?
THIS!
For that you'd likely need an fMRI or, if you wanted the time resolution of an EEG, you could do that with a MEG. I can tell you as a registered EEG technologist that the skull filters out soooo much information. I'm frankly skeptical of scalp-based qEEG as a science because of it. If you want the complete data set, you need some way of getting data directly from the cortex, like depth electrodes, subdural grids, or MEG.
this may be the first "scientists studied my brain" videos i've seen where the results were actually detailed and accurate
Although these brain scans aren’t understood well enough yet to determine what they actually mean/represent
@@JosedelaPuenteG they may never be, at least when it comes to “intelligence”. Psychometric psychology is really not a very well grounded field.
I went to this same place and met the same people haha. Neurofeedback really does work. It's amazing
@@Submersed24 i am looking for a similar test in germany berlin.. can you recommend on which i have to look precisely (what they doing for tests and so on), i dont want have a regular simply test, this is exactly for what iam looking so long! does the special tests have special names?
@@nadinekaufmann6368 QEEG/neurofeedback providers near me
🤣😂🤣 I could help but laugh. He’s so talkative and asking so many questions and her repetitive “yes” had me cracking up!
Because she does this to a lot of people all the time, and they all probably have the same questions, so she's tired of giving more detailed answers.
“yes” is a genius way to answer your “customers”
"Yes, Yes, Yes, It depends… Nah! I'm just screwing with you. It's still a yes"
Same! I was debating just commenting “Yes”
Yes
Man! I’ve learned so much about my own issues from your brain mapping. I am very sleep deprived just like you. I think it explains some of my occasional memory issues specially with names etc.
My last job was like this. Loved it! But his software pulls way more info to share than mine did. So fun to watch!
"i don't have any ticks" he said as he blinked 1,000 times in 1 second
Yeah, having watched lots of his videos I was surprised when he said didn't have a blink thing.
I've noticed this eye tick about him for a long time. I have some of my own and recognize them in others quickly without that being my intent.
@@TheToxicTank Ive noticed an odd eye tick/blink with him in previous videos also
youtuuu.tokyo/IQeExOOTlMi
He definitely has a blink twitch. I do too sometimes when I'm concentrated.
xiaoma ticing his eyes constantly: 'i don't have any tics'
Xiaoma be rewatching it and blinking over his blinks, not noticing it
1 tick ags spec
DENIAL..is a river in Egypt
@@user-pu1mu9ph6b LMAO
@@user-pu1mu9ph6b why did i laugh at this ffs
i used to have a lot of EEGs as a kid, after a seizure in the second grade. seeing this video was like a memory trip. thank u for putting content like this out there
Wow being able to open up to all the viewers like this. It’s the kind of thing, you don’t really get to know about a person, not even after years of knowing them. It’s a beave, honest and extremely fascinating thing. Now I want to get ir done too lol.
Cheers from Hungary
I find it weird you say you don't have any ticks. Your blink pattern is one of the 1st things I noticed watching your videos. I thought at 1st it was from visual stimuli but having watched for a year, it a compulsive tick.
Agree, was going to say the same!
Oh gosh, the idea that people might be paying this close attention to my tics is terrifying
@@jordans2177 It really doesnt matter at all at the end of the day, no worries. It was just interesting to see Xiaoma think he has no facial ticks at all, eventhough he recognized some 'OCD-like' behavior, especially from when he was younger.
Came here to say that too
@@kevzeh yeah. Not here to bash on the guy, I'm a fan. Also totally amazed with his language skills as I can't learn another, I'm wired wrong.
I have sleep apnea. Getting diagnosed and treated was a profound change. A lot of what you discussed about sleep and tiredness sounded very similar.
You took this for sleep apnea ? How did it help ? This is very unique .
Sleep apnea testing could answer why your tired and wake you up. Function at full throttle. If you use a cpap machine. Get tested! my mom slept through my childhood, and missed alot. One night on a cpap machine and she was awake.
@@primary5050 Not sure if you are asking me. I did not have this test for sleep apnea, I was diagnosed through a standard sleep study. My brother died from undiagnosed sleep apnea 16 years ago, and that’s how I ended up getting tested. I’m convinced it saved my life.
@@theo-avl i thought you took a similar brain test for your sleep apnea . My bad. That's why I said it sounded unique. 😂😂😂
@@primary5050 That’s what I thought you meant. Very interesting test though. I’d like to take it.
This was really interesting and personal, thanks for sharing! Our Brains are such wild cards and we have to play the hand we’re dealt. I’m glad you choose to tune into yours the way you do - using it to spread joy, connection and understanding
I never really like to use labels when it comes to humans anyway so whether 'Genius' is appropriate or not, it is clear to anyone who follows you that you have an extraordinary gift for language, one that for whatever reason defies science or can't be explained by it at this time. I have noticed a mild stutter for some time, you even displayed it to the doctor while talking about it, but I always chalked it off to nervousness or just inexperience using the language you were practicing at the time. Found the video really interesting so I appreciate that you shared it so that we could also learn.
When I was 4 yrs old, my parents got me tested as well bc I was able to count to 100 with my eyes closed. They thought I they had something special. They were disappointed with the results 🤷♂️
I took a standard test got the average for my ppl I’m a ashkenazi Jew I scored 127 the average for the ashkenazi is 115 to 125
@@peanutworshiper6666 just want to point out that 127 > 125, and if it's true then you know that, and this was a humblebrag :)
@fairyvees yeah, he’s pointing out that the dude included his “average” score while pointing out that it’s actually above average. Either a mistake or a humblebrag.
@@peanutworshiper6666 Nice brag
@@interchangexVP3 nah it’s a typo It should say 117 😂
Lucky for me, I don't have to do all these tests to find out I'm an idiot
You're not. No one is.. everyone's smart in their own way!
you’re not to me
Same
@@zqpcydbfoqbdiehdj that is what people say to make everyone feel better
@@ICRA95 People say it because it is true. We all have different "predisposed" abilities, but they can also be acquired with practice.
I think this is one of the great videos on youtube. Your channel offers a perspective where we see you in new, legitimately impromptu situations, again and again - call it, personality. It's intriguing to see comparison among the longitudinal personality we've seen and some cool, acute brain imaging. Inspiring! Thanks for the videos!
Cool stuff. I've had these and other tests done a few times as part of a synesthesia study and it's amazing how the brain can get and understand a functional picture of itself with the help of tools like these.
could you tell me about it, i'm interested in synesthesia and how it affects the brain
It's interesting that he didn't notice he had an eye tick where we've all know this for months from watching the videos.
Xiaoma, you do have a tic, hon. It occurs when you blink. You have a tendency to squeeze your eyes tightly closed after the fourth or fifth blink. I noticed it a while ago. I certainly wouldn't have mentioned it if it weren't brought up during your scan results. It's hardly noticeable, but those "hardly noticeable" things are what I see easily. I love your channel! Keep up the great work, Xiaoma. Take care, and please get some sleep. Sending hugs from Pennsylvania.
Wow now I'm noticing it
was gonna say this same thing...I noticed it years ago in your videos
👍🏼🤠🇨🇦
Finally! Someone addressing the elephant in the room. 🤣 It really irritates me when I watch it, people who blink strongly really put me on edge.
Why does it matter to you? Haha you must be perfect
Was any of the information shared by the neuroscientist ultimately actionable to increase your wellbeing Xiaoman? If so, I think we all would love to see a followup video. Thanks for sharing this as I imagine it may not have been easy on the emotions to be "revealed" like that.
Truly fascinating! Thank you for sharing. I think it is very hard to put yourself out there like you did in this video. You are truly an amazing, gifted and blessed individual!
My grandmother once told me that I'm smart, which of course is more reliable than all science.
I was 6 years old, btw.
#genius
the auditory attention makes so much sense for someone who knows so many languages. you NEED to be able to pay attention when learning a language or else youll miss stuff. so people arent wrong when they say youre smart for being able to learn so efficiently
My job irl is doing neuropsychological evaluations to evaluate people for things like cognitive disorders, anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, Autism, etc. I also evaluate people for other things such as disability and surgical clearances. As part of my evaluations I administer a QEEG to most everybody and I get the same brain maps that you received here. My boss receives the individual's test scores and other results through the report I send her and from there, she makes the diagnoses and determines their recommended course of treatment. Patients are normally with me 4-8 hours and I administer a lot of the same kind of tests that were done in this video. It is very interesting for me to see what a review of results session is like and how somebody qualified to interpret the QEEG results is able to understand and explain what happens. I am very happy to have found this video
Awesome video. Thanks for being open and allowing us all in on the process
That bihemispheric language thing is very interesting. I honestly get frustrated internally when people butcher the pronunciation of foreign words even when they've been corrected. Now I understand that most people's brains are programmed against being able to recognizes the different sounds and patterns of a language they haven't been exposed to as a kid.
Yeah I have always been able to recognise the different accents and sounds from other languages. On the whole I've always been able to recreate them - I just thought other people were simply lazy or inconsiderate that they couldn't speak a foreign language with the accompanying accent. My best friend's mum was British but lived in Chad for over 10 years, so her French was flawless, she just spoke it with a full british accent.
Just that her brain isn't programmed to hear the same sounds that mine is I guess.
I was fascinated about the advice given to protect against that. From my own psychology study at uni I had thought the only way to protect against it was native bilingualism, and I didn't think you had until 11 on average. To think a bit of foreign language TV in the early years is all it'd take..
I've always wanted to be bilingual and beyond. I want to get it right but sometimes, you're making sounds that are not natural to a native otherwise, so we might not even know how to make that sound with our mouths. For example I took three years of German in high school, I have retained little to none of that information, and I remember some of the sounds were inherently very unnatural to make with my mouth, and took practice to actually make those sounds correctly, you have to use your mouth in a way you've never used it before, which takes some figuring sometimes. Just like how many foreigners who come to learn English may have trouble with certain pronunciations due to language differences. And German is supposed to be one of the closer languages to English.
@@Blobbyo25 Interesting also that French and French Canadian people people speaking English have a really strong french accents even when highly fluent, high IQ, it makes scant difference!
I would be rubbish at that straightforward language Spanish because l cannot roll my rrrs but l have no problem with the aspirated H in Arabic or the throat clearing ”Ch" sound (like in Loch) arabic has. So l think ease in learning a particular language is very subjective, and what you care to learn in that language is based on personality.
I think I’m actually better at hearing different sounds apart than I was as a child. When I was little I couldn’t even pronounce my own name correctly because I couldn’t hear the difference between the “s” sound and the “sh” sound until my kindergarten teacher spent some time with me teaching me to pronounce it.
*Xiaoman talks*
Monica:
- yeah
-yeah
-yes
-yes
-yeah
-yes
-Yyyes
-yeah
-Yeah
Yeah
No, I mean yeah
I noticed it. She probably just wasn't comfortable being on camera
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She was annoying. I hate people like that. Usually they work in offices and actually don’t know much, but instead of saying that. They just answer with one worded answers.
Love your videos man. They're honestly really inspiring. But yes, (as many have already said,) you do have a blinking tic. It mostly only shows when youre trying to concentrate on something, but its definitely there. Not that theres anything wrong with that. Its something you cant control
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS TEXT! I had this test done in 1978 and was told after the test that Part of my brain, the size of a plum, wasn’t working. I can’t remember the part of the brain that they said it was. I have a strange reaction with computers, watches and anything Electrical ever since that accident.
Xiao: " I don't have ticks "
Also Xiao: Blinks 5 times in a blink 13:37
😂
Yeah, I always though he did have a blink thing.
he had the tick the whole time the guy was speaking about the tick, its insane.
while he said you have mild tick like bite your nails , he was biting hes nails hahah
His blink tick is so strong that I'm surprised the brain guy didn't correct him about "not having any ticks."
As someone who has watched your videos for a while now, I'm so incredibly inspired by the way you connect with people from diverse parts of the world by honoring their own language. You really show how connection beyond cultural differences can be such a beautiful thing. What an epic gift that your sensory sensitivities have allowed you to develop these skills. This video is so different than what I usually see from you, and the topics discussed in this video are so vulnerable - so thank you for letting us in on what I could imagine would be a super personal conversation.
But it is so important to take in the information you've gained and integrate it to grow as a person. I'm a psychology student currently studying neuroscience and this is an awesome example of how we can use developing brain imaging technologies to better understand ourselves. And - it's ok to need time to process what you've learned! I see some insensitive comments on here, but please don't let them phase you. Take the time you need to let this information sync in and utilize the awesome opportunity to see yourself in a new light! What a gift not many people are able to receive. Much love.
@@JohnDoe-zo8wjI suppose translators also don't have real jobs then. Tell us you're offended someone else is doing what they love while you're hating your life choices without saying it.
I may have just discovered I want to study neuroscience, Xiaoma is the gift that keeps on giving. great video!
There's definitely some statistical backing to certain aspects of the analysis. Although, a lot of it seems similar to a psychic. Asking pointed questions or observing somebody's behavior to make assumptions that are likely to be correct. Then, passing it off as purely scientific.
I’m an emt and i literally just went to a pts appointment today and got to watch them have this done. I learned a lot from the doctor. Good video!
Xiaoma! Definitely get a sleep study. It's possible that you're tired and not getting good sleep due to sleep apnea. It doesn't affect just older people. Even those in their 30s can have it.
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He's the person I love, he's my light
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is extravagant and fun. Girls is
icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
I love NBA Girls.#垃圾
I hope he sees this. Sleep is huge for overall health.
I second this, sleep apnea can really hinder your day to day life without your knowledge! I highly recommend getting a sleep study.
Don’t forget he’s got a young baby at home. Babies and a good nights sleep don’t go together 😅
yeah i had sleep apnea as a kid
EEG is to imprecise to detect brain connectivity. It is really used to the timing of electrical activity in somewhat broad areas of the brain. Fmri should be used to map out connectivity, but even then it has limitations and it is not possible to make conclusions on intelligence, since the brain is such a complicated processor, influenced by a plethora of factors
Finally. Someone who knows something about something
This video is so freak'in cool. His breakdown of how the brain works is phenomenal!
Ask your doc for a referral to a sleep study test. Super easy and assessable in most large communities. Really important to avoid heart issues down the road. If you snore..100% get this done
Everyone in my house snores including the Pomeranian and my cats. Sometimes people just snore lmao.
This video was really cool to see for me. Not only was this a mainstream TH-camr talking about his brain and mental health, but also a mainstream showcase of QEEG mapping.
I regularly do QEEG therapy and get my brain mapped once every 3 months, so it was cool to compare lol. More importantly, the QEEG therapy has helped me tackle/manage some of my most difficult mental health issues over time.
I suggest those who heavily struggle with their mental health to seek/try out QEEG therapy. It’s a little pricey, but it has been immeasurably helpful for me.
I hear ya on the ruminating part, I do it a lot. I also get songs stuck in my head so badly that I feel like it's wearing a path in my brain. He also got me with the princess and the pea analogy, if there's a tiny crumb in my bed I will feel it. (Crumbs of kitty treats from my cat, lol.)
Thanks for sharing. Know a number of folks who have various sensory ranges and sleep patterns. I can see this helpful for students and professionals who are trying to sort out how to improve their cognitive responses.
This is hands down the best video I’ve seen of you. I really love the regular “language bomb” vids but getting a glimpse of what’s under the hood is amazing and immensely fascinating. Of course you’re tired, who isn’t? Please continue this path. We want to see you get good sleep and do this again. Very inspiring!
I would imagine he's probably up late regularly at night learning new languages online, & editing his videos, which would make most people tired🥱😴.
That is so interesting about that part of the brain ending at about the age of 11 to learn new sounds. That's the problem in the US with not teaching a foreign language until the age of 12 or 13. I like that it can be kept open by having a child watch cartoons in different languages so that part of the brain stays open.
Great point! Many schools in non-English speaking countries start language learning much earlier. That’s why there are English speakers in non English speaking countries like India or many African nations, for example. I am always impressed when I meet a person who speaks several languages, they usually have had the ability since early childhood. As a matter of fact, my last Uber driver was from Belarus and he spoke 5 languages, English being the only language he learned as an adult. Quite remarkable.
Many people in Europe speak at least 2 languages. English is most common. For example, in Germany they start teaching English in kindergarden. It's also common to learn Latin, Spanish and French in school. Some schools also teach Italian, Chinese and so on. Plus, immigration is common, so many kids speak at least 2 languages fluently before they even start learning languages in school.
This is bullshit. I moved to the UK at the age of 13. I barely spoke English, I knew some words that's about it. By the age of 17/18 people could barely tell I was foreign. I even caught the regional accent from West Yorkshire.
As a kid I basically just watched TV shows after school which helped me a lot to learn the language.
@@janjanco209 that’s wonderful. You may be one of those awesome people who for them, language learning comes easier, then for most. I’m curious, at the age of 13, I would assume, one would still be in the information absorption stage of brain life… I wonder, if as an adult, learning a language in the same way, would be as effective… it probably would definitely help. Being immersed in an English speaking environment, where you were forced to communicate in the language you were learning, was most likely an accelerant in the learning process also. I’m trying to learn Spanish and I’m having a hard time retaining the information. I try to memorize vocabulary but I forget most of what I learned the day before. It doesn’t stick. Perhaps it’s because I don’t put into practice what I’m trying to learn as often as I could? Like being in a Spanish speaking country, where those words would need to be accessed more often. Also for me to try and put a sentence together, I first have to think about the phrase in English, then try to translate it to Spanish in my head, before I even try to speak it. I can’t just think in Spanish which is really slowing the learning process down. I’ve tried watching cartoons in Spanish and it does help a little! It’s fun when I can understand what they’re saying but most of the time I can’t. Especially if they’re speaking too fast and I’m not able to audibly separate words. Subtitles in Spanish help, but I just don’t think I could learn an entire language by watching tv shows. It’s very cool that you did.
@@pjm6496 yeah I guess! I think the major part was 1. I watched loads of TV outside of school and 2. I was surrounded by people talking English constantly. I do agree that I probably would have not learned the sounds as well if I wasn't around the people speaking the language.
Retired educator here, your results is not a surprise. In education, it is a departure from the predicable development sequence. With a gift comes it's burdens. What surprises me is you do not try to hide it. This uniqueness did need developing. I read Paul Torrance research on creativity and felt a relief that there were others. Two deviations above normal is more than you think.
Erm I am starting to realize why I like your channel so much we have a lot of similarities in the way our brains work... alot of the things like sensory picking up on distant dogs barking... constantly feeling tired and never being able to turn off thoughts always lingering on them unless I distact them with something... no tics but I can become obsessive but I have a lot of self control in that sense... however where I differ is irritability when I'm in a bad mood I can snap if someone does something to tick me off or if someone does something stupid that affects my day! other than that when clear headed i'm in control and I often take the weight of others issues on my own shoulders I also have a deep fascination with language... but unfortunately I lack the patience to learn through textual means!
I wanna learn languages starting with japanese then I wanna learn mandarin and then maybe korean but one step at a time... my issue is I learn in practice with others with visual and vocal example text doesn't work setting language into memory I think though once I get it into longterm it would stick as I would practice it more probably via meeting people on vr chat to keep my japanese chat rooms
I had a very different kind of culture shock when I first did it a sort of language barrier shock... one I wasn't aware of... I used google translate (never a good idea) to apologies for not speaking good japanese and well they we're audibly confused my japanese was broken, why?! well I only figured that out later with some heavy research a year later I found that japan has a very different order to their grammar than we english speaking countries do and I assume judging from some very bad chinese subs i've seen on quite a few chinese anime
that the same would apply to chinese languages too... this all of a sudden made sense out of why manga books read backwards instead of saying in a group of 2 "I ate an apple" one would say "I apple ate" or in this case "apple ate" because they would know your talking about yourself if no one else is there in the conversation and would only have to specifiy "I" if you was with other people who could of also ate the apple besides the person you are saying it too!
this appears strange to have pronouns is normal in english but to have objective and subjective language flipped is confusing to say the least... which makes sense now when I see a westerner avert their eyes up as they think of the proper way to say it in japanese grammar and visa versa... at least until they are used to it and it becomes as natural as breathing
some of my takes from this are assumptions based on what i've learned so far I could be wrong heck the language site I was learning from could be wrong... but I honestly couldn't keep it up... I can't learn by textbook or sites I have to immerse myself in the language so I am hoping to travel... I recently changed my full name so I am still in the process of altering that all but once i'm done I am long overdue to get my own bank account for once instead of letting others deal with my financial affairs!
once thats sorted I am gonna start being more independant I already cook for myself and go out to get regular exercise tbh it's hard to keep up with the cost my food and drink intake is higher than it used to be due to the exercise... I am wondering If once I learn enough language perhaps I could do what you do as a side hussle while I study youtube tutorials on the basics of engineering and do my gaming livestreams!
This has helped me out alot, when it came to the brain scan and how active I feel during my sleep makes way more sense now. I'm am going to get a brain scan like this now to find out everything
This was wonderful and fascinating! Thank you for putting yourself out there as a “guinea pig” for our education. 👏🏼💗 Very cool.
You should go to a sleep clinic where they monitor your sleeping. My friend works at one here locally and it’s really interesting. Maybe do one night there sleeping normally and then another night listening to a new language while you sleep. I would love to watch that💪 Love the vids
This was really interesting! And after watching this I realize that I should probably do something about my bad sleep as well. I have the same issue with being very aware of my surroundings while sleeping and the slightest sounds waking me up.
I’ve been wanting to get a brain scan or something sometime soon!!!! I’m jealous. But that is so cool that you can focus well and that you are using both hemispheres for language learning. I think I might partially have that. I’m pretty great at hearing things others don’t.
My daughter had Neurofeedback therapy for her ADHD and anxiety after her QEEg scan that was just like this. It helped her SO MUCH I just signed up to do it too.
That's interesting!
I also suffer from anxiety and ADHD
How do you get started down the path to this kind of analysis? What kind of person do you go see and what do you ask for?
@@WTFNoNamesLeft2 We are Peak Brain Institute, with larger offices in California and St. Louis, and a smaller one in NYC, plus we do Remote work with rental equipment. QEEGs are also available all over the world from people that work with ADHD or Seizure, or Autism, or Sleep, etc.. Usually they run $500-$1500 in the US. For the QEEG map at Peak Brain, the list price in our offices (NYC, LA, OC, STL) is $499, but viewers of Xiaoma's channel get $250 off, including the initial assessment (QEEG and attention test), sample Neurofeedback session, and follow up consult on the data a few days later. Repeat assessments are offered without charge, too
@@DrHill Hi Andrew, thanks for your reply! I live in the UK. Would you happen to have any good connections or recommendations to a clinic in London that would provide a consult and QEEG+ attention test? I see a few results in google but would love to know how to best pick a practice. What Qualifications should I look for with my consultant? Thanks in advanced and thanks for your insights!
How does it help her
A lot of what he said about your brain I can relate to. The hypersensitivity and sleeping poorly especially and I've also always had a natural talent for mimicking accents. Apart from the American accent haha I think because I'm a British English speaker and have been surrounded by various British accents my whole life it seems more foreign to me than European languages that I don't even speak. I also find the loan English words in Korean most difficult to pronounce because I'm so used to saying it one way. Never thought there might be a link there, that's so interesting.
I do have to say, this thumbnail of checking to see if you're a genius was right above another thumbnail for earwax extraction and a picture of you screaming lol. I love the two ends of the spectrum.
The whole "innoculating" kids against phoneme loss is super interesting. I'm reasonable at accents too and realised that from a young age we always had old school Chinese kungfu films on, and some of the family had thick Italian, French, or Jamaican accents
I found that very interesting too. I was born in Brooklyn New York and moved to a tiny town in Tennessee when I was a little kid. The other kids didn't understand me because of my accent, so I learned very early to communicate with them in their own language. I talked southern at school but at home I talked with my Brooklyn accent. It was very stressful for me but it was a coping mechanism. I think that experience gave me a knack for accents. I can be eerily accurate pinpointing where someone is from, and I can spot a fake accent from a mile away.
Your family sounds very interesting
I'm not buying that concept - many people, especially polyglots, can replicate foreign language accents, phonetics and pronunciation almost like a native speaker in languages that they never heard as a child. I can do this in about 6 or so languages that I'm at beginner level in (as well as others that I'm more advanced) - it's always good fun to tell people in their native tongue that you don't speak their language, lol.
As a speech language pathologist I LOVED this video! It was so informative and aligned w some theories I had myself, like about the auditory processing.
wow! QQ here about what this guy said regarding learning a language above 11YO.What do you think it is the best way to teach a kid a new language]?
Hey I've had my brain scanned too! Although in my case the tests were a little different since they were testing for epilepsy and possible brain damage from my two granmal seizures.
Fascinating! So your ability to focus through mundane information or activity contributes to the the discipline you’ve developed that allows your to do the hard work required to learn a language even though you’re always tired. Did he ever explain if this unique ability to focus Is something that you’ve developed or is it your natural brain wave pattern?
Great video, I did my thesis on EEG and brainwave readings, trying to improve concentration through games similar to what you did in your first test. Cool stuff!
Being able to learn all those languages with proper enunciation, is no doubt, at least in my mind, genius level!
Xiaomanyc, you might want to consider a sleep study. You have some symptoms of sleep apnea including a thick neck which may predispose you. Your sleep could potentially improve (if you have sleep apnea) with a CPAP machine.
I really enjoy your videos and admire your creativity and zest for learning. It's inspiring.
Andrew was so close to reading your memories and getting your SSN just looking at your brain scan. Still very interesting.
I can imagine this is a little weird to experience, but I think it shows just how amazing your brain is Arieh. Thanks for sharing.
That’s a great experiment! I believe most polyglots will have that same ability of learning phonemes bred in our brains.
I find interesting that you said that you don’t have ticks, considering that the first video I ever saw of you, I noticed you have a blinking tick. It doesn’t seem harmful at all, but it could corroborate with his hypothesis.
Nice vid!
ability*. And is most because you get used to it. Well, your brain, so each time you learn something your brain gets used to it and change. It also works for things like doing something under pressure or a really dangerous situation. If you face those things constantly, your brain changes around those experiences
Really wanted to do this out of sheer curiosity not because I’m exceptional but after watching your reaction with those needles NO THANK YOU
This was fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing!
having some neurological conditions and hearing this evaluation makes me wanna try out this brain scan, honestly
Same it seems so cool, I've had one before but they only evaluated whether I was having a migraine and I really wanna see what else they can figure out
Same here
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Flash back memories! I worked with one of the first EEG Brain mapping computers when they first came out in 1986 at Children's Medical Center of Dallas. It worked on an Intel 286 cpu on DOS! They've come a long way from the big 200 pound box to laptops!
Incredibly intkeresting video -- which is saying a lot since you have incredibly interesting videos. Thanks for the peek inside. 🙂
Very interesting, thanks for posting this! Even though it's different from your regular uploads I enjoyed it, keep it up bro! 😄👍
When you said able to pick up language pattern or accent it was so on point especially the video where you have an ear peace and you’re repeating to strangers things someone is telling you to say and you have no clue what you are saying was crazy to me…. How can you fluently speak another language from just hearing it once 😱 how is this man having an entire conversation in a language he doesn’t understand himself is wild !!
This is legitimately fascinating!
I've done this year's ago & also controlled the computer with my mind. 1 hour sessions every week for years.
Wow very interesting video. I'm sorry it had to end I would really like to hear more on this subject. Thank you so much Xiaomanyc for sharing this video.
Thank you so much for sharing this, I've had a couple of strokes and about a dozen concussions and I'm 70 and time for a look see
This was extremely informative and yeah, unfortunately, as much as it sucks to say, anyone watching your videos can tell you have an eye tick and a mild stutter especially when it comes to other languages, it's even more pronounced, but it's really not big deal. The work you do and the learning you've achieved over the years is extremely impressive and so many people would kill to be in a position where they could learn a 2nd or even 3rd language. Keep it up!
Definitely get a sleep study! Mine changed my life. During my overnight study, within 2 hours, the tech was fitting me for mask to sleep with. He said I scared him with how often I paused breathing. Like 90 times an hour. I ended up with a bipap machine at 18 psi. I had been exhausted and falling asleep everywhere. Now, I sleep a good 7 or 8 hours a night and the fog has lifted. It saved my life.
With his ability to learn so many languages alone I'd say he's one smart ass bless him hello from the uk 🇬🇧
This video was awesome!! Thanks for sharing your results.
U truly are a GENIUS without a doubt...... Learning so many languages in such short span is truly commendable dude.... 🥳🤩🎉😘💜U are so DOPE
What a gift you've been given with this study. Get yourself a sleep doctor and a sleep study. The Aura ring and Whoop isn't gonna cut it.
Thanks for sharing, best to your new family addition. My cousins son was tested as a genius with IQ tests as a child. His mother played a large part teaching him to read from birth using Glen Doman's book "Teach your baby to Read". His first words at 2 months old, sitting in his booster chair while at the petrol station was "car".
AWESOME video! I have ADHD and though it's 'managed' by meds my brain will NOT SHUT OFF. I've often thought about going and getting a brain test but now you REALLY have me convinced that it might do some good to follow through with it. Some advice to share in my years of wisdom with sleep (lol) if you can't 'kill the sound' in your room try to set up four speakers on your room that play just persistent rain sound. Literally just four smart speakers in the four corners of your room, set the volume so that it sounds equal in all directions and try that rain sound. You can link the four speakers together for audio so that they will all play the same music choice. When I need to I ask google to "play the sound of rain". If you mumble it, for some reason, it'll find SONGS about rain... not helping. Finally, sleep tracker! Definitely get one! You could have sleep aponia and don't even know it. Most of your 'tics' or traits like anxiety, repetitiveness could derive from sleep depervasion. Keep on keeping on man!
I was always against white noise growing up but since I've had kids I'm now using the white noise for them and it actually does help me sleep better.
try l-theanine
Very interesting!
As someone with similar traits I can highly recommend NSDR (NonSleepDeepRest) as a daily practice. It brings amazing benefits.
Andrew Huberman is talking a lot about it in his podcast and I find his approach great.
Sometimes it is also called Yoga Nidra, NSDR is simply a newer iteration of that.
Bro thanks for this, you really put yourself out there for the sake of knowledge. God bless
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This is was really interesting and relatable. I get awful sleep. Now I want to scan my brain.
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I've been wondering about your brain for so long!
"I don't have any ticks" - proceeds to hard blink throughout the interview. Who's gonna tell him? Great video, made me wanna get a brain scan!
damn, my guy was low key gifted but his gifted brain takes a lot of energy to maintain and makes him tired therefore making him less gifted
Still above average though.
idk how it works but then if his brain doesn't get tired then he'd be truly gifted
No it's because he slept too little. It's hard to get enough sleep as a TH-camr.
that sounds incredibly not scientific.
This was incredibly interesting, you're the man Xiaoma!
I noticed your focus first..how you hold conversations so perfectly with those you talk to. You listen first.
On the child inoculation thing:
I think it worked on me because my grandfather would make me do fun basic spanish learning quizzes and my mother would practice French with me from time to time. Now I can't fluently speak or completely understand the languages but when I speak and say certain sentences I have very good pronunciation and accent
I 100% believe you are a genius bro. I've never heard of anyone else who can find a language then fully learn it with accents in a week.
oh my lord I would absolutely LOVE to do this. I'm awaiting an MRI next month but this would answer a ton.
Get your rest man! You deserve it, you’re awesome and we all think you are a genius 😊
This was fascinating! I really want to get this done.
First of all. I’ve been a Neurodiagnostic Technologist for more than 30 years. The “Electrocap” (which is horrible) was placed incorrectly and could not provide ANY useful information. The two main electrodes (Fp1 and Fp2) were in actually in the location of what would be F3/F4. All of the electrodes were also shifted to the left which would make the entire test asymmetrical.
This video tells us nothing. Also…EYES CLOSED enhances background Alpha activity.
This is stupid!!!!
@@EasyEarPiano he was not injected with anything. The electro gel is simply a salt and gel solution that provides a conduit from the scalp to the electrode in the cap. The reason it looks like he is being “injected” is because they use a syringe to simply squirt the gel. They then twist the blunt needle to lower the impedance so electrical activity is more easily recorded.
That’s a long and complicated answer and I apologize. Nothing was injected into him.
Why is the 'electrocap' horrible?
@@eonstar because it does not follow the standards for the International 10/20 system of electrode application. The head should be measured and electrodes placed on the scalp. They other thing is that the electrodes in the cap sit way off the scalp and then the gel is squirted into them you are picking up electrical activity from far too large of an area on the scalp. There is also a big chance of creating a salt bridge which connects two electrodes together. When using “mapping” software (which is what is in the video) the data is distorted. Also…see my comment above….this cap was totally placed wrong on the head.
@@billblackhall438 out of curiosity, is a brain scan the easiest way to determine adhd?
@@billblackhall438 so is shaving those areas the best way to get those readings?