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The Upside of Social Media Narcissism

Vanessa Hill’s new BrainCraft channel on YouTube focuses on psychology and human behaviour, highlighting her background in science education and social media.

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Vanessa Hill’s new ‘BrainCraft’ channel on YouTube focuses on psychology and human behaviour, highlighting her background in science education and social media. These videos tell entertaining and educational stories with paper craft and time-manipulated sketching. In her own words:

I find the brain and our behaviour so fascinating. I love to share interesting facts and studies I find with others. My background is in science education, my undergraduate degree was in Psychology and I now work in social media–It all seems to fit together really well to equip me to educate people in a fun way. I think people are really interested in self-directed education and come to YouTube ready to learn.

-Vanessa Hill


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Carin Bondar is a biologist, writer and film-maker with a PhD in population ecology from the University of British Columbia. Find Dr. Bondar online at www.carinbondar.com, on twitter @drbondar or on her facebook page: Dr. Carin Bondar – Biologist With a Twist.

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