THE VIDEO SHELF · indoor CO2 and cognition
This Is Your Brain On Stale Air
Tom Scott features Kurtis Baute inside a sealed homemade biodome as carbon dioxide builds up, showing how stale air with elevated CO2 affects cognitive function. Sources include studies on CO2 and cognitive scores.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN links it as a popular, accessible introduction to indoor CO2 and its effect on thinking, in air quality threads.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Tom Scott
- Topic
- indoor CO2 and cognition
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 13
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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For those who are wondering about 'changed my life': Tom Scott uploaded a video about CO2 and its influences a few days ago. it's a good palce to start research: [VIDEO]
yoodenvranx on Hacker News · 2019-01
In Show HN: I wanted to measure CO2 in my office, so I build a C++ WebServer/AppThis one of those things that sounds silly but is actually very easy to test and see it can be a real issue. Tom Scott did a great video on it a while back [VIDEO] Do yourself a favor and get an air quality monitor …
wh-uws on Hacker News · 2020-05
In Rising CO2 levels may trigger cognitive impairment, says new study
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