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Nervous Systems
Explore the nervous system's workings by first looking at the brain and its two hemispheres. Using the example of a split-brain surgery done for epilepsy, the function of language and vision is shown with an interactive component. Paul...
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How Does Your Brain Respond to Pain?
Zap! Ouch! That hurts! But why? And how come people don't experience or respond to pain in the same way? Take a journey on the sensing pathway, from your nociceptors, along your nerves, up your spinal cord, to neurons and glial, through...
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Neurons and How They Work
The brain is explained in somewhat ethereal terms in this video. Show your class a slightly different perspective of the neural network in the human body. Various animation is displayed throughout the video.
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Nervous System A and P Part 1
A British speaker lectures on the parts of the nervous system. He writes the names on large paper as well so that viewers can follow along. He draws a neuron, explaining all its parts. The video cuts off after the nodes of Ranvier are...
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Carl Sagan on Human Brain
Carl Sagan explains his evolutionary development of the brain, focusing on the cerebral cortex. What the cerebral cortex is capable of and what it performs are highlighted. This video could be used in a psychology or science classroom to...