How We Learn About the Brain: Teaching the Infant Brain

Have a sense of humor when discussing human anatomy with your class! Through puzzles and riddles, learners become comfortable with words relating to reproduction and development. They combine mixed up words from the "vocabulary gene...

Attention, sugar addicts! Here's why you can't quit the habit. Sweet taste receptors send a signal to the brain, which activates a reward system that responds by telling you to eat again. Over activating this reward system results in a...

We all know that the brain is responsible for our thoughts, actions, memories, and emotions, but it's far busier than we can possibly imagine. Watch this short video as it explores how life as we know it is made possible...

Is your brain running a little slow? Just reboot it and you'll be good to go. This advice may sound ridiculous, but by watching this video you will learn how through a process called neurogenesis, adult brains are able repair...

University of Wisconsin gives a news story about the effect of child abuse on the normal development of the brain. Cites information from a recent study.

What creature can solve puzzles, learn from observation, use tools, oh, and has eight legs? Why the octopus, of course. Follow along as the video explores the brain of this amazing Coleoidea .

Offers a synopsis of major theories in brain development and learning coming from recent years as a formula for dealing with children and learning.

Chemical attraction? Yes! High schoolers will be fascinated by the science behind the romantic feelings. They may be surprised that the eyes act first, drawing us to take a closer look, and the nose acts next, sensing major...

This PBS special explores the brain from birth to old age. Take a look at snapshots of brain development at birth, as a child, as a teenager, as an adult, and in old age.

This interview with Jim Lehrer of PBS NewsHour examines the impact of scientific research which has revealed that the brain develops most in a child's first three years of life.