National Science Foundation: Mysteries of the Brain: Brain States and Consciousness

"Neuroscientists consider Cajal as important to their discipline as Einstein is to physics." The first of four lessons has scholars view Santiago Ramon y Cajal's drawings of neurons. They reflect and respond to the art through writing...

Imagine being able to rotate the brain and view interior structures without dissection! This tool allows anatomy masters to do just that. They also learn about the associated functions, disorders, and symptoms of damage to each...

A neuroscientist studies how the brain processes information by examining fMRI brain images to see what areas of the brain are active with various stimuli. [4:53]

Researchers at Duke University are using virtual reality to study how the brain processes positive and negative emotions. [4:31]

A neuroscientist explains synaptic processes in the brain and how they enable learning and memory. [4:49]

Have you heard that humans only use about 10 percent of their brains? Well, don't believe it! After describing the tremendous amount of energy needed to power our 86 billion densely packed neurons, the narrator also explains how our...

What does it really mean to know a language? Did you know that knowing two or more languages means that your brain might actually look and work differently than those of your monolingual friends? Discover the three different types of...

Out of all vertebrates, the largest brain when compared to body size belongs to humans. Studying the working brain presents challenges to scientists. Learn about three of the most common tests used to understand how the living brain...

Between 1957 and 1962, thousands of infants born in Canada, Great Britain, and Germany had serious deformities due to thalidomide, a drug marketed to pregnant women as a mild sleeping aid and to relieve pregnancy nausea. However, the...

A collection of twenty six videos that examine the science behind different sports of the Winter Olympics.