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- Brain Facts and Figures
- Interesting facts concerning thebrain and spinal cord.
- Brain Fitness
- Your Guide to Good Brain Health
- Brain Quotes
- Famous quotations about the brain.
- Brain Worksheets
- Puzzles, Cards, Bookmarks, Signs and Games!
- The Brain inAdvertising
- How advertisers use the brain to sell products.
- NeuroCalendar
- Print out a calendar containing important dates and events in brainresearch.
- Milestones in Neuroscience Research
- Chronology of the discoveries and advances in neuroscience research.
- "Free" Stuff
- Places to get free publications, posters and tapes aboutneuroscience, drug abuse and neurological disorders.
- Neuroscience Word Origins
- The greek and latin origins of terms used in neuroscience.
- Nobel Prize Winners (Neuroscience)
- Names, nationalities and neuroscience work
- Questions about Neuroscience
- Common questions (and answers) about the brain and neuroscience.
- Brain Movies
- Hollywood-style motion pictures with the word "Brain" in the title.
- Brain Jokes
- Riddles and jokes using neuroscience words.
- Treasure Trove ofBrain Trivia
- Brain trivia from the archives of the Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter.
- NeuroscienceColoring Book
- Color these pictures to make your own book.
American Academy of Neurology- Are weunique?
- Understanding the science of the mind - from The FranklinInstitute
- BEEMNET
- A resource to foster communication between elementary school students and neuroscientists.
- Bill Nye theScience Guy
- Brain Collection at the University of Wisconsin
- This is a GREAT resource that contains images of the brains from many different animals.
- BrainLink
- BrainLink produces wonderful materials includingstory books, rabbit and cat brain molds and models and otheractivities that focus on the nervous system. Four units of BrainLinkmaterials are available: Brain Comparisons, MotorHighways, Sensory Signals, and Memory and Learning. They are appropriatefor elementary school students. The materials have been in developmentfor several years and I highly recommend them. For more information aboutBrainLink, contact WOW Publications at 1-800-969-4996.
- Brainsurf
- A web site to introduce the general public to the field of neuroscience.
- Brain Poke
- Learn the names and functions of different brain areas by "stimulating" the brain.
- Brain is Boss
- A short introduction to the brain from KidsHealth.
- BriefTour of the Brain
- Well illustrated guide to brain basics.
- Dictionary forBrain Surgery Patients
- From the American Brain TumorAssociation
- Discovery Channel
- BrainPower - Fall 1999 program on the brain
- Brain Stormers - program on the brain and mental illness.
- The Power of Dreams - The Creative Spark
- The Power of Dreams - Sacred Sleep
- The Elaborate Machine
- A collection of short essays from leading neuroscientists in FEED Magazine
- TheExploratorium
- Memory
- Science Snacks
- Cow EyeDissection
- The Eye and How itWorks
- France & Associates -WebTopics - The Brain
- An exciting collection of jumping-off points toinformation about the brain - includes web sites, books, kits, videos,and software.
- Jay's Brain
- A collection of essays about how the brain works. Includes shortessays on:
[cerebralhemispheres] | [thalamus andconsciousness] | [sentencecomprehension] | [brain maps] |[acupuncture]| [cognitive enhancers] | [Neurolab] and others. - KnowYour Brain
- "Brain Basics" developed by the National Institute of NeurologicalDisorders and Stroke.
- Making Connections, Making Choices
- Program sponsored by the School of Nursing at the Univ. of Washington.
- Mind Over Matter: TheBrain's Response to Drugs
- Created by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, this page describesthe effects of drugs on the brain. The material is also available forprintingin PDF.
- Morphonix
- Interactive multimedia software including the CD-ROM titles:
Journey into the BrainThe Brainarium
- Moyers on Addiction:Close to Home
- PBS program on the effects of drugs on the brain and on society. Thesite also includes animations of the effects of drugs on thebrain.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- The NIDA has created two slide teachingpackets for health practitioners, teachers andneuroscientists:
- The Brain &the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana
- TheNeurobiology of Drug Addiction
- NeuroLab
- A page from NASA that will follow the Neurolab mission, STS-90,space shuttle flight that was launched in April, 1998.
- NeurOn
- Another page from NASA that will follow the Neurolab mission, STS-90,space shuttle flight that was launched in April, 1998.
- Neuroscience Laboratory and Classroom Activities
- EXCELLENT laboratory manual with 12 differentexperiments to explore neuroscience. This manual was written byneuroscientists and teachers and is now available on the WWW through theUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, Division of Life Sciences. Youmust have the acrobatreader to read these files.
- Reviews of recent films and videos concerning the nervous system.
- Newton's Apple
- The Brain
- Brain Mapping
- DolphinCommunication
- Human Eye
- Nicotine
- Reflexes
- Taste and Smell
- Memory
- Hearing
- NOVA - The TV series from PBS
- The Brain Eater -Mad Cow Disease
- Coma
- The UniverseWithin
- Pieces of Mind
- A Scientific American Frontier Special (Feb. 1997) on the brain.
- National Public Radio "RealAudio" - Talk of the Nation Shows
- Mental Health Research - April 26, 1996
- Science of Sleep - March 22, 1996
- Headaches - March 1, 1996
- Brain Development - February 9, 1996
- Probe the Brain
- Interactive exhibit explaining brain maps.
- SeasideNeuroscience
- Using marine biology to teach neuroscience.
- Seeing,Hearing and Smelling the World
- A resource developed by the HowardHughes Medical Institute containing fascinating articles on thesenses.
- Sheep BrainDissection
- An excellent tutorial from the Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory atthe University of Scranton.
- SpaceNeuroscience
- A resource from NASA that explains how spaceflight affects thenervous system.
- Then andNow - Human Behavior
- A PBS special on discoveries in human behavior.
- The Virtual Body (TheBrain)
- An animated look at the brain and nervous system.
- The Virtual Reality BrainProject
- Manipulate human brain images using QuickTime Virtual RealityTechnology. Beware: large file sizes!
- VirtualHospital - Order and Disorder: An Exploration of the Mind and theBrain
- A collection of short pages on the brain and mind
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