Thinking Sensing and Behaving

When you talk with a friend, understanding and responding to what they say requires communication between two distant areas of your brain. These areas — one responsible for understanding language and another for producing speech — communicate with each other via a bundle of axons called the arcuate fasciculus, pictured above.
Talking Sense
When you talk with a friend, there is a separate conversation going on in your brain.
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Finding the Heartbeat of Human Creativity in the Brain
Jazz musician Pat Metheny and neuroscientist Charles Limb find a common note in the keys of improv.
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The Short Answer: Is the Brain Fully Developed After Puberty?
Your brain changes as you grow, but what happens after the growth spurt? Neuroscientist Nick Spitzer debunks the myth that your brain is done maturing after the teen years.
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Restoring Sight and Sound
It isn’t just your ears that allow you to hear, or just your eyes that allow you to see — it’s your brain.
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Debunked: The 10 Percent Brain Myth
Neuroscientist Nick Spitzer tells you the truth.
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The Eye-Brain Connection
Bundles of extra-long axons transmit signals from eyes to brain.
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Brains and Brawn
Neurons and muscles communicate at specialized nodes called neuromuscular junctions.
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Jamie Hanson: Falling Outside the Norms
Neuroscientist Jamie Hanson encourages scientists to look at people and situations that fall outside so-called societal norms.
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Jamie Hanson: Falling Outside the Norms
Neuroscientist Jamie Hanson encourages scientists to look at people and situations that fall outside so-called societal norms.
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Resetting the Brain's Clock
Jet lag, irregular sleep schedules, and exposure to artificial light throw our internal clocks out of whack. When that happens, our health suffers.
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Syncing the Body's Clock
Sun-seeking brain cells keep the sleep cycle in balance.
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Pin the Senses on the Brain
This twist on a classic party game will test your students’ brain anatomy knowledge.
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Summoning the Sandman
The release of the “vampire hormone” lets the body know when it’s time to sleep.
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