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Get Ready for Brain Awareness Week 2021
Elephant
The Elephant's Special Neurons
feather tickling foot
Unraveling the Mysteries of Tickling

Thinking, Sensing & Behaving

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How Do Tight Muscles Trigger Headaches?
  • BrainFacts/SfN
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What Happens During a Hot Flash?
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feather tickling foot
Unraveling the Mysteries of Tickling
  • BrainFacts/SfN

Diseases & Disorders

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How Do Flashing Lights Trigger Epileptic Seizures?
  • BrainFacts/SfN
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What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
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Children May Experience ‘Social Cravings’ From Prolonged Isolation
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Brain Anatomy & Function

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Domesticating Chickens Shrunk Their Brains
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Evolution of Mammalian Opn5
Deep Inside the Brain, Light-Sensing Cells Control Body Temperature
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3D Brain

An interactive brain map that you can rotate in a three-dimensional space.
Interact With the Brain

Neuroscience in Society

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How the Brain Sees Beauty in Buildings
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How Smartphones Hijack the Brain
  • BrainFacts/SfN
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ICYMI: Rolling in Horse Poop May Help Giant Pandas Stay Warm
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In the Lab

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Angeline Dukes
Black History Is
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Elephant
The Elephant's Special Neurons
  • BrainFacts/SfN
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Octopuses on MDMA Hint at the Evolution of Social Behavior
  • BrainFacts/SfN