The eye of a chimpanzee views the world in living color.

Roll the dice, race the clock, and claim victory in this collection of neuroscience games.

The developing brain needs a constant source of new cells as it builds the circuits that will control behavior.

A lot, it turns out. Some animals can detect forms of energy invisible to us, like magnetic and electrical fields. Others see light and hear sounds well outside the range of human perception.

Learn what some species of songbird have taught us about vocal and motor learning.

Where do love ballads and beautiful poetry come from? What about the fear of heights and spiders? It’s all in the brain! In this lesson, explore the wonders of emotions and the brain with your students.

A rare brain disorder can entirely change the way you speak.

What looking at the brains of a mother and child can teach us.

The arrangement of cells in the retina reveals how it detects, processes, and relays visual information to the brain.

A unique group of cells in the eye's retina specifically detects the upward motion of objects, such as a ball thrown in the air or...fireworks.