Learn how our taste buds work and why some of us are sensitive to bitter tastes. Detailed graphics and sound clips explain the mechanics of taste and evolutionary consequences of bitter sensations.

Explore the many aspects of sleep and its importance to overall daily function and long-term health.

Teaching packets for teachers, aimed at secondary school students. Learn how the brain's reward center works, and what happens in the brain when a person uses cocaine, opiates (heroin), or marijuana.

This interactive web resource has articles with photos and demonstrations about how the brain processes information from our bodies, generates thoughts and emotions, stores and recalls memories, and controls movement. Also, watch a video about how scientists store and use donated brain tissue.

Use interactive tools to see your child's brain development from the inside.

During this lab activity, students will explore two types of sensory processes. First, they will investigate how one identifies different flavors. Then, they will explore the ways the brain interprets the visual images that reach the eye.

In this two-part lesson by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, students learn the advantages, disadvantages, and potential of diagnostic imaging technologies in brain research.

An interactive tutorial about the brain and disorders of the brain with photos, animations, and sound.

In this lesson, students learn key brain structures and the functions they perform. They then design and model an animal's brain.

A video shows how scientists are making a blueprint of the brain to develop adaptive robots.