Celebrate the brain year-round with interactive events and community outreach. Brain Awareness Week is March 12-18, 2018.

One of the preeminent U.S. science competitions emphasizing problem-solving and hands-on activities.

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

What's going on inside the teenage brain? This Frontline television special explores how science may unlock answers to that question.

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.

Beginning in the 1940s, Canadian brain surgeon Wilder Penfield mapped the brain's motor cortex -- the area that controls the movement of your body's muscles. Now you can relive his exploration of the brain.

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

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.

Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran outlines the fascinating functions of mirror neurons.