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The Wiring Behind Your Reflexes
It doesn’t take brainpower to react to sudden danger; just a bit of spine.
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Whale Brains Provide Clues to Cognition
Neuroscientists have long understood that the cerebellum is important for controlling bodily movements, by making them more fluid and coordinated, but researchers have also long appreciated that cerebellum does much more.
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Some Ground-Dwelling Dinos Had the Brains to Fly
Researchers discover that even non-flying dinosaurs had brains with the motor and visual capabilities necessary to take wing.
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Keep in Touch
Studying how nerve cells and muscles communicate may shed light on neuromuscular diseases.
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Testing Your Reflexes
What can a ticklish turtle teach us about how the spinal cord is organized?
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Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me
Studying the nerve cells that alert fruit flies to danger may one day help scientists better understand diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and autism.
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What Color is Tuesday? Exploring Synesthesia
What if the number 7 tasted like chocolate? What if Monday was purple? This is what life is like for someone with synesthesia. Learn more about this fascinating neurological trait with this video.
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Critical Communication for Movement
Motor neurons are crucial for movement, from the simplest step to the most complex dance.
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Sensing Movement
The primate retina passes information about rapid movement to the brain.
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Why are some people left-handed?
There are likely advantages to having both left- and right-handed individuals in a population.
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Sensing Space or Moving Muscles?
Scientists are rethinking the role of nerve endings once thought to be involved in providing spatial information to the brain.
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Speedy Science: How Fast Can You React?
Think fast! Figure out your brain’s reaction time with this activity.
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Brain and Behavior Lesson Plan
Students are introduced to brain structure, neurotransmitters, hormones, and neural networks in this nine part lesson.
  • Baylor College of Medicine

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