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The Eye-Opening Neuroscience Behind Your Vision
How the brain helps us see is a captivating subject in the world of neuroscience.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Eyes
With the help of this video young students can learn how vision works.
  • Kids Health
Two Eyes Are Better Than One
Have you ever heard of the expression two heads are better than one? Is the same true for your eyes?
  • California Science Center
There's No Eye in Team
Many different types of cells work together to process vision.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
See Your Inner Primate
The eye of a chimpanzee views the world in living color.
  • BioInteractive
What Can Animals Sense That We Can't?
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.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Three-Layer Retina
The arrangement of cells in the retina reveals how it detects, processes, and relays visual information to the brain.
  • BioInteractive
Seeing Fireworks
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.
  • BioInteractive
Shark Attack
Fish have specialized cells that help them detect movement in the water so they don't end up as dinner.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Eye Candy
Your sense of sight is powered by blood.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Senses and Sensibility: A Webinar
Have you ever wondered how you can catch a ball, see the color blue, taste chocolate, smell bad breath, or hear a bird song? Learn more in this Brain Awareness Week webinar.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
  • 53 min
Senses and Perception Race
Your students will see the finish line and taste the glory as they race the clock and each other in this interactive relay game.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
The Mystery of Face Blindness
Face recognition is a remarkably complex process. And for some people, telling faces apart is an almost impossible task.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
  • 8 min

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