Neuroscience
- Phineas Gage: Neuroscience's Most Famous Patient - great article from Slate about the facts (and myths) surrounding this amazing case study subject.
- Crash Course: The Chemical Mind - 10 minute overview of neurons, neurotransmitters, etc. Check your understanding as you view!
- Crash Course: Meet Your Master - Getting to Know Your Brain - overview of brain anatomy. Check your understanding as you view!
- Can You Name the Parts of the Brain? - Student-Designed Sporcle Review Game
- Video: Crash Course: The Nervous System
- The Neuron - short article (with good anatomical diagram) describing neuron parts & functions
- Mapping the Brain - this interactive allows you to see where different brain structures appear on MRI scans of the brain. Totally cool, and good for reviewing brain anatomy.
- Video: Ratbot - example of use of animal models and brain stimulation in neuroscience research
- Video: Neuroplasticity - brief overview of the concept
- Video: Jody & Hemispherectomy - video profiles an extreme case of neuroplasticity & features several brain imaging techniques
- Brain Anatomy Learning Module - this interactive module takes you through basic structures of the brain.
- Video: The Chemical Synapse - 8 min video on synaptic communication
- Video: Inside the Teenage Brain - Frontline PBS production describing a boatload of neuroscience research on the adolescent brain! View whole program or by chapter.
- Video: Wernicke's Aphasia
- Video: Broca's Aphasia
- Video: Split Brain Patients & Michael Gazzaniga - Scientific American Frontiers video excerpt
