Instructional Video4:10
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Risk Recap

9th - 12th
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Mikki apologizes to Mo and reviews what she's learned about assessing risk. Doctor Danger: Risky...
Instructional Video30:33
Institute of Human Anatomy

Understanding Psychopathy and Sociopathy

Higher Ed
This video explores the differences between psychopathy and sociopathy, which are both part of antisocial personality disorder. It discusses the physical differences in the brain of a psychopath, such as low functioning MAOA gene, and...
Instructional Video3:18
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Assessing Risk

9th - 12th
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Mikki designs a somewhat risky experiment to assess which risks are worth taking and what we can learn...
Instructional Video4:04
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Curious Learners: Milestones in Brain Development and Cognitive Growth

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Learn more about human brain development and cognitive growth.
Instructional Video8:17
Neuro Transmissions

The Neuroscience of Autism

12th - Higher Ed
Vaccines don't cause autism. But what even is autism? What causes it? And what's the difference between an autistic brain and a "neurotypical" brain? We've recruited our friend Cory from 12Tone to hear about his own experience as an...
Instructional Video4:24
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Risk-Taking to Fit In

9th - 12th
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Mikki impresses a potential new friend by turning the office into a mini Godzilla nest. Mo starts to...
Instructional Video19:45
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TED-Ed

A New Way to Diagnose Autism

9th - 12th Standards
While primarily based on his research regarding autism in early childhood, award-winning researcher Ami Klin also offers great insight into how our brains develop from birth and discusses the necessity of social interaction early in...
Instructional Video
Other

Responsible Subversives Network: Born to Learn

9th - 10th
Born to Learn is the first animation in a fascinating series aimed to provide easy access to the exciting new discoveries constantly being made about how humans learn! Narrated by Damian Lewis.
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Mysteries of the Brain: Building a Brain

9th - 10th Standards
The simple tadpole brain is being studied by a neuroscientist to better understand brain development and how information from the surrounding environment is processed. [5 min.]
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course A&p #11: Central Nervous System

9th - 10th
Today Hank talks about your central nervous system. In this episode we'll explore how your brain develops and how important location is for each of your brain's many functions. [10:07]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Oliver Sacks on Music and the Brain

9th - 10th
Science Friday's Ira Flatow speaks with author and neurologist Oliver Sacks about music and the brain and Sacks' latest book Musicophilia. [2:32]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Politics and the Brain

9th - 10th
What happens in your brain when you think about politics? We'll talk with a researcher using brain imaging techniques to map out voters' innermost feelings about the current crop of candidates.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Steven Johnson and 'Where Good Ideas Come From"

9th - 10th
How do great ideas come to be? What conditions help to foster creativity and spur advances in thought?