TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Ideasthesia: How Do Ideas Feel?
The traditional model of our mental function is that first our senses provide data to our brain, which then translates those senses into the appropriate mental phenomena: light into visual images, air vibrations into auditory...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Memory Tests
Explore scientific research saying that continued brain activity may delay or slow the loss of memory function. Investigate and practice different techniques to increase recall.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Eyes
Your eyes see, but how does vision happen? Find out how the eyes and brain work together through this video and accompanying activity guide. [6:09]
The Tech Interactive
Tech Museum of Innovation: Inside Your Eyeball
After discussing the basics of the eye, this site explores the various functions of the eye and parts from the optic nerves to the retina. Cones, rods, and the brain are also discussed.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: The Auditory Nerve
A good description and function of the auditory nerve. Diagrams, explanations.
Other
Benbest: Cerebral Cortex
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Read and Write From Top to Bottom and Left to Right
Teach students to remind themselves (and train their eyes and brains) to go from top to bottom, left to right and page by page! This activity includes a catchy song to the tune of Mary had a Little Lamb to help students remember this...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.43 Peripheral Nervous System
Understand the structure and function of the peripheral nervous system in the human body.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.42 Central Nervous System
Learn the structure and function of the central nervous system.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Pieces of Mind: Old Brain, New Tricks
Conduct an experiment to find out how various senses compete during the learning experience. Explore the relationship between age and language by employing research methods of interviewing, transcription and statistical analysis.
Curated OER
Drug Mechanisms and Brain Function: The Antipsychotic Experience
Article on the effect of certain drugs on human personality. Article's foundation is in anti-psychotic research.
Curated OER
Drug Mechanisms and Brain Function: The Antipsychotic Experience
Article on the effect of certain drugs on human personality. Article's foundation is in anti-psychotic research.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: What Conflicting Mental Tasks Reveal About Thinking
Can you pat your head with one hand while you rub your stomach with the other? This experiment is kind of like that, but it can actually give you some insight into how your mind works. The task is to name colors. It sounds simple enough,...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Cerebrospinal Fluid
For an overall look at cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), visit this open-source encyclopedic site. You will learn what its functions are, how it is produced, and how it is useful in the diagnosis of neurological diseases.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Hindbrain and Midbrain
This lesson will examine the makeup and function of the cerebellum and brainstem.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Central and Peripheral Nervous System
Describes the organization and function of the nervous system.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Parkinson's Disease Workshop
College-level online biology course highlighting Parkinson's disease. Course topics include clinical characteristics, structural neuroimaging, neuropathology, genetics, and cognitive function. Course features include reading suggestions...
The Tech Interactive
Tech Museum of Innovation: How We See
Part of a larger sight on the eyeball and its function, this section describes the process of sight and ranges in topics from the chemical reaction of light hitting the retina to blind spots and animals seeing color.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Paw Preference in Pets
The great majority of people have a distinct hand preference. The goal of this science fair project is to determine whether non-primate mammals (e.g., dogs or cats) have a paw preference, which might indicate lateralization of function...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Humans Are Like Robots
Four lessons related to robots and people present students with life sciences concepts related to the human body (including brain, nervous systems and muscles), introduced through engineering devices and subjects (including computers,...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Hypothalamus
This site from the encyclopedia, Wikipedia, provides a brief open-source encyclopedic explanation of what the hypothalamus is and what its functions are. Links are provided throughout this paragraph along with a picture showing where the...
Curated OER
Auditory System
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
Curated OER
Brodmann Areas, Lateral
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
Curated OER
[Olfactory Bulb and Epithelium]
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
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