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The McGurk effect illustrates how visual cues can have an impact on our perception...
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A structure known as the corpus callosum connects the left and right hemispheres...
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Learn about the Blue Brain Project, the primary goal of which is creating a virtual...
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Injection of botulinum toxin, in the form of Botox, is a popular though controversial...
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Building a computer model that can help scientists decode brain activity evoked by...
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From devices that enable monkeys to control robotic arms with their minds to neural...
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Much of the impact of brain damage is manifested through the impairment of muscle...
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Damage to either the Broca area or the Wernicke area in the left hemisphere of the...
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Learn about the brain and how studies of brain disorders—such as aphasia caused by...
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Learn how neurologists developed a new type of helmet called the Brainguard.
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The brainstem is a sort of automatic control center for several important involuntary...
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Learn about efforts to understand the long-term effects of repeated head injury.
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A discussion of the unique features of Albert Einstein's brain.
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Overview of human intelligence, including a discussion of intelligence tests.
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Learn how researchers investigate the mechanism of “predictive coding,” by which...
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Learn how the brain processes language.
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A brief overview of the limbic system, which generates emotions in people.
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Learn about neuroscientists' experiments that attempt to read the human mind, work...
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Edward Boyden explaining optogenetics and its possible use in the treatment of brain...
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Learn about Henry Molaison (better known as “patient H.M.”), whose short-term memory...
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A neuroscientist explains what's happening in a person's brain when they're texting.
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Serious cases of epilepsy may be treated by surgery that removes the areas of the...
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Lateral view of the right cerebral hemisphere of the human brain, shown in situ within...
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An image of the human brain produced using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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Medial view of the left hemisphere of the human brain.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to generate images of a patient's brain.
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A computed tomography (CT) scan of the paranasal sinuses.
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Images, produced by computed tomography, of the human brain.
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Positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the human brain.
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Dissection of the left hemisphere of the human brain, showing the internal capsule...
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Functional areas of the human brain.
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Sagittal section of the human brain, showing structures of the cerebellum, brainstem,...
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When hormones signal the need for energy, fatty acids and glycerol are released from...
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Profile of the brain of a human fetus at 10 weeks.
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The evolution of relative cranial capacity and dentition patterns in selected hominins.
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In the brains of primates such as humans, the cerebrum has grown into the largest...
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Ependymal cells called tanycytes have long processes that extend from the third ventricle...
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Side view of the brain showing its major structures. The large cerebrum is divided...
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