Watch the new Flash movie on Action Potential (electrical activity that allows neurons to communicate with each other). Macromedia Flash Player is required in order to view this movie. To download a free version of Macromedia Flash Player, click here.
Brain Pictures and Slices
Human Brain Human Brain-right side

The Virtual Hospital from the Univeristy of Iowa has some very well done pictures of the human brain.

What is brain surgery? Find out at the Washington Brain and Spine Institute.

View the human brain from this Whole Brain Atlas from doctors at Harvard. It also has pictures of diseased brains.

 
Optical Illusions
A Pinwheel illusion like the one used in the "Explain Your Brain" assembly can be found at the following location:
http://www.grand-illusions.com/pinwheel.htm
It comes from this website full of other illusions and games
http://www.grand-illusions.com/index.htm		 Want more illusions? This is a great site: http://dragon.uml.edu/psych/illusion.html
Sheep Brain Dissection
Sheep Brain Map is an excellent interactive site for sheep brain anatomy.
 Sheep Brain Tutor shows the planes of section. It also has a dissection guide that points out many of the major nerves.
Other Cool Neuroscience Sites

Neuroscience For Kids is an excellent resource for both teachers and students who want to learn more about the brain and how the nervous system works. It is full of neuroscience activities and information:
- - here is the Stroop Test from this site
- - information on Brain Safety

The Dana Initiative is a site where you will find information about the programs, activities, and
publications of the Dana Foundation and
the Dana Alliance, as well the latest
news about the brain. Teachers can also order classroom kits and videos about the brain.

Visit www.brainconnection.com for tons of brain facts, games, and news about the latest in brain research.

Brain Briefings, published by the Society for Neuroscience, is a clearing house on general neuroscience topics like Alzheimers' Disease, prenatal care of the brain, and brains in space.

 Brain Awareness Week is an international effort every March to expand the public's knowledge about neuroscience.

For local Brain Awareness Week activities coordinated by the University of Minnesota go to: http://www1.umn.edu/baw/.
KIDS! Here is BrainPop! An interactive fun website where you can take quizzes about the brain and learn about other science, health, and technology topics Here are Brain Teaser questions for middle school students. They are updated weekly and really use your head and exercise your problem-solving talents!
The Exploratorium's online exhibit about memory has some fascinating games involving memory and how it sometimes isn't as accurate as it seems.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/index.html 		Sara's Quest, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse is a good site for looking at how different drugs affect the brain.
  Here is a good place to find out about Phineas Gage, a man who survived a traumatic brain injury, but whose personality changed as a result of the accident. http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n02/historia/phineas.htm
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