What’s so special about my brain?
Your Brain Is You
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David Eagleman, PhD, author of the New York Times bestseller Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, provides an extraordinary look at the human brain and current neuroscience research. In this engaging series of videos, Dr. Eagleman explains the basics of brain function and describes how this extremely complex and often misunderstood organ defines who we are.
Dr. Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. Best known for his work on time perception, synesthesia, and neurolaw, he appears regularly on radio and television to discuss literature and science.
Your Brain Is You was produced by BCM’s The Learning Brain project, which is developing interdisciplinary neuroscience teaching materials for BioEd Online. The project is supported by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the SEPA program, Office of the Director, NIH.
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Neuroscience: The Learning Brain and BrainLink
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The Learning Brain and BrainLink® projects provide teaching materials, resources and background information focused on the brain and neuroscience for use with elementary and secondary school students. Materials cover brain structure and chemistry, neurons and the nervous system, senses, movement, learning and memory, and more.
Funding
National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH
The Learning Brain: Interactive Inquiry for Teachers and Students
Grant Number: 5R25DA033006
Science Education Partnership Award, NIH
Filling the Gaps: K-6 Science/Health Education
Grant Number: 5R25RR013454