First, just take a look at this 3 lb. glob of goo….
- 3-D Interactive Brain Model (A Good One!)
- 3-D Interactive Brain Model (Another Good One -> With Colors!)
- Some Brain Anatomy Videos
- The Human Brain (Discovering Psychology-Zimbardo)
Then…Prepare to Have Your Mind (Brain?) Blown!
- Crash Course #4: Meet Your Master – Getting to Know Your Brain (Video: 13 mins)
- Crash Course #3: The Chemical Brain (Video: 10 mins)
- Two Brains – Severed Corpus Callosum (Michael Gazzaniga-Dartmouth)
- Brain Hacking: How They Hook You on Your Phone (CBS 60 Minutes – :15)
And… Play Some “Brain Games”
- Totally Gender Stereotyped Brain Diagram (Funny? Not Funny?)
- Motor strip dominance exercise
- Brain hemisphere dominance inventory exercise
- Brain – fun exercise how many F’s
- Brain exercise – fill in the blank common phrases
- Brain – fun common phrases exercise
- fun brain teaser word puzzles and answers
- funny product labels
- HEMISPHERES DEMO- Which Face is Happier?
- HEMISPHERES DEMO- Watch the Eyes
- STROOP Effect Test (Interactive)
- Brain Magic-Keith Barry (Ted Talk 20 mins)
- How To Control Someone Else’s Arm With Your Brain (TedTalk 6 mins)
- This Simple Word Test Reveals How Creative You Are – Article & Link to Test (CNN)
- MindFlex (We’ll play this in class!!)
And…Look at Some Fascinating New Stuff:
- Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery Helps Violinist
- Violinist Still Making Music After Deep Brain Stimulation
- Brain Mapping (U of C/Argonne Lab)
- Mapping the Entire Human Brain (Bobby Kasthuri U of C )
- Neuroscientist Explains Brain “Connectome” in 5 Levels of Difficulty (Bobby Kasthuri U of C)
- Big Data Brain Mapping- Bobby Kasthuri (Full Length 1 HR)
Some Brain-Body Resources:
- Hidden Brain : NPR
- 3 brain technologies to watch in 2018 | PBS NewsHour
- Why Teens Should Understand Their Own Brains (And Why Their Teachers Should, Too!) : NPR Ed : NPR
- Lisa Feldman Barrett: You aren’t at the mercy of your emotions — your brain creates them | TED Talk | TED.com
- Smartphones Are Making Today’s Teens Unhappy, Psychologist Says : Shots – Health News : NPR
- Gazette » The Brain, Sleep, and Learning
- How People Learn to Become Resilient – The New Yorker
- Listen to Audiobooks published by What Were You Thinking?, Audible Original | Audible.com
- What Were You Thinking by Audible on Apple Podcasts
- People Like People Who Ask Questions : NPR
- Why most of us lean to the right when we kiss | PBS NewsHour
- Is the Answer to Phone Addiction a Worse Phone? – The New York Times
- Parents’ Dilemma: When to Give Children Smartphones – WSJ
- Hits to the Head May Result in Immediate Brain Damage – The New York Times
- Wendy Suzuki: The brain-changing benefits of exercise | TED Talk
- Petter Johansson: Do you really know why you do what you do? | TED Talk
- Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice | TED Talk
- How Do Athletes’ Brains Control Their Movements? – The New York Times
- Keep Your Eye on the Balls to Become a Better Athlete – The New York Times
- How to spot a liar | Pamela Meyer – YouTube
- Exploring what an interruption is in conversation | Stanford News
- What’s Going On In Your Child’s Brain When You Read Them A Story? : NPR Ed : NPR
- Why Video Games Trigger Nightly Meltdown: Here’s What Happens in Kids’ Brains
- First “Social Network” of Brains Lets 3 People Transmit Thoughts to Each Other’s Heads
- The Simplest Way to Improve Your Life: More Sleep
- Leonardo da Vinci’s Genius May be Rooted in Common Eye Disorder
- How to Be a More Patient Person (NYT)
- How Your Brain Heals After a Stroke
- Brain Zaps Boost Memory in People Over 60
- Monkeys Who Drank Alcohol During Adolescence Had Slower Brain Growth Than Peers
- Robots/AI Can’t Understand Humor Like Humans
- Pig Brains Revived Hours After Death – What It Means For Humans
- Computer Assisted Telepathy Helps Humans Communicate
- Elon Musk’s Next Quest is a Mind-Machine Meld (NPR Video)
- How Covid Attacks the Brain (Dimentia & Other Brain Disorders for Decades to Come)
- How Reading Rewires Our Brains
- Adolescent Brains Are Wired to Want Status & Respect (Scientific American)
- Pychedelic Drug “Molly” in Testing For Treatment of PTSD (NYT)
- Why Are TikTok Teens Listening to a Song About Dimentia? (NYT)
- How An Armless Archer Trains His Brain To Win Olympic Medals (:10 mins)
- Mirror Neurons – Observational Learning/Imitation (:3 mins YouTube)
- How to Make Your Brain Work Better – Soft Fascination (INC)
- Deep Brain Stimulation as Addiction Treatment (WaPo)
- The Brain Isn’t Supposed To Change This Much (Atlantic)
- 3 Ways to Hack Your Brain To Conquer Your Nerves (INC)
- Life May Actually Flash Before Our Eyes Upon Death (BBC)
- Social Media is Attention Alcohol With Same Downsides As Booze (Atlantic)
- Autopsy of ex-NFL Player Accused of Killing 6 People Reveals Brain Injury (ESPN)
- What Paternity Leave Does For a Father’s Brain (NYT)
- Brain Implants With Potential to Restore Vision to the Blind (Forbes)
- After A Concussion, The Brain May No Longer Make Sense of Sounds (NPR)
- Studying London Cabbies’ Brains for Alzheimer’s Research (WaPo)