The Brain and Nervous System


  1. Shuffle Brain. An excellent resource on a variety of subjects.
  2. A high point of evolution: Evolution of the human brain.
  3. An overview of the brain. See also the Whole Brain Atlas. In particular, pay attention to the images located here.
  4. brainpix.gif (3617 bytes)  Press this button to see how to navigate the brain scan images.
  5. Conversations with Neil's Brain. Read chapter 1. This shows how researchers make use of brain dysfunction to describe how normal brains operate. See also, "I am Johns Brain"
  6. A review of sensory systems can be found here. Read the following sections: Vision, Hearing, and Smell: The Best-known Senses, The Quivering Bundles that Let Us Hear, Finding the Odorant Receptors, Pheromones and Mammals, Triggers of Innate Behavior, and Sniffing Out Social and Sexual Signals.
  7. A comparison of the Vomeronasal organ in humans and other animals is found here. Read this too.
  8. What are Pheromones? How Exactly do They Work? etc. Read more here.
  9. The Machinery of Thought. Read the Scientific American Article.
  10. Read about Phineas Gage and his accidental frontal lobotomy. See THIS too!
  11. Solving the Brain's Energy Crisis.
  12. TheBrain.gif (7998 bytes)  Hear The Brain on the brain. . .
  13. Psychology Lab On-line.
  14. Brain News.
  15. Neuronal development in children. Read it here.
  16. Nature vs. Nurture.
  17. Genes and Human Behavior.