This is one more interactive website devoted to the brain. Sponsored by the Lundbeck Institute in Denmark, the site includes basic information on neurons, neurotransmitters, the brain and nervous systems. Many students might find the "Focus on Mental Disorders" interesting. The main page of the site can be found at http://www.brainexplorer.org
Recently, a picture believed to be that of Phineas Gage holding the tapping iron which pierced his skull has surfaced. For thirty years Jack and Beverley Wilgus have own the photograph not knowing its significance. The possibility of the shot being of Gage came out when they placed it on Flickr, a picture sharing website. The couple have written an article, "Face to Face with Phineas Gage", for the July 2009 issue of the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0964704X.asp) or go to http://brightbytes.com/phineasgage/index.html.
This is the first of three postings from the "How Stuff Works" website. In this installment, the site explains the workings of the Brain and Central Nervous System. Click on any of the links below to go to:
This activity, from the Steve Spangler Science website, is obviously designed for an elementary level science class. Students, in groups, use candy to create a facsimile of a neuron.
Jeff Hargett, a teacher at Rome High School (Rome, GA) has developed some simple review exercises for his biology and anatomy students. His reviews for neurons, the brain, the eye, and the ear are all applicable to a psychology course.
Exploring this website completely would probably take most of a school year. While the title suggests the site should be used in the biological influences unit, it could be used within a multitude of units within any psychology course. The site can be found at http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/
