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Can I just tell you how much I love teenagers?  I am student teaching at a high school and I thoroughly enjoy being around these young peopl...

(This post has resources and information for learning about Memory and Amnesia, for Physiological Psychology.) Radio Lab: 6:30 Rat te...

Here is a handy reference on directional terms used for human anatomy.  I was nice enough to choose the pictures of people with clothes on. ...

No one would argue blood is very important to our bodies!  It carries very important things to all parts of the body we need such as glucose...

It astounds me how much brain development takes place in a fetus before a woman even usually knows she is pregnant.  This is an important ...

I have blogged quite a bit about Action Potentials which are the way in which a nervous impulse travels down an individual cell. (For your ...

I am a big fan of sleep. Whenever my brain needs a good reset, 9 hours of snoozing always does the trick.  This is pretty much me: You ...

Theodore Schwann (many sources also spelled his name Theodor) was a man who lived in the 1800's and is remembered as a great scientist. ...

Inward rectifying potassium channels.  This is what started all this.  Just a little paranthetical aside in my Neuroscience teacher's no...

Neuroglia are support cells for the neurons in the nervous system.  They have a very wide variety of functions, and I'm sure it hasn...

What are the best foods for learning?  Can your diet help improve your memory? These are foods you should add to your regular diet ...