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Why do you need a brain?: First brains
Brain-front and center
History of that thing inside your head: Egyptians-scooping out the brain
Ancient Greeks-Great thinking brains
Herophilus and Galen-Looking at the body and the brain
Outlining the brain-Andreas Vesalius and Thomas Willis
Phineas Gage-Spike in brain activity
Paul Broca-Finding the key in a man named Tan
Carl Wernicke-Targeting the center of language
Eduard Hitzig and Gustav Fritsch-Right brain controls left side
Wilder Penfield-Persistence of memory
Hans Berger and the EEG
Controller and the connections: Brain box-Protective cover
Meninges
Cerebrospinal fluid
Human brain-Cerebrum
Lobes
White Matter (inner brain)
Primitive brain
Limbic system-Mammalian brain
Hippocampus-Memory
Amygdala-Emotional center
Olfactory system
Thalamus and hypothalamus
Pituitary and pineal glands
Cerebellum
Brain stem-Reptilian brain
Spinal cord
Blood in your brain
Neurons: One hundred trillion connections: Electrical storm
Structure
Function
Nerves and the brain
Care and feeding of your brain: Learning and memory
Right brain versus left brain
Training your brain: Mnemonic
Memory tricks
Memory palace
Thinking brain versus the emotional brain
Fear
Phobias
Intelligence
Sleep: Stages of sleep
Dreams
Treating the brain which can be a bit ghastly at times: EEG, CAT, PET, MRI, MEG
Strange brain: Banging your head
When the brain loses control
Neurotransmission and treatment
Future of the brain: Brain transplants
Thinking machines
Brains on a chip and brain implants.
Brain-front and center
History of that thing inside your head: Egyptians-scooping out the brain
Ancient Greeks-Great thinking brains
Herophilus and Galen-Looking at the body and the brain
Outlining the brain-Andreas Vesalius and Thomas Willis
Phineas Gage-Spike in brain activity
Paul Broca-Finding the key in a man named Tan
Carl Wernicke-Targeting the center of language
Eduard Hitzig and Gustav Fritsch-Right brain controls left side
Wilder Penfield-Persistence of memory
Hans Berger and the EEG
Controller and the connections: Brain box-Protective cover
Meninges
Cerebrospinal fluid
Human brain-Cerebrum
Lobes
White Matter (inner brain)
Primitive brain
Limbic system-Mammalian brain
Hippocampus-Memory
Amygdala-Emotional center
Olfactory system
Thalamus and hypothalamus
Pituitary and pineal glands
Cerebellum
Brain stem-Reptilian brain
Spinal cord
Blood in your brain
Neurons: One hundred trillion connections: Electrical storm
Structure
Function
Nerves and the brain
Care and feeding of your brain: Learning and memory
Right brain versus left brain
Training your brain: Mnemonic
Memory tricks
Memory palace
Thinking brain versus the emotional brain
Fear
Phobias
Intelligence
Sleep: Stages of sleep
Dreams
Treating the brain which can be a bit ghastly at times: EEG, CAT, PET, MRI, MEG
Strange brain: Banging your head
When the brain loses control
Neurotransmission and treatment
Future of the brain: Brain transplants
Thinking machines
Brains on a chip and brain implants.