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Evolution
Neuroscience Explains Why Dinosaurs Couldn't Get Any Bigger
Long-necked Sauropods, like Brontosaurus, were the largest animals on earth, but their brain, not their leg strength, is what kept them from getting any bigger.
Brains of the Animal Kingdom
It's not just size that matters for brain power.
BrainFacts/SfN
The Evolutionary Layers of the Human Brain
This website looks at seven mammal brains and determines if their size is what makes them smarter.
The Brain From Top to Bottom
The Awesomely Evolved Human Brain
This iconograph and worksheet helps students learn about dopamine and the evolution of our reward centers to help with survival.
Scholastic
Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What is So Special About the Human Brain?
The human brain is curiously large given the size of our bodies, uses a huge amount of energy for its weight and has a bizarrely dense cerebral cortex. But: why?
TED
14 min
Mysteries of the Brain: Evolving Brain
Using amazing new technologies, scientists are discovering that the basic movements in one tiny fish can teach us big ideas about how the brain's circuitry works.
National Science Foundation
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Brain Evolution: Searching for What Makes Us Human
Studying brain evolution sheds light on the unique features of the human brain.
BrainFacts/SfN
Daniel Wolpert: The Real Reason for Brains
Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert starts from a surprising premise: the brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement.
TED
20 min
Some Ground-Dwelling Dinos Had the Brains to Fly
Researchers discover that even non-flying dinosaurs had brains with the motor and visual capabilities necessary to take wing.
Science Friday
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The Mystery of Motion Sickness
Why do we get motion sickness? Learn what this condition has to do with the brain and your senses in this video.
TED
How do human brains differ from those of other primates?
Humans possess cognitive abilities very different from other creatures, thanks to a number of unusual features of our brains.
BrainFacts/SfN
Where's the Cuttlefish?
What can the cuttlefish’s remarkable camouflage abilities teach us about vision?
Science Friday
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