Log in
Thinking, Sensing & Behaving
Aging
Brain Development
Childhood & Adolescence
Diet & Lifestyle
Emotions, Stress & Anxiety
Hearing
Language
Learning & Memory
Movement
Pain
Sleep
Smell
Taste
Thinking & Awareness
Touch
Vision
See All
Diseases & Disorders
Addiction
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Cancer
Childhood Disorders
Epilepsy
Immune System Disorders
Injury
Mental Health
Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurological Disorders A-Z
Therapies
See All
Brain Anatomy & Function
Anatomy
Body Systems
Cells & Circuits
Evolution
Genes & Molecules
See All
Neuroscience in Society
The Arts & the Brain
Law, Economics & Ethics
Neuroscience in the News
Supporting Research
Tech & the Brain
See All
In the Lab
Animals in Research
BRAIN Initiative
Meet the Researcher
Neuro-technologies
Tools & Techniques
See All
Explore
3D Brain
Core Concepts
For Educators
Ask an Expert
Glossary
The Brain Facts Book
About Us
MyAccount
For Educators
Log in
Thinking, Sensing & Behaving
Aging
Brain Development
Childhood & Adolescence
Diet & Lifestyle
Emotions, Stress & Anxiety
Hearing
Language
Learning & Memory
Movement
Pain
Sleep
Smell
Taste
Thinking & Awareness
Touch
Vision
See All
Diseases & Disorders
Addiction
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Cancer
Childhood Disorders
Epilepsy
Immune System Disorders
Injury
Mental Health
Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurological Disorders A-Z
Therapies
See All
Brain Anatomy & Function
Anatomy
Body Systems
Cells & Circuits
Evolution
Genes & Molecules
See All
Neuroscience in Society
The Arts & the Brain
Law, Economics & Ethics
Neuroscience in the News
Supporting Research
Tech & the Brain
See All
In the Lab
Animals in Research
BRAIN Initiative
Meet the Researcher
Neuro-technologies
Tools & Techniques
See All
Thinking Sensing and Behaving
The Mechanisms Behind Why We Struggle With Multitasking
The brain works best with one job at a time, but daily life calls for multitasking, causing a “bottle neck” in the brain.
BrainFacts/SfN
Filter
Topic
Aging
(
12
)
Cognitive Decline
(
2
)
Healthy Aging
(
3
)
Alcohol
(
5
)
Alzheimers Disease
(
9
)
Anxiety Disorders
(
1
)
Brain Development
(
50
)
Developmental Disorders
(
1
)
Neurogenesis
(
3
)
Stem Cells
(
2
)
Childhood and Adolescence
(
36
)
Teen Brain
(
12
)
Critical Periods
(
3
)
Dementia
(
2
)
Diet and Lifestyle
(
52
)
Caffeine
(
1
)
Diet
(
14
)
Environment
(
1
)
Obesity
(
3
)
Social Behavior
(
8
)
Sugar
(
3
)
Drugs
(
10
)
Eating Disorders
(
1
)
Emotions Stress and Anxiety
(
52
)
Anger
(
1
)
Emotions
(
10
)
Fear
(
5
)
Stress
(
13
)
Exercise
(
4
)
Gaming
(
1
)
Genetics
(
3
)
Hearing
(
17
)
Hormones
(
2
)
Language
(
15
)
Reading
(
2
)
Speech
(
2
)
Speech and Language Disorders
(
1
)
Writing
(
2
)
Learning and Memory
(
116
)
Amnesia
(
1
)
Memory
(
25
)
Learning Disorders
(
1
)
Marijuana
(
4
)
Mood
(
5
)
Movement
(
40
)
Paralysis
(
3
)
Reflexes
(
3
)
Nicotine
(
2
)
Opioids
(
1
)
Pain
(
14
)
Migraine
(
2
)
Plasticity
(
6
)
Pregnancy
(
1
)
Sleep
(
45
)
Circadian Rhythms
(
9
)
Dreams
(
6
)
Sleep Disorders
(
5
)
Smell
(
16
)
Anosmia
(
1
)
Taste
(
29
)
Thinking and Awareness
(
71
)
Attention
(
11
)
Consciousness
(
2
)
Decision Making
(
11
)
Imagination
(
3
)
Perception
(
9
)
Touch
(
25
)
Vision
(
117
)
Blindness
(
3
)
Illusions
(
19
)
Vision Disorders
(
3
)
Content Type
Activity
(
26
)
Article
(
173
)
Audio
(
10
)
Booklet
(
2
)
Image
(
87
)
Interactive
(
33
)
Lesson Plan
(
18
)
Video
(
126
)
Web Tool
(
13
)
Series
Ask an Expert
(
27
)
Blog
(
17
)
Brain Awareness Video Contest
(
23
)
Brain Byte
(
9
)
Brain Primer
(
8
)
EyeOn
(
3
)
For Educators
(
156
)
For the Classroom
(
114
)
Image of the Week
(
70
)
Meet the Researcher
(
5
)
Neuromyth
(
7
)
Programs and Events
(
1
)
Research and Discoveries
(
4
)
Roundup
(
33
)
Teaching Techniques
(
44
)
Grade Level
Pre K - Grade 2
(
21
)
Grades 3 - 5
(
23
)
Grades 6 - 8
(
67
)
Grades 9 - 12
(
352
)
All ages
(
81
)
Core Concept
Your Complex Brain
(
148
)
How Your Brain Processes Information
(
101
)
How Neurons Communicate
(
92
)
How Experience Shapes Your Brain
(
79
)
How Research Benefits Human Health
(
76
)
The Source of Curiosity
(
53
)
Reasoning Planning and Problem Solving
(
47
)
The Power of Language
(
12
)
Your selections:
Thinking Sensing and Behaving
Targeting Sonic Hedgehog Protein May Help Parkinson's Patients
Diminished levels of the protein cause a common side effect of Parkinson's treatment.
BrainFacts/SfN
Exercise May Protect the Aging Brain by Dialing Down Inflammation
And other neuroscience news you may have missed in December 2021.
BrainFacts/SfN
ICYMI: Sleep Timing Affects Heart Health
And other neuroscience news you might have missed in November 2021.
BrainFacts/SfN
Discovering Dopamine’s Role in Reward Prediction Error
How neuroscientists elucidated the neural underpinnings that link learning and reward.
BrainFacts/SfN
How Light Exposure Affects Your Sleep Schedule
Access to artificial light allows us to shift our sleep and wake cycles away from the natural daylight schedule.
BrainFacts/SfN
Most Popular in 2021: Top 10 Countdown
Rediscover our most popular content published in 2021.
BrainFacts/SfN
Featured Findings From Neuroscience 2021
Check out the breaking neuroscience news from the Society for Neuroscience’s 2021 annual meeting.
BrainFacts/SfN
Why Do Dreams Feel So Real?
It comes down to which parts of the brain are most active during dreaming.
BrainFacts/SfN
Our Memories Are Not as They Seem
The memories stored in our brains can change for many reasons.
BrainFacts/SfN
How Do Our Brains Recognize Faces?
The brain’s fusiform face area helps you find your friend in a crowd.
BrainFacts/SfN
Trust Your Gut: How the Brain-Gut Connection Helps Us Decide Intuitively
The two-way communication between the brain and the gut does more than help us digest a meal.
BrainFacts/SfN
What Memories Are Made Of
The brain stores memories by changing how neurons talk to each other.
BrainFacts/SfN
1
2
3
4
5
Next
Last