Biological and Physiological

Sub-categories

A Role for Ovarian Hormones in Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

Article discusses "activational effects, androgens, corpus callosum, estrogen, female default hypothesis, feminization, masculinization, organizational effects, sensitive periods,sexual differentiation, [and] testosterone."

Alcohol and the Brain

This article takes a brief look at the possible mechanisms by which alcohol effects the brain. It looks at the lipid theory, the protein theory, and the various neurotransmitters which may facilitate the absorption of alcohol.

Animations: How Drugs Work

This excellent set of demonstrations show how drugs work in the body and in the brain. There is an animation showing how brain cells communicate, and there are demonstrations depicting the effects of alcohol, cocaine, and opiates in the brain.

Association for Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback

This site provides information about what biofeedback is, what neurofeedback is, what psychophysiology is, and what problems biofeedback can correct.

Biology of Stress

Article discusses the biological basis of stress.

Brain Evolution and Neurolinguistic Preconditions

This article discusses "the biology of language, conceptual structure, evolution, Homo Habilis, language acquisition, neurolinguistics, origin of language, paleoneurology, preadaptation, [and] sensorimotor feedback.

Bridging the Brain Gap

This article discusses the relation between the brain and social trust.

Civilization and Insanity

This article discusses how people believed that mental illness increased in frequency based on how primitive an ethnic group's brain was and by how civilized they were.

Cortical Neuron-Astrocyte Interaction

Site reviews neuronal and astrocyte interactions and the effects they have in the body.

Drugs, Brains, and Behavior

This online book discusses topics that include the behavior and chemistry of the brain, psychopharmacological concepts, fear and anxiety, pain, depression, schizophrenia, arousal, tolerance, drug abuse, and habitual behaviors.

Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer

This article provides an introduction to evolutionary psychology. It discusses James' theory of instinct, five essential principles of evolutionary psychology, the design of organisms, nature and nurture, and reasoning instincts.

How "Love" Alters Behaviour and Brain Chemistry

The research presented in this article indicates that environment can predispose a person to develop certain personality traits. The research is based on the finding that rats that were treated with care grew up to be friendlier.

Nailing Down Pheromones

This article discusses the discovery of two pheromones in women.

Neuroanatomy and Physiology

This site describes that various components of the brain and provides diagrams.

Probe the Brain

Site lets you probe the brain to discover what area of the brain controls which part of your body.

SALMON Study and Learning Materials On-Line for Physiological Psychology

Site provides information about neurotransmission, depression, hormones and stress, sexual behaviour, sex differentiation, ethology, aggression, learned helplessness, drug tolerance, and drug addiction.

The Mind Uploading Home Page

"The Mind Uploading home page is dedicated to the putative future process of copying one's mind from the natural substrate of the brain into an artificial one, manufactured by humans. This technology will radically alter society in many ways, as science fiction authors have begun to illustrate.".

Tinnitus Location Found in the Brain

Article discusses the discovery of where tinnitus is registered in the brain. Tinnitus is a "chronic sensation of loud ringing in the ears.".

Weight Control and Obesity

This article discusses how weight can be controlled by mechanisms in the brain.

Whole Brain Interpreter

Article discusses split brain patients.

ePsychlopedia

Site provides 10 different tutorials covering the topics of brain and behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, motivation and emotion, cognition, intelligence, personality, and social psychology.

Emotion and Motivation

Site provides a list of links related to emotion and motivation.

Emotional Participation in Decision-Making

This article discusses the amygdala's role in emotional assessments, the organization of emotional expression, the emotional experience, and the role of the frontal lobes in emotion.

Neuropsychology

Basic Neural Processes Tutorials

Learn about nerve and brain functioning.

Brain Disorders Network

Site from the National Foundation for Brain Research.

Brain Study Module

Site provides a colorful tutorial about the various structures of the brain.

Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Has information about the society and its activities.

Comparative Brain Anatomy

Site has information and images concerning the comparison of brains of different animals, the slicing of brains, and neurons. There is also a discussion relating brain size and structure to intelligence.

Conversations with Neil's Brain

A web book about "the neural nature of thought and learning.".

Interactive Brain Atlas: The Digital Anatomist Project

Site "contains 3-D computer graphic reconstructions of brain material; MRI scans; tissue sections, some enhanced with pathways; gross brain specimens and dissections; and summary drawings.".

Milestones in Neuroscience Research

This site provides a detailed timeline of the major events that occurred during the history of neuroscience.

Montreal Neurological Institute - Brain Imaging Centre

"The McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC) is one of the largest scientific communities in North America dedicated solely to research imaging of the human brain.".

Neural Transplantation and Recovery of Cognitive Function

This article discusses the "cholinergic system, cerebral ischaemia, cognitive function, diffuse versus point-to-point neuronal systems, [and] neural grafts.".

Neuroanatomy Tutorial

Tutorial provides an image of a human brain and lets you click on the various parts of the brain to discover what structure it is.

Neuroscience for Kids

Although this site is designed for kids, it is a vast resource for people of all ages. It contains information and diagrams about many neuroscience topics including brain structure, sleep, the spinal cord, the peripheral nervous system, the neuron, sensory systems, neuroscience methods and techniques, the effects of drugs on the nervous system, and neurological and mental disorders.

On Climbing Fiber Signals and Their Consequences

Article discusses the "cerebellum, Purkinje cells, mossy fibers, synchrony, complex spikes, simple spikes, movement, posture, inferior olive, eye movements, flocculus, [and] nodulus.".

Recoverin and Ca2+ in Vertebrate Phototransduction

Article discusses "recoverin, phototransduction, rods and cones, retina, guanylyl cyclase, rhodopsin kinase, phosphorylation, cyclic GMP, [and] phosphodiesterase.".

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)

The Society includes psychological perspectives on neuroscience.

The Action Potential

Site provides an overview of the action potential process, and it also includes the "sounds" of an action potential.

The Components of the Human Brain

This site provides excellent figures and descriptions of the brain starting with the major divisions of the brain, then moving to subordinate structures and systems.

The Detection and Generation of Sequences as a Key to Cerebellar Function

Article discusses the "cerebellum; motor control; allometric relation; parallel fibers; synchronicity; spatio-temporal activity; sequence addressable memory; and cerebro-cerebellar interaction.".

The Inner Life of Neurons

Article briefly discusses how neurons work.

The Whole Brain Atlas

Information and impressive visuals related to brain physiology and disease.

Virtual Sheep Brain Dissection

Site dissects a sheep brain online and clearly labels the different parts of the brain.

ePsych

Site provides a number of unique tutorials and demonstrations that focus on various functions of the brain including sensation and perception, cognition, transmission of neural impulses, and learning.

Sleep and Dreaming

Dream Warriors

Article discusses the story of one researcher and one clinician who investigate the purpose of dreaming.

Dreams: Info for Students

Site describes how a person can perform a scientific study about dreams.

International Association for the Study of Dreams

Site provides information about the association, links to a journal about dreaming, and links to online articles about dreaming.

Lucid Dreaming

Site provides information about lucid dreaming which occurs you realize that you are dreaming yet you continue to dream.

Psychology, Culture, and Evolution

This site discusses consciousness; the evolution of the brain, consciousness, language, and sociality; sleep paralysis; and nocturnal hallucinations.

Sleep Deprivation

This article discusses "what all undergraduates should know about how their sleeping lives affect their waking lives.".

Sleep Medicine Homepage

"This home page lists resources regarding all aspects of sleep including, the physiology of sleep, clinical sleep medicine, sleep research, federal and state information, patient information, and business-related groups."

Sleeping: It Does a Body Good

Site provides information about the effect of sleep on our health in a question and answer format.

The "Purpose" of Dreams

Article discusses how some scientists believe that dreams do not have underlying meaning or purpose.