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Overcoming Math Anxiety with Confidence

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Learn about math anxiety, including what it is, why it happens, and how you can overcome it.

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Resources on Brains

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Resource page including articles, videos, and career profiles related to brains.

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Stress and the Brain

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Stress is more than a feeling. Understanding the importance of stress can help you to manage it. It can even lead to an improvement in your mood and how you think!

Do you see a face in that electric socket? (michaeljmc, iStockPhoto)

Facial Recognition and the Brain

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Learn how your brain recognizes faces and why you sometimes see them in places they don’t exist!

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How do alkaloids cause addiction?

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Alkaloids are found in some of the most addictive substances that humans consume. What are alkaloids, and how do they cause addiction?

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Neurons: The Building Blocks of Your Brain

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How does your brain allow you to do and experience so much? It’s all because of the building blocks of your brain - neurons!

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Namrata Joshi

PhD Neuroscience

Namrata Joshi has a PhD in Neuroscience and works with Moffitt Cancer Center.
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Brain Architecture

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The human brain has many different parts. Each one plays a different function. But they all work together to manage complex thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

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How Sugar Affects the Brain

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Consuming sugary foods and drinks activates your brain’s reward system - the same system that can cause addiction.

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Clay-Adams Brain

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This brain model helped doctors better explain things to their patients. Learn about this Ingenium artifact and make your own version using 3D printing!

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Understanding the Teen Brain

STEM Explained

Teen brain development prepares teens for adulthood, but also affects their emotions.

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The Surprising Reason You Feel Awful When You're Sick

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Viruses can make you feel awful! This article explains how feeling bad might be your immune system’s way of helping you heal.

Is feeling always believing?

Is feeling always believing?

Hands-on Activities

Get your hands cold for science and explore the topic of sensory adaptation.

How fast can you react?

How fast can you react?

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What is a reflex? Test your reaction time and find out why reflexes are important in this challenge activity.

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How Snake Venom Kills… and Saves Lives

STEM Explained

Snake venom can be dangerous for your circulatory system, nervous system or muscular system. But it can also be very useful in medicine.