Personality: all about me
The 100 billion cells that make up the brain communicate electrically over 1,000 trillion neural connections at up to 250 miles per hour - and from this sparking of electrical power grows the personality and its behavior. This program explores how p...
Understanding bacteria:
How do benign bacteria work? How are infectious bacteria fought? And how are scientists adapting both types of bacteria to good - or evil - uses? This program answers those questions through the observations and insights of Stanley Falkow, president...
Understanding the dream world: moving beyond Freud
A century after the debut of Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams, the neurobiological approach to understanding the subconscious is yielding to an integrated psycho-bio-sociological model. Following a concise overview of Freudian theory, NewsHour c...
Organizing quantitative data
This video focuses on effective ways to understand and organize data using descriptive statistics. Analyzing data collected from studies of young music students, the video helps viewers sort through basic data-interpretation concepts: measures of ce...
Animated neuroscience and the action of nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana in the brain
Using sophisticated 3-D animation, this program, divided into two parts, takes viewers on a journey deep into the brain to study the effects of the three substances. The first part illustrates the major functions of the brain and shows how its princ...
Metalloids
Sometimes acting as metals and sometimes as nonmetals, the metalloids may be the strangest and most useful group of elements on the periodic table. Segments in this program include Exploring Metalloids (properties of the metalloids); Boron: Pyrotech...
Einstein made relatively easy
Introducing EinSteinchen, an animated techno-Einstein who has a genius for explaining physics. In section one, this likable know-it-all elucidates 12 essential topics in 90-second segments that are perfect for launching lectures or illustrating conc...
Digestion
This program provides a thorough introduction to the structure and functions of the digestive tract. Using modern body-imaging techniques, the program explores where fat is located and how its distribution within the body differs from person to pers...
Taste
This program explores the biological reasons why humans have the most amazing sense of taste on the planet. Persuading a family raised on Chinese food to try ripe Stilton cheese and a group of gourmet cheese lovers to try a Chinese delicacy of ferme...
Skeletal system: the infrastructure
This program explores the skeletal system, with an emphasis on its importance in providing structure and support for the body. Topics include how the skeletal and muscular systems work together to enable movement; the relationship between joints and...