The Brain with Dr Sam

Brain Science: 104 Year old Sister Matthia remained quick witted and sharp until right before her death. As a participant in a landmark...

Brain Science: Although it’s normal for brainpower to decline as people age, it’s not inevitable. Some people remain cognitively sharp...

Brain Science: Brain-scan technology reveals aging can cause the brain to shrink. Nerve tracts in the brain shrivel, making the...

Brain Science ·         Let's do a little review: o        Memory is created by some input stimulus of the thymus and subsequent...

Above are three pictures of the brain at various stages. Note the growth of the dark areas of the brain over time. Remember the song...

As can be seen from the chart above, chances are, if we live long enough, we will experience some form of cognitive impairment. The chart...

Brain Science: Cognition, as we have noted, is a term referring to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension....

Brain Science: In 1848, twenty five year old Phineas Gage was working on the construction of a railroad in Cavendish, Vermont. As he was...

10. Cognition Brain Science: We now are going to add all these synapse, dendrites, Neurons, networks, pathways and whatever else happens...

Brain Science: In our last message we mentioned that we would talk about what is happening at the biochemical level.  This will help us...

Brain Science: So much of what we have been exposed to these past few weeks has been based in the basic emotion of FEAR. The Russians are...

7. How your Brain Remembers (memory) Brain Science: It is common knowledge that our memories work on two different levels: short term and...

(This piece is about all the pathways in the brain forming connections that mean something.) The above image pictures the brain as a...

Brain Science: This piece is about the world of images of the brain (and other body parts). This is a picture of a brain actually firing...

Science often uses models to explain theories or concepts which can not be seen or are difficult to see. We used the tree to help us...

Brain Science: A cell (Presynaptic cell) transmits an electrical impulse (memory bits) through its axon and across its synapse into the...

Lets start our journey on learning the brain with the composition of a brain cell.