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About the Virtual Walk-Through Brain
Travel within an exciting human brain made for you, on the Internet. Take a bike tour of love circuits..and learn how the brain works!
We want to make a gorgeous, exciting video game-- a tour of the brain-- on a website for all curious people, from kids to adults. We will feature brain basics for audiences as varied as those in high school, or medical school, or curious adults of any educational background. We begin with the brain circuits for romance, attachment and lust, as these are likely to intrigue people of all ages. As Eric Kandel recently wrote in the New York Times, "In years to come, this increased understanding of the physical workings of our brain…will give us new insights into who we are as human beings."
Why will individuals take the brain tour? Because they are curious to learn about themselves--their thoughts, feelings, cravings and motivations--and how the brain works.
What will people learn? 1) Basic neuroanatomy: the lobes and major divisions of the brain; terms, including neuron, glial cell, gyrus and sulcus; and different types of neurons. 2) Basic physiology and pharmacology: what synapses and receptors look like and how they function, as well as the names and locations of the major neurotransmitters, including dopamine and oxytocin. 3) Basic brain functions: the reward/motivation system; the systems for memory, cognition, vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch; and the systems for the basic drives, including hunger and thirst, and voluntary and involuntary movement. 4) The neural origins of some diseases, addictions and disorders.
Interested in buying a T Shirt to help support the Virtual Walk-Through Brain Project?
We now have T Shirts available for sale to help support the Virtual Walk-Through Brain Project. Price of each shirt is $25 including shipping in the US. All proceeds go to support the Virtual Walk-Through Brain.
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