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Brain Building During Childhood

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Watch this video about brain building during childhood on HowStuffWorks. Every scientist and doctor agrees - give your child's brain a daily workout. Learn about brain building during childhood in this video from ScienCentral.

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Sensory Information During Childhood (1:27)

Watch this video about the importance of a variety of sensory inputs during childhood on HowStuffWorks. Sensory information during childhood is key for forming brain wiring that children will use as adults. Learn about exposing kids to a variety of... More »

Boosting Childhood Development in Malaysia (2:32)

Watch this UNICEF video about childhood development on HowStuffWorks. Because of the class system in Malaysia, nearly 80% of the "original people" - the lowest class - never finish secondary school. See how education helps society in this video from... More »

Emotional Face Processing Research (2:11)

Watch this video about Duke University's emotional face processing research on HowStuffWorks. New research from Duke University shows that children determine the emotion displayed on a stranger's face the same as adults do. See how emotional face... More »

Training Children's Attention (1:36)

Watch this video about training children's attention span on HowStuffWorks. Psychologists have created a game that can train the part of a child's brain connected to paying attention. See how this attention training works in this video from... More »

Brain Building During Childhood (1:32)

Watch this video about brain building during childhood on HowStuffWorks. Every scientist and doctor agrees - give your child's brain a daily workout. Learn about brain building during childhood in this video from ScienCentral.

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Is brain transplantation simply a science fiction creation? On The Science Channel's "10 Ways to Meet a Monster," watch as Dr. Robert White explains how he performed the first monkey brain transplant operation.

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Louis Pasteur's discovery of the germ theory marked the beginning of modern medicine. Learn more about Pasteur's germ theory on The Science Channel's "100 Greatest Discoveries."

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What's To Love: Dust Mites (0:49)

On Animal Planet's "What's to Love?" we learn about dust mites that live in your beds and eat your dead skin, sweat and saliva. They cannot be seen by the naked eye and are only visible when magnified 2,000 times.

Buggin' With Rudd: Dehydration (1:38)

Host Ruud Kleinpaste explains why water is more important than food when battling dehydration. Learn more about dehydration on Animal Planet's "Buggin' with Ruud".

Buggin with Ruud: Heat Shock (1:04)

During his quest to find the ultimate desert survivor, host Ruud Kleinpaste battles punishing desert heat. If left untreated, heat shock can develop and have lethal consequences. Find out more on Animal Planet's, "Buggin' with Ruud".

100 Greatest Discoveries: Penicillin (2:22)

Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin led to the first antibiotic, which became a cure for a variety of diseases. Learn more about penicillin on The Science Channel's "100 Greatest Discoveries."

What the Ancients Knew: Yoga in Practice (1:00)

Yoga's goals are to restore the flow of vital energy around the body. Learn more about yoga methods that were first developed in ancient India on The Science Channel's, "What the Ancients Knew" series.