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New! 10 Things You Should Know about Sleep
Item# 40707
© 2009
50 Min.
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Even though many experts recommend eight hours of sleep a night, getting that much rest often seems impossible. This program offers ten scientific ways to get quality sleep, and more of it. These tech...
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New! The Brain Fitness Program
Item# 40881
© 2009
60 Min.
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A person who is 50 years old today has a good chance of living into his or her mid-80s-but with that longevity comes a higher likelihood of a decline in brain function as life nears its end. With this...
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The Secret Life of Your Body Clock
Item# 40568
© 2009
49 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-902-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-903-8
Ticking away inside the human body are the timepieces that govern our daily and seasonal lives. This program shows how these biological clocks dictate physiological behavior-determining when our brain...
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The Endocrine System
Item# 39512
© 2009
21 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-437-8
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-438-5
After an introductory segment contrasting the human endocrine and nervous systems, this program addresses the complex physiology of the endocrine system. Topics include the endocrine organs and glands...
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The Nervous System and the Senses
Item# 39513
© 2009
21 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-439-2
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-440-8
This program discusses the development, organization, and functions of the nervous system and the input organs that stimulate it. Beginning with an introductory overview of neural anatomy, the video o...
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New! Brain Fitness2: Sight and Sound
Item# 40882
© 2008
60 Min.
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As people get older, the information they receive from their eyes and ears becomes degraded and the brain's ability to make sense of that information slows, putting elderly people in jeopardy of losin...
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New! The Hunt for Our Thoughts
Item# 40631
© 2008
27 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-250-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-249-8
"Who should have access to our thoughts, and to what degree?" This program presents some of the current scientific research on the thought processes of the human brain, with special attention paid to...
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New! Brainpower
Item# 40714
© 2008
44 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-282-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-281-8
The driving force behind the human body-and the reason we are sometimes able to perform seemingly miraculous physical feats-is the brain. This program shows how different parts of the brain can help t...
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New! Sensation
Item# 40715
© 2008
24 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-284-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-283-2
Despite the brain's importance, it can't function without a complex system of sensors less than one-twentieth of an inch beneath the skin. This program guides viewers through the various gateways to t...
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New! Sight
Item# 40716
© 2008
44 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-286-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-285-6
Since nearly 80 percent of what we know about our surroundings comes from our eyes, vision has been called the king of senses. This program examines the importance of human vision as well as new resea...
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