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Neuroscience resources
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General
https://fr.brainpop.com/sciencesdelavie/cerveauettroublesneurologiques/
French science website. It has a great animation of neural transmission.

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/topic/brain-games

http://www.dana.org/neuroeducation/
This website includes resources useful for teaching specifically about the brain, including links to lesson plans and interactive child-friendly websites, as well as information and news (recent studies) on neuroscience education.
Big Picture Fast Facts.pdf
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Big Picture The Brain.pdf
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Science Says (Olympic games)
Some cool videos created by Science Says on the brain and athletic performance.
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvFsG9gYFxY_tkY6avqT_8rMV3_CxuECh

Memory
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/
A site with some student friendly memory articles and resources.​
Stroop Task
stroop poster - English.pdf
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stroop poster - French.pdf
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A kid-friendly (i.e. 4th grade) version of the Stroop task. 
History of neurosciences
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/hist.html

Pictures/animations of brain, neurons etc.
http://www.g2conline.org/2022
3D rendered brain which can be used to highlight various structures.

Case study
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvck
For a good collection of interesting anecdotes about various curious brain pathologies try listening to this lecture series by the mighty Rhamachandran.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ4shANmIN8
A reporter with aphasia due to migraines.

Illusions
McGurk effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0
Another video of the same effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUf0672xAOU
For Francophones (the effect has to be with phonemes from your language) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xi2di_l-effet-mcgurk_school

Shepard tone illusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugriWSmRxcM
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