Exhibitions – The Human Body

11 and over
Brain and Senses

Our brains in action – A guided tour

Engage in a flying tour of the brain to learn more about how brain cells communicate and operate in networks to enable us to think, remember, move and experience emotions.

8 and over
Brain and Senses
Technology

Who needs a brain?

Why do we need a brain? How do our brains work and can we use technology to control our brains? Find out with Professor Judith Pratt from the University of Strathclyde.

11 and over
Brain and Senses

Are you seizure smart?

Learn what epilepsy is, what happens inside the brain when someone has an epileptic seizure and what you can do to help, in this video from Epilepsy Connections.

8 and over
Brain and Senses

Sunny’s Story

Watch Sunny's Story from Epilepsy Connections and discover how you can help if someone near you has a seizure.

13 and over
Brain and Senses

The EnvironMental Issue

Discover the impacts on health as a result of climate change. How are people being affected already and how might that change in future.

11 and over
Brain and Senses

Meet your emotional homunculus

Meet your ‘Emotional Homunculus’ and learn how we see, act and react to the world around us is based on our emotions and the ways we’ve learned to react to things in the past.

11 and over
Brain and Senses

One vision

Our World Through a Lens - Using mobile phones to learn more about human colour vision.

11 and over
Brain and Senses
Vision and Hearing

Eye dissection

Our vision is something we all treasure. But what do you really know about the structure of your eyes? What are they made of? Let’s find out – time to watch the dissection of a lamb’s eye.

8 and over
Brain and Senses

Track The Ball

Can you keep your eye on the ball? Try some innovator training from our Idea No59 Exhibition to improve your critical thinking skills.

All Ages
Brain and Senses

A question of perception

How easy is it to trick our minds? Check out some examples of how we can bend our perception in this video!

All Ages
Brain and Senses

Proprioception

Have you heard of the sense of proprioception? Proprioception is how your body knows which position it is in and how it is moving.

All Ages
Brain and Senses

Taste along

What makes chillies so hot? Why do we still enjoy spicy things? Learn about tastes in this taste-a-long video!

All Ages
Brain and Senses

Sense-sational science

Can you tell what something is just by feeling it? How can our hands be hot and cold at the same time?