The Human Brain

Brainscape's brain anatomy flashcards give you a fast, engaging way to master the physical, biological, chemical, and emotional building blocks of the human brain.

These flashcards cover all the essential terminology and concepts that help you understand how your mind operates. Whether you’re schooling up on the brain to pass a biology exam, prepare for med school, or just learn about what makes you tick (physiologically speaking), this adaptive study tool makes complex material easier to retain and recall.

With Brainscape's smart repetition system, you’ll learn more effectively and stay motivated throughout your study journey.

Brain Anatomy Flashcards Covering Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Mammalian Brain

The brain is the CPU of your body—it regulates our body, our thoughts, and our feelings—and yet the average human knows staggeringly little about how it works. Yes, the brain is a complex and often mysterious organ...but you can unravel the fascinating science behind this essential organ with Brainscape’s brain anatomy flashcards.

Explore the different parts of the brain in these 12 decks of 400 flashcards, covering topics that range from brain anatomy basics, neurotransmitters, mental disorders, and memory and learning to the nervous system, language, pleasure and pain, and emotions (and more). These brain anatomy flashcards will equip you with a solid understanding of the human brain and how it works to create and regulate everything that you are!

How Brainscape’s ‘Parts of the Brain’ flashcards help you learn faster and remember for longer

The brain is hardwired to learn and remember information a certain way. The Brainscape™ flashcard app was born out of the question: what if we leveraged this hardwiring to help students learn more efficiently? Fueled by curiosity, our team of cognitive scientists from Columbia and Yale spent years developing a scientifically optimized learning platform to boost your learning.

Our "secret sauce" is a learning algorithm that delivers information to your brain in a way that optimizes its ability to retain that information. And it’s the spaced repetition of brain anatomy content at precisely the right interval for YOUR brain that makes Brainscape so effective for remembering the facts.

With Brainscape’s ‘Parts of the Brain’ flashcards, you get:

• 400+ Flashcards across 12 decks that are stocked full of excellent content on the many facets of the brain.
• Easy access to study online or in Brainscape's mobile apps for iOS and Android.
• A spaced repetition learning system customized to your pace of learning.
• Bookmark tools to make it easy to quiz yourself and your classmates.
• Lots of scores, analytics, and progress metrics so you can easily track your studies and build good study habits.
• Social features and leaderboards to see how your progress compares to other people around the world.

Additional free resources for students learning about the human brain:

• Read: Optimize your brain health for effective studying.
• Watch: How to hack your brain health to study more effectively
• Explore: Brainscape’s YouTube channel for advice on how to optimize your studying so you get more done in less time and with even less anxiety.
• Get: Brainscape’s free, editable study planners and exam countdown sheets.

So dive in and start learning more about the computer between your ears!