While the pupillary light reflex is predominantly controlled by the parasympathetic nervous system, the sympathetic nervous system also plays a vital role in regulating pupil size. The balance between ...

The control and coordination in human beings take place through nervous system and hormonal system which is called endocrine system. The five sense organs in our body, eyes, ears, nose, tongue and ...

The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE biology students studying homeostasis, the nervous system, the reflex arc, the brain and the eye. If you struggled with the quiz, don't panic - we've ...

Stimuli are changes in our environment that we respond to and are detected by receptors. Different receptors are sensitive to different stimuli (eg receptors in the eye are sensitive to light). A ...

AN interesting connexion is to be found between two recent conceptions of the nervous system, in its development and function. Pavlov's work indicates that the function of the cerebral cortex is the ...

Swaddle blankets soothe the startle reflex, support regulation, and make bedtime more predictable. Here's how to swaddle ...

New research from Stanford and Seoul University has lead to the development of an artificial sensor system that potentially can act like skin for prosthetics and robots. Prosthetics limbs have seen ...