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vidyasaravanapandian March 14, 2023March 13, 2023 Brain Awareness Week, career exploration, Education, Events, Outreach

Brain Awareness Week: Joining Forces to Solve the Puzzle

By Vidya Saravanapandian Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is an annual event celebrated across the world to increase public awareness of brain research and to inspire the younger generation to pursue… Read More

Learning and Memory Neuro Primer

Anne-Laure Le Cunff June 8, 2022March 23, 2023 Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive performance, Education, Learning, Memory, Working memory

Neuro Primer: Working Memory Capacity

The brain has three broad types of memory: sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory. Sensory memory briefly holds unprocessed information retained in the sensory system; working memory temporarily stores… Read More

Artificial Intelligence Big Ideas Collaborations Did You Know?Interviews Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies

Sean Noah October 13, 2020February 18, 2021 Computational, Computational Biology, Education, mathematics, Neuromatch Academy, Skill learning

Neuroscience Education in the Time of COVID-19: An Interview with Dr. Megan Peters about Neuromatch Academy

In March 2020, my research stopped. The cognitive neuroscience lab where I work was shuttered because our research involves collecting behavioral and neuroimaging data from human participants – something impermissible… Read More

Neuro News

Kate Fehlhaber November 7, 2016June 30, 2017 Award, Education, Interview, Neuroscience, Neuroscience 2016, Next Generation Award, Outreach, SciArt, SciComm, SfN, SfN16, Society for Neuroscience

We won an award!

We are excited to announce that we received the Society for Neuroscience 2016 Next Generation Award. This award recognizes SfN chapter members who have made outstanding contributions to public communication,… Read More

52 Brain Facts

knowingneurons November 23, 2015 52 Brain Facts, Brain, Breathe, Education, Energy, Fact, Myth, Neuroscience, Oxygen

Myth or Fact? The brain's energy consumption is small compared to other organs.

Neuro News SfN 2014

Kate Fehlhaber October 8, 2014March 5, 2017 Annual Meeting, Education, Infographic, Neuroscience, SfN, SfN14, Society for Neuroscience

Get Ready for #SfN14 with #KnowingNeurons

This is an exciting time for neuroscience! The Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine was just awarded to three neuroscientists “for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system… Read More

Brain Awareness Week 2014 Knowing Neurons

Brain Basics Neuro News

Kate Fehlhaber March 11, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, BAW, Brain, Brain Awareness Week, CrashCourse, Dana, Education, Fun, Global, Neuroscience, Physchology, Research

This Week is Brain Awareness Week

Every year, people all over the world get together to celebrate the brain! During Brain Awareness Week, scientists, families, schools, and communities work to raise public awareness about the progress… Read More