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Welcome to the Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter.
In this issue:
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Neuroscience for Kids had several new additions in October including:
A. October Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter was archived
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/news2210.html
B. Neuroscience in the News
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/inthenews.html
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The Neuroscience for Kids "Site of the Month" for November is "Neuroscience Through the Ages Online Interactive Timeline" at:
https://www.historyofneuroscience.com/
In this month's Site of the Month, graduate students at the University of British Columbia and the University of Calgary have teamed up to create timelines that show the history and basics of neuroscience in a fun way. Using cartoons, the students display the advances in neuroscience in colorful drawings and simple language.
The site is very easy to navigate: just click on the "CLICK HERE" button to open a new page with all of the featured events on a single timeline. When you click on one of the images on the timeline, you will be sent to another page with a cartoon about a neuroscientist and the discovery associated with the person. As of October 31, 2018, there were only 10 events (cartoons) on the timeline with the earliest event about Charles Darwin and the most recent event about Brenda Milner. The students have plans to add more cartoons to their site. There are so many interesting and important discoveries in neuroscience -- it will be interesting to see which events the students decide to add to their timeline.
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Get out your pencils, pens and markers! The 2019 NEUROSCIENCE FOR KIDS DRAWING CONTEST is now open to students in kindergarten through high school, teachers and parents. Use your imagination to draw a picture about the nervous system and you might win a prize. The complete set of rules and the official entry form for the contest are available at:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/contest19.html
Good luck to everyone!
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Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is a yearly event to promote the public and personal benefits of brain research. As part of international BAW at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA), you are invited to an Open House on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.
The Brain Awareness Week Open House will include an interactive group assembly about the brain and hands-on exhibits that highlight different aspects of brain research. Because of the high interest in the Open House and limited space available, we must restrict the number of people who can attend. Additional information (parking instructions, etc.) will be sent to the classes that are selected to attend.
For more information about UW BAW Open House, contact Dr. Eric H. Chudler (e-mail: chudler@u.washington.edu) or visit the UW BAW web page at:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/baw.html
If you would like to attend the Open House, please complete the online application located at:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/chudler/362655
Those teachers and classes selected to attend the Open House will be notified no later than February 1, 2019.
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Although it may seem as if summer 2018 has just ended, now is the time to plan for summer 2019. There are many summer opportunities for students and teachers who want to fill their brains with information about the brain. Some of these programs charge for tuition, but some programs offer scholarships and others pay you to participate. Application deadlines are coming up, so don't wait to apply.
For high school students:
For undergraduate students:
For middle and high school teachers:
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A. The November 2018 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MIND magazine is now available with articles about personality and consciousness.
B. "Nerves of an escape artist" by Robert Frederick (AMERICAN SCIENTIST, November-December, 2018).
C. "A shortcut to the brain" by Katie L. Burke (AMERICAN SCIENTIST, November-December, 2018).
D. "Sleep learning" is the cover story of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (November, 2018).
E. The winners of the 2018 Best Illusion of the Year Contest have been announced by the Neural Correlate Society. See the winning entries:
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A. Paul Allen, who established the Allen Institute for Brain Science in 2003, passed away last month on October 15, 2018.
B. Last month, retired US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor revealed that she has been diagnosed with the early stages of dementia.
C. Although loud noises at athletic and entertainment events can cause hearing damage, only 8% of the adults in a recent survey reported that they consistently used hearing protection devices (e.g., ear plugs or ear muffs) at these places. (Source: Eichwald J, Scinicariello F, Telfer JL, Carroll YI. Use of Personal Hearing Protection Devices at Loud Athletic or Entertainment Events Among Adults -- United States, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:1151-1155. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6741a4.)
D. November is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Epilepsy Awareness Month.
E. The volumes of the human, dog, and goat olfactory bulbs, respectively, are 0.06 cubic centimeters, 0.18 cubic centimeters, and 0.17 cubic centimeters (Source: Kavoi, B.M. and Jameela, H., Comparative morphometry of the olfactory bulb, tract, and stria in the human, dog, and goat. Int. J. Morphol. 29, 939-946, 2011.)
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Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.
(e-mail: chudler@u.washington.edu)
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