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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 April including:
A. April Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter was archived
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/news2404.html
B. New Neuroscience in the News
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/inthenews.html
C. More 2020 NeuroCalendars
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurocal.html
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The Neuroscience for Kids "Site of the Month" for May is "Akiyoshi's Illusion Pages" at:
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html
Visual illusion web sites have been previous Neuroscience for Kids "Site of the Month" selections and I have another one for you this month: a site created by Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka from Ritsumeikan University (Osaka, Japan). I consider Professor Kitaoka to be a master of the visual illusion because of the many amazing images he has discovered.
The site starts with a warning: some of the pictures may make you dizzy or even cause epileptic seizures. So, beware! If you are prone to seizures, do not go to this site.
Professor Kitaoka has collected hundreds of illusions. I suggest that you just hunt around the site for your favorite illusion. A title and short explanation of what you should see is located below each illusion. For many of the images, you might not believe the explanation. If this happens, look for a way to test the explanation. For example, get a ruler to ensure that the lines you see are straight and not bent. I think if you are confused and puzzled by an image and can find a way to understand what you see, then you have found a great illusion.
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Do you make videos? Do you like neuroscience? Do you like prizes? If the answers to these questions are “yes, yes and yes” then I have a contest for you. The Society for Neuroscience is requesting videos for its Brain Awareness Video Contest. The contest is open to everyone, although non-members must have their videos submitted by a Society member. Entries are due by midnight, June 10, 2020. There is no cost to enter. For more details about the contest, see:
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/programs-and-events/bavc-rules-and-guidelines
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If you don't want to enter a video contest, perhaps you would be interested in a writing contest. The International Neuroethics Society and the International Youth Neuroscience Association are looking for entries for their 2020 Neuroethics Essay Contest. The contest is open to high school students and the deadline for entry submissions is July 10, 2020. See the rules at:
https://www.neuroethicssociety.org/essay-call
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https://raddadrules.com/discover-how-to-easily-teach-neuroscience-to-your-kids/
and watch the video here:
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The same people who stage the USA Science & Engineering Festival are now producing an online X-STEM conference for kids on May 13-19, 2020. The conference will feature speakers from difference scientific backgrounds including climate change and conservation, health and medicine, space exploration, and women in STEM.
The conference is free, but you must register. Sign up and find out more about the conference at:
https://usasciencefestival.org/x-stem-all-access-2020/
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A. "The Stress Fix" is the cover story in the May 2020 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MIND.
B. The May 2020 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN has several articles, including the cover story, about Alzheimer's disease.
C. The Spring 2020 issue of CEREBRUM has been published by the Dana Foundation; available online at: https://dana.org/explore-neuroscience/cerebrum/
D. "This is Your Brain on Tech" and "Growing Up Wired" (DISCOVER magazine, May, 2020).
E. "Coming of Age with Autism" (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine, May, 2020).
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This month's trivia are all from the Winter 2020 issue of CEREBRUM: https://cerebrum.dana.org/view/617165/.
A. 10 seconds: time it takes for nicotine to enter the brain after smoking a cigarette.
B. 20%: percentage of people in the US who suffer from anxiety disorders.
C. 200: number of failed Alzheimer's disease drug trials.
D. 400,000: number of people in the world who have brain implants (most are to treat Parkinson's disease.
E. 24 million: number of people in the US who suffer from sleep apnea and don't know it.
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Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.
(e-mail: chudler@u.washington.edu)
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