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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 February including:
A. February Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter was archived
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/news2602.html
B. New Neuroscience in the News
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/inthenews.html
C. Visit or follow my Instagram site with neuroscience facts and trivia:
https://www.instagram.com/ericchudler/
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The Neuroscience for Kids "Site of the Month" for March is "NeuroArt" at:
NeuroArt, developed by MBF Bioscience, is an online gallery of beautiful images of the brain and nervous system. Researchers from around the world have contributed photographs and drawings to illustrate the brain from different perspectives. Some of the images use specialized neuroanatomical staining or tracing methods to show the structure of nerve cells while others images use neuroimaging to show brain activity. Most of the images have a short description of what is shown in each picture.
I suggest that you browse through NeuroArt like a real art museum. Look through the gallery and then pause and examine the images you find most interesting.
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The 2022 Neuroscience for Kids Poetry Contest was a great success and winners have been sent their prizes. Thank you to everyone who participated. A total of 233 poems were submitted by people from 20 states in the United States and 6 different countries. Winning poems should appear in the Spring 2022 issue of Cerebrum magazine:
https://dana.org/explore-neuroscience/cerebrum/
The Neuroscience for Kids Drawing Contest will start in October, 2022.
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High school students can enter the Neuroethics Essay Contest, sponsored by the International Neuroethics Society and the International Youth Neuroscience Association.. Winners will receive a free 1-year INS student membership ($30 value) and a $250 prize. The contest also has a separate submission category for general audiences and academics. The deadline for entries is July 1, 2022. Contest rules are available at:
https://neuroethicsessaycontest.com/call/
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International Brain Awareness Week will take place next month in March. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with the necessity for many health and safety precautions, makes it impossible to plan and host large groups of people for Brain Awareness Week (BAW) events at the University of Washington this year. Last year I hosted a large virtual "Open House," but this year I have something else in mind. This year, 2022 UW BAW will have a Speakers Bureau with neuroscientists interested to share their passion for brain research with others in smaller groups. Presenters in the Speakers Bureau will be matched with teachers for virtual or possibly in-person classroom presentations.
Here is the way the Speakers Bureau works:
A. Teachers visit the Speakers Bureau web site: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/bawspeakers.html
B. Teachers complete the online application form available on the Speakers Bureau web site.
C. I connect teachers with a potential speaker. Speakers are responsible for developing their own presentations, but I'll help them if they need it.
D. Arrangements (e.g., date, time, virtual/in-person, place) are made between the presenter and teacher.
If there is a high demand for speakers, I may not be able to match all teachers/classes with a presenter, but I'll try my best. Please let me know if you have any questions about the UW BAW Speakers Bureau.
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A. "Secrets of the Mind" is the title of the Winter 2022 special issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN magazine. This issue is filled with great articles about brain research and consciousness.
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A. The pupils in the eyes of frogs and toads come in seven main shapes: vertical slits, horizontal slits, diamonds, circles, triangles, fans and inverted fans (Source: Cervino Nadia G., et al., A closer look at pupil diversity and evolution in frogs and toads, Proc. R. Soc. B.2882021140220211402).
B. Brain Awareness Week is this month, March 14-20, 2022.
C. National Football League athletes have a rate of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; Lou Gehrig’s Disease) four times higher than the general male population (Source: Daneshvar, D.H., et al., Incidence of and mortality from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in National Football League athletes, JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(12):e2138801. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.38801).
D. Otto Loewi was nominated for a Nobel Prize in 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, and 1935 before winning the award (with Sir Henry Dale) in 1936 for his discoveries about chemical transmission of nerve impulses. (Source: The Nobel Prize, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1936/loewi/facts/).
E. Brain is the name of an area in eastern France, about 100 miles southeast of Paris.
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Eric
Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.