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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 November including:
A. November Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter was archived
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/news2611.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 December is "Brain and Life" at:
BrainandLife.org, sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, is a great place to get information about neurologic diseases and general brain health. The web site provides articles from the Brain & Life(R) magazine and has plenty of tips to keep your brain in tip-top shape. Make sure to check out the Brain Wonders section of the website and listen to the Brain & Life Podcast for the latest news about neurology.
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There is still time to enter the 2023 NEUROSCIENCE FOR KIDS DRAWING CONTEST. 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/contest23.html
The deadline for the contest is February 1, 2023. Good luck to everyone!__________________________________________________________
I'll be giving two public talks in the next few weeks and you are welcome to join. The first one will be at Town Hall Seattle on December 14, 2022. Unfortunately, this talk (free to anyone under the age of 22 years old) will be in-person only and Town Hall Seattle does not plan to record the presentation. The second presentation will be for Smithsonian Associates on January 26, 2023 and will be available online only. For more details, see:
Town Hall Seattle: https://townhallseattle.org/event/eric-h-chudler/
Smithsonian Associates: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/journey-into-brain
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International Brain Awareness Week will take place during March, 2023. 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. For 2023 BAW, we will host a Speakers Bureau with neuroscientists interested in sharing 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 website: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/bawspeakers.html
B. Teachers complete the online application form available on the Speakers Bureau website.
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 (chudler@uw.edu) if you have any questions about the UW BAW Speakers Bureau.
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My new book titled "Neuropedia" was published last month by Princeton University Press. Neuropedia explores the brain in a collection of short essays, presented in alphabetical order. I tried to including topics that provide readers with an overview of the brain, but of course, I could not include everything about the brain in the book. You can find more details about the book and read a few pages of Neuropedia on Amazon.com (click on the "Look Inside" button) and at the Princeton University Press website.
Neuropedia on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Neuropedia-Brief-Compendium-Brain-Phenomena/dp/0691213577/
Neuropedia on Princeton University Press: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691213576/neuropedia
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A. "Pain" is the cover story in NEW SCIENTIST magazine (November 19, 2022).
B. "Rethinking Neuroscience" is the cover story in THE SCIENTIST magazine (Fall, 2022).
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A. Dendrite Street is the name of a small road in Las Vegas (NV).
B. 1,014 people received doctoral degrees in neurobiology and neuroscience in 2021 (Source: National Science Foundation: https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23300/data-tables).
C. The stapedius muscle, located in the middle ear, is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body (Source: Prasad, K.C., Microsurgical anatomy of stapedius muscle: Anatomy revisited, redefined with potential impact in surgeries, Indian J. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg., 71:14-18, 2019).
D. Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack announced last month that she has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease).
E. According to a Research!America/Dana Foundation survey of U.S. adults, 82% of respondents said they know someone or have themselves experienced at least one brain disorder or mental health condition (Source: Research!America, Survey Finds Americans Curious and Optimistic About Brain Health Research, November 15, 2022; https://tinyurl.com/3veapcfy).
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Eric
Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.