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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 June including:
A. June Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter was archived
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/news2706.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/
D. Migraine vs Headache
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/migraine.html
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The Neuroscience for Kids "Site of the Month" for July is "Mentoring in Neuroscience Discovery at Sinai (MiNDS)" at:
Staff and students at the Friedman Brain Institute (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY) created MiNDS to make "neuroscience education more engaging and accessible to the public." With in-person, virtual and online content, MiNDS is full of ideas to make learning about neuroscience fun.
Visit the "Education & Media" page to download lessons about the brain, neurons and senses. This page also directs you to the MiNDS podcast, videos and BrainFacts. At the MiNDS blog, you can read short articles about brainy topics such as synesthesia, glial cells, memory and exercise. Finally, if you are in New York City in March, make sure to stop by the MiNDS Brain Awareness Week Event.
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As many Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter readers know, BrainWorks is a video series that I have been working on for many years. Earlier this year, the latest episode of BrainWorks, "Vision and the Brain," was nominated for a Northwest Emmy Award. On June 3, 2023, I attended the NW EMMY Awards Ceremony where winners were announced.
I had been to the NW Emmy Award event before so I knew that some attendees wear tuxedos at the gala. However, the best I could do was a black suit, black tie and white shirt. When I entered the venue, I saw tables set for about 300 people and large screens that covered the entire wall of the studio. After dinner, the awards show started.
The award in the Children/Youth/Teens category, where BrainWorks was nominated, was announced about 15 minutes into the show. My heart started to beat a little faster when the names of the nominees were read. Then the master of ceremonies said, "And the Emmy goes to..." and a clip from BrainWorks was projected for everyone in the audience to see. We had won!
You can read an article about the award for BrainWorks and see a clip from the awards ceremony here:
https://bioe.uw.edu/eric-chudlers-brainworks-receives-a-2023-northwest-emmy-award/
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https://alleninstitute.org/events/open-science-sticker-contest/
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Last month I gave an online talk during the York Festival of Ideas program. About 60 people joined this free presentation. The organizers of the event recorded my talk and have posted it on YouTube:
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A. "Do Insects Feel Joy and Pain?" (SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, July, 2023).
B. "Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact" (SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, July 2023).
C. "Brain Training Secrets" is the cover story of the July-August 2023 issue of DISCOVER magazine.
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A. Goats, sheep, cows and horses sleep only 3.8 to 4.0 hours each day (Source: Greening, L. and McBride, S. A review of equine sleep: Implications for equine welfare, Front Vet Sci. 2022 Aug 17;9:916737. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.916737).
B. Hummingbirds have an excellent spatial memory and they have a relatively larger hippocampus than other birds (Source: Ward, B.J. et al., Hummingbirds have a greatly enlarged hippocampal formation, Biol Lett., 8:657-659, 2012).
C. As we age, our ability to remember dreams decreases (Source: Mangiaruga, A. et al., Spotlight on dream recall: the ages of dreams, Nat. Sci. Sleep., 10:1-12, 2018).
D. Daily naps may slow brain shrinkage as we age (Source: Paz, V. et al., Is there an association between daytime napping, cognitive function, and brain volume? A Mendelian randomization study in the UK Biobank, Sleep Health, available online June 20, 2023).
E. "It is within my brain, then, in the wonderful neurons which make up the gray cortex of the cerebrum, that I not only think but feel." - Frances Gulick Jewett, from Control of Body and Mind, 1908.
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Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.