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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 March including:
A. March Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter was archived
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/news2803.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. New Neurocalendars
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurocal.html
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The Neuroscience for Kids "Site of the Month" for April is the "Institute of Neuroethics" at:
https://instituteofneuroethics.org/The Institute of Neuroethics (IoNx) was created to better understand the ethical challenges associated with our growing knowledge of the brain and how society will interact with this new knowledge. The IoNx web site describes its four major activities: 1) Convene: meetings to discuss neuroethical issues; 2) Research: investigation into neuroethical questions; 3) Engage and Activate: public outreach and 4) Train and Empower: creation of tools to help others better understand neuroethics. On the Nx Guidance tab of the web site you will find many useful documents that guide the efforts of IoNx. These documents might give you some ideas for the Neuroethics Essay Contest (see below).
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The International Neuroethics Society and the International Youth Neuroscience Association are sponsoring a Neuroethics Essay Contest for high school students, secondary school students, post-secondary student, and postdoctoral fellows. Essays can cover any field of neuroethics where neuroscience intersects with society (for example, law, medicine, philosophy and psychology). Winners will receive cash prizes. The deadline for submissions is July 5, 2024, 11:30 p.m. EDT. More details and the submission entry portal:
https://neuroethicsessaycontest.com/call/
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The Allen Institute is holding the 2024 Open Science Sticker Contest for people ages 5-14 years old. Stickers should be designed around the theme "Celebrating Team Science: the power of collaboration and sharing in science." The winner of the contest will receive a set of stickers featuring the winning design and Allen Institute promotional items. Submit your sticker design by June 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. PST. More details and the submission entry portal:
https://alleninstitute.org/events/open-science-sticker-contest-24/
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Enter a video to highlight neuroscience in the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual Brain Awareness Video Contest. Videos should not be longer than 5 minutes. If you are not a member of the SfN, you must find a SfN member to sponsor your submission (use the SfN "Find a Neuroscientist" database). There are some big prizes for the winners:
Entries must be submitted by May 29, 2024, 11:59 pm, PST. Contest rules and guidelines:
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/programs-and-events/brain-awareness-video-contest
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A. "Hacking Dreams Could Help People Heal" (SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, March, 2024).
B. "What the Quest to Build a Truly Intelligent Machine Is Teaching Us" (SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, April, 2024).
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A. Artist Georgia O'Keeffe (born: 1887; died: 1986) suffered from macular degeneration and failing vision later in her life. Even with diminishing eyesight, O'Keeffe, with the help of assistants, continued to paint using her memory (Source: https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe).
B. Yoga may help preserve cognitive function in older adult (Source: Grzenda, A. et al., Cognitive and immunological effects of yoga compared to memory training in older women at risk for Alzheimer's disease, Transl Psychiatry, 14, 96, 2024).
C. Surface area of the human cerebellar cortex = 1,590 square cm (Source: Sereno et al., The human cerebellum has almost 80% of the surface area of the neocortex, PNAS, 117:19538-19543, 2020).
D. Length of the optic nerve = 50 mm (Source: Kanski, J.J., Clinical Ophthalmology, 6th ed., Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2007).
E. Astronauts with no prior history of headaches sometimes experience migraine and tension-type headaches during space flights (Source: Willebrordus P.J., et al., Frequency and clinical features of space headache experienced by astronauts during long-haul space flights. Neurology, 2024; 102 (7) DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209224/).
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Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.