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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 July including:
A. July Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter was archived
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/news2607.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 August is the "Dog Aging Project" at:
According to the Project researchers are also interested in the intelligence of dogs and how a dog's cognitive state changes over time.
The web site of the Dog Aging Project has descriptions of its research in a blog and list of media coverage (click on Stories). For more details about the Dog Aging Project's work, you can read the project's scientific publications and ask for project data (click on Research). You might even want to get involved with the Dog Aging Project as a citizen scientist by nominating your dog as a participant. As a citizen scientist you would complete surveys about your dog and provide a sample of your dog's saliva for genetic testing.
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Head to a museum before summer is over. Several new exhibits offer brainy entertainment including:
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Air travel has picked up in 2022 and the number of people flying is nearly the rate as that in 2019. Perhaps you took a flight this summer and noticed the crowds of fellow travelers.
To help people who are stressed by the hustle and bustle of air travel, several airports around the world have created "sensory rooms" to calm the senses and help people relax. Sensory rooms can be especially useful for people with autism or other conditions that may cause them to feel overwhelmed by the sights and sounds of a busy airport. A sensory room is constructed with lights, artwork and furniture in a way to reduce sensory overload, decrease stress and produce a feeling of calm.
Learn more about the sensory rooms in the following cities:
Portland, OR | London (Gatwick), England | Seattle, WA | Atlanta, GA | Pittsburgh, PA | Allentown, PA | Dublin, Ireland
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A. "The Brain Cartographer (AMERICAN SCIENTIST, July - August, 2022).
B. "How Animals Perceive the World (THE ATLANTIC, July - August, 2022).
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A. Actor Brad Pitt has revealed that he suffers from face blindness.
B. Actress Emilia Clarke suffered from two brain aneurysms in 2011 (source: Clarke, E., A Battle for My Life, The New Yorker, March 21, 2019) and singer Joni Mitchell suffered from a brain aneurysm in 2015.
C. Helene Li (Canada) was the winner of the 2022 International Brain Bee competition for high school students. Anmol Bhatia (USA) came in second and third place went to Ugne Birstonaite (Lithuania).
D. Injuries caused by e-scooters resulted in an estimated 70,644 visits to emergency departments in the US from 2014 to 2019. Injuries to the head accounted for 27.1% of all injuries and 50% of the head injuries likely included a traumatic brain injury (Source: Farley, K.X., et al. Estimated incidence of electric scooter injuries in the US from 2014 to 2019, JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(8):e2014500. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.14500).
E. Researchers from the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto have discovered fossils that contain the brain and nervous system of a 500 million year old marine animal named Stanleycaris (Source: Moysiuik, J. and Caron, J-B., A three-eyed radiodont with fossilized neuroanatomy informs the origin of the arthropod head and segmentation, Current Biology, 32, 1-15, 2022).
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Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.