Come and celebrate Brain Awareness Week at the Potluck Dinner at Jim and Ute's place on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 6 pm.
More information here: http://www.bcimensa.com/potluck/
Brain Awareness Week is March 12-18, 2018.
It was founded and coordinated by The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. http://www.dana.org/baw/
News and views on what's happening in the world of brain science, neuroethics, and education from The Dana Foundation: https://danablog.org/
"I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body . . .
Then I realized who was telling me this." ~ Emo Phillips
Then I realized who was telling me this." ~ Emo Phillips
For those who wish to explore further:
- The Society for Neuroscience has partnered with The Dana Alliance for Brain Awareness Week and provides a number of useful resources:
http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/51122.htm - Selection of articles and brain teasers to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2018:
https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2018/03/09/selection-of-articles-and-brain-teasers-to-celebrate-brain-awareness-week-2018/ - Debunking 10 Brain Fitness and Brain Health Myths:
https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2013/03/11/debunking-10-brain-fitness-and-brain-training-myths-during-brain-awareness-week-2013 - Can you grow your hippocampus? Yes. Here’s how, and why it matters:
https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2015/11/04/can-you-grow-your-hippocampus-yes-heres-how-and-why-it-matters/ - And for those who might wonder if wikipedia has anything useful to say about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Awareness_Week
"If the brain were so simple we could understand it . . .
we would be so simple we couldn't." ~ Lyall Watson
we would be so simple we couldn't." ~ Lyall Watson