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Getting People Talking: Promoting Public Engagement with Neuroethics
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Neuroscience & Society
Building Trust, Breaking Down Barriers to Co-Creating the Future of Neuroscience
At a panel during the 2023 AAAS annual meeting, researchers presented several successful pilot projects that offer models for drawing non-scientists into the conversation about how science is created, applied, and given priority.
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Neuroscience & Society
Inside the Brain: Knowable Series Launch
Supported by the Dana Foundation, Knowable Magazine and Annual Reviews will present a series of free online events exploring how the latest brain research can help us thrive across the lifespan.
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Neuroscience & Society
Misinformation Epidemic Raises Stakes for Solutions
Can cognitive-training tools equip people to resist fake news? Are top-down measures necessary? Neuroscientists help sort out what could work.
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Neuroscience & Society
Can Social Prescriptions Improve Cognitive and Mental Health?
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Neuroscience & Society
Survey Finds Brain Health is a Top Priority for Americans
An executive overview of the recent Dana Foundation / Research!America survey of American’s views on the brain and brain health.
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Tessa Hirschfeld-Stoler Receives 2022 SfN Science Educator Award
Interview with Tessa Hirschfeld-Stoler, Ph.D., on the rewards of sharing hands-on science with students of all ages.
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Randy Blakely Receives 2022 SfN Science Educator Award
We chat with Randy Blakey, Ph.D., on the satisfactions of mentoring and outreach, paying it forward, and more.
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Neuroscience & Society
Dana Foundation Awards 11 Planning Grants for Potential Dana Centers for Neuroscience & Society
We’ve awarded planning grants to 11 US-based academic institutions to build and test plans for future hubs where multidisciplinary scholars can learn, exchange ideas, and collaborate.
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Neuroscience & Society
Translating Big Data Models to Stem Suicide
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Neuroscience & Society
Inviting Multi-Disciplinary Voices to the Neurotechnology Conversation
Three years after a social issues roundtable about the ethical and societal issues raised by neural-digital interfaces, one research team shares what they’ve learned.
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Neuroscience & Society
Dana Foundation’s New Focus: Neuroscience & Society
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Neuroscience & Society
Poverty and the Developing Brain
By Joan L. Luby, M.D., Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D., and John N. Constantino, M.D.
Evidence continues to mount that the brains of children living in poverty show tangible harm. Our authors explain the challenges and the necessary steps needed to build a healthier society.
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Cerebrum Archive
Explore more than two decades’ worth of great stories of neuroscience and the people who pursue it...
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Brain Basics
Brain Basics
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When the Myth is the Message: Neuromyths and Education
Two reports suggest that neuromyths are more pervasive in the educational community than we might think, and this may work against academic achievement. We investigate some of the most common myths, explaining their scientific origins and realities.
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Q&A About the Brain
What is Neuroethics?
The more we learn about how to change our brains and those of others, the more we need to think about what those changes mean to us, to our communities, and to our world.
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Key Brain Terms Glossary
If you’re reading an article or a lesson and you stumble upon a brain term you don’t know, head over here! More than 340 terms defined.
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Q&A About the Brain
How Does the Brain Learn Language?
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Q&A About the Brain
Understanding Sleep
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Q&A About the Brain
How We Learn
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Q&A About the Brain
Understanding New Brain Research Models
Scientists can now grow living human brain tissue in lab dishes and in animals, creating organoids, neural transplants, and chimeras. While these models will help us better understand the brain in health and disease, they also raise thorny ethical questions that will only get thornier in the future.
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How Stress Affects the Brain
Stress is a normal part of life, but when it becomes long-term or overwhelming, it can be harmful. Learn what happens in your brain when you’re stressed, how stress can negatively affect your body, and what practices you can ad
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Fact Sheets
Neuroanatomy: The Basics
The brain and nervous system are a network of many specialized parts.
Celebrate the Brain!
Celebrate the Brain!
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Discover Brain Awareness Week
Join the global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain research.
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Brain Awareness Week Grantee Interview: Kristofer Rau, Ph.D.
“There is a place for everyone in neuroscience,” says Kristofer Rau, Ph.D. He and his colleagues at Virginia Tech always participate in Brain Awareness Week, as well as outreach events year-round.
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Printable Puzzles
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Resources for Educators
Links to downloadable materials including lesson plans with teacher’s guide, presentations, and handouts for students, as well as to other great brain-science resources
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Video Series
BrainWorks
Neuroscience prof Eric Chudler and a group of curious kids investigate the brain in these half-hour programs.
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Video Series
Learn about Your Brain
A playlist of our quick video explainers of how the brain works and how to maximize brain function and health.
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Attend a Brainy Event Near You
Hundreds of happenings, on six continents and on the Internet, for Brain Awareness Week
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