NogginFest 2024!!!

Putting on NogginFest each year as a totally free, accessible presentation of local Northwest artists, musicians and neuroscience researchers – the largest student-run celebration of interdisciplinary neuroscience in our art and brain-saturated region – isn’t an easy lift! LEARN MORE: NOGGINFEST! But we have extraordinarily creative and resourceful undergraduates at…

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Why do we think too hard?

Post by Melissa Garcia, an undergraduate at Portland State University pursuing a major Psychology with a minor in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience. Why do I feel trapped in my mind? Why I can’t escape myself? Thoughts like these can impact people who live under pressure and face stress in their lives. I’ve…

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Let it Shine!

Post by Pearl Ton, a pre-med undergraduate pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and minors in both Business Administration and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Hi there! My name is Pearl and I’m a premed student at Portland State University. My major is Psychology while my minors include Interdisciplinary Neuroscience and Business Administration.…

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It’s Not Me, It’s My Amygdala!

Post by Catriona Swallow, undergraduate in Psychology and Social Science pursuing a minor in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Cat is a Research Assistant in Dr. Tessa Dover’s StRIID Lab and President of the Neuroscience Club at PSU. The Importance of Neuroscience Education for All It was a bright…

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