Post by Dasha Gernega, an undergraduate pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. I’ve been at PSU for about four years now so I’m a senior getting ready to graduate. I feel like I’ve consumed an extensive amount of knowledge on development…
By Taiki Grover, an undergraduate in Speech & Hearing Sciences pursuing a minor in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Taiki is also a research intern at BreatheWorks, a speech and myofunctional therapy clinic in Lake Oswego, Oregon. “Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your…
Post and images by Oscar Moreno, undergraduate in Biology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Oscar is an intern in Dr. Rebekah Huber’s MIND Lab at Oregon Health & Science University. Exploring Sleep, Cognition, and Youth Well-Being Mind Lab logo Created by Lab Member Jaqueline Dwyer In the beginning…
Post by Ana Borders, undergraduate in Speech and Hearing Sciences, who is pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Can you imagine being able to control somebody else’s movements directly with your brain…where they lose all control of their own arm, and control is instead handed to you?…
Post by Vivi Sierra, an undergraduate studying Psychology and minoring in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Vivi is curious to explore how environmental interactions affect how our bodies and brains perceive the world. When I started visiting schools with Northwest Noggin I was nervous. Speaking with people tends to…
The Neuroscience of Multigenerational Networks Ginger Lee Owens, is a new mom and Portland State University Honors College undergraduate studying Biology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience. Her passion for child development grew more profound the moment she learned she was expecting. Determined to nurture her daughter’s brain development “from gestation to graduation,”…
Post by Jessica Vilaysanh, undergraduate at Portland State University, who graduates this December with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology, Social Science, and Liberal Studies. They are also triple minoring in Women’s Studies, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, and Civic Leadership. After their gap year, where they hopefully get their Yu-Gi-Oh Worlds Championship…
How did you get to work or school today? Do you always travel the same route? Do you walk, bike or drive along consistent roadways, taking familiar turns by well-known landmarks? Is your path so regular and dependable that you barely register the details as you make your way in?…
STAY TUNED: We’ll return to Chile for another art and neuroscience program in June and July of 2027 (~15 students max)! Participation meets the outreach requirement for the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. In 2025 we returned south, as weones del norte, to the gorgeous, compelling, art and…
Neuroprotection for Children in War Post by Jennifer Logan, a Honors undergraduate studying the intersection of psychological resilience and ethnobotany. She is double majoring in Psychology and Indigenous Nations Studies, with a minor in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience and Indigenous Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.…