Brains & Sex @ SfN

“Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you.” — Derek Jarman In this post, you will find… Sex: topical and controversial Rams who like rams Women live longer than men Are men and women the same or different?…

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“PLEASE COME BACK!”

We love visiting Anatomy and Physiology teacher Susie Ridgeway and her curious students at Henrietta Lacks (“HeLa”) High School in in Evergreen Public Schools near PeaceHealth hospital in the suburbs of Vancouver. We’ve been dropping by with brains, art and our Noggin volunteers for the last FIVE years..! LEARN MORE: Hallucinations @ HeLa High…

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Brains to Buckman!

We are in awe of our volunteers! EIGHTEEN undergraduates (!) traveled to Buckman Elementary this week to talk research, hold brains and make neuro-art with kids and families at STEAM Night! STEAM Night at Buckman, an arts-focused Portland Public School, was organized by Becca Beckman of Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN),…

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An axe to the head

“I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond repair. We are never beyond repair.” ~Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Noggin @ The Mac, McLoughlin Middle School, Vancouver WA At NW Noggin, we don’t focus our science communication efforts on…

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Bringing BRAINS to Brain Fair :)

“It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.” –Michel de Montaigne And there were so many others!  We enthusiastically returned to one of the nation’s largest Brain Fairs at Portland’s Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) to continue our robust volunteer efforts at expanding brain awareness! Phineas…

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Brain Hacking is Electric!

Post by Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuroscience Club (and Bill Griesar) How does our brain communicate with the 650+ muscles in our body, and allow us to move? What drives our ability to walk around, grasp items and direct our physical, muscular engagement with our environment? By understanding and harnessing these…

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How can you change your brain?

We get AMAZING questions from the K-12 students we visit  –  questions that might stump some of the foremost experts in neuroscience! “Why do headaches hurt?” “What happens when two emotions go against each other?” “Why do you remember some dreams and not others?” “How does the brain know what we are going…

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Brain Awareness Week!

“To be creative means to connect” –Nawal El Saadawi NW Noggin is honored to be a Brain Awareness Week partner of the Dana Foundation, a leading philanthropic organization that supports neuroscience research through grants, publications, and educational programs. We share their enthusiasm for genuine community outreach, and their commitment to educating everyone about the potential of…

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