“London always reminds me of a brain. It is similarly convoluted and circuitous. A lot of cities, especially American ones like New York and Chicago, are laid out in straight lines. Like the circuits on computer chips, there are a lot of right angles in cities like this. But London…
Post by Austin Howard, MA, Radboud University. Austin was a member of the Portland State University Neuroscience Club and an enthusiastic Northwest Noggin volunteer! LEARN MORE: From Hamlet to hemorrhaging On the 12 of February three intrepid Noggineers assembled back in town, Gathertown. The occasion? The Hersenolympiade 2022 (Dutch for the ‘brain olympiade’ 2022). READ POST…
So while last week’s freezing temperatures drove us inside a large, well-ventilated gym for K-5 students at Washington Elementary… LEARN MORE: Hands on Brains! THIS week a literal atmospheric river of Northwest rain led us to plan to station our volunteers, noggins and art under a generous outdoor tent at…
“This is so cool! I love hands on stuff – even hands on BRAINS!” —3rd grader at Washington Elementary in Vancouver Public Schools On a brisk, chilly, windy morning, with temps hovering around freezing, some awesome and talented undergraduate and graduate students arrived early at Washington Elementary in Vancouver to…
Post by Allonté Barakat, Portland State University undergraduate, interdisciplinary neuroscience aficionado, software engineer, semi-professional voice actor, and aspiring cognitive scientist. My name is Allonté Barakat and in this 8.5min podcastlet entitled, Across the Cleft, I explore the fascinating world of qualia, art, and synesthesia. I created this piece for an…
Post by Austin Howard, MA, Radboud University. Austin was a member of the Portland State University Neuroscience Club and an enthusiastic Northwest Noggin volunteer! LEARN MORE: From Hamlet to hemorrhaging On the 12 of February three intrepid Noggineers assembled back in town, Gathertown. The occasion? The Hersenolympiade 2022 (Dutch for…
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller By: Larry R. Martinez, Faviola Robles-Saenz & Bill Griesar What’s the difference between a university professor and a social media influencer? In reality, there are quite a lot of differences. But imagine a world where…
Huge thanks to the extraordinary Dana Foundation! NW Noggin is honored to be a Brain Awareness Week partner of the Dana Foundation, a leading philanthropic organization that supports neuroscience research and extensive public outreach through grants, publications and educational programs. FUNDED! Our latest Dana Foundation Brain Awareness grant was just fully funded to support a new NW…
“Empathy has the power to bring together people who would otherwise never meet. It has the power to teach us and to reach us in moments of isolation when we think nobody understands.” — Dr. Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States LEARN MORE: The Neurodevelopment of Empathy in…
Post by Elana Kananykhina, undergraduate at Portland State University. Elana is pursuing a minor in interdisciplinary neuroscience, and volunteers in Adie Rae Wilson-Poe’s cannabinoid research lab at Legacy Research Institute. Over the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of volunteering at Legacy Research Institute’s neurobiology lab. After taking a Psychopharmacology class at Portland State…