The world, filtered

“Truth is often a multiplicity of perspectives, and sometimes the more viewpoints and versions of events there are, the closer the reader gets to an overarching truth.” – Susan Barker We returned to p:ear again this week, to consider brains and contribute art to the colorful and evolving youth-built “Brain…

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Action AND Potential!

This is our SECOND free collaborative Northwest Noggin, Brainfacts.org and Society for Neuroscience webinar devoted to interdisciplinary, arts-integrated outreach efforts around the world! Our first webinar  –  “Reconnecting our brains, one cell at a time,” is available for viewing on the Brainfacts.org website  –  and also here on nwnoggin.org. LEARN…

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Your brain on preparedness

“Why don’t most people prepare for earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, fires, pandemics and other natural disasters? What does neuroscience research suggest about our brains and anxiety, and decision making around high stakes, low frequency traumatic events? And why is preparedness  –  taking accessible, genuinely effective steps to get ready, both individually…

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Pandemic connections

Before COVID-19, Noggin had a FULL schedule of immersive volunteer outreach visits on the calendar for spring, including public art and science talks, school sessions, community experiences – even exciting road trips to Poulsbo, Washington and Bend, Oregon! But how do you engage in outreach during a pandemic? The core…

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Science Matters

“The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” –William Butler Yeats We’re experiencing an extraordinary collision of biology and psychology. A dangerous virus that spreads easily when people congregate has killed over 94,000 Americans in two months. *UPDATE (August 2020): Deaths now past 160,000 and rising…

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Dear NW Noggin…

As educators in public classrooms and community, our volunteer STEAM outreach activities are impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. LEARN MORE: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public from the WHO (World Health Organization) LEARN MORE: How to manage stress and anxiety during coronavirus crisis LEARN MORE: The Brains at…

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The Brains at Brain Fair

“I’ve been very involved in science literacy because it’s critically important in our world today…As a public, we’re asked to vote on issues,…accept explanations,…figure out what to do with our own health care, and you can’t do that unless you have some level of science literacy.” ― Mae C. Jemison Coronavirus,…

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