WHAT: Noggin outreach at Fort Vancouver!

We did it!!

What mediates neurodivergence? How do you get a diagnosis for ADHD and/or autism?
Would a limb introduced during prenatal development be recognized and correctly incorporated?
What part of the brain mediates the placebo effect?
How much electricity does the brain use/produce?
Who are the brain donors? Are their memories still present in the preserved brains?
Does everyone have a switch that can allow trauma to produce sociopathic behavior?
What is the surface area of the cortex/brain ‘unwrapped’?
Why are some people able to think of things and other people aren’t?
Who was Phineas Gage? Did he improve his personality by taking psychedelics?
Are you hungry? How does the brain know when you are hungry?
What part of the brain causes unwanted or intrusive thoughts?
What happens in the brain during dissociative states?

How do our brains work when we feel something sad or happy?
Where is memory stored in the brain?
Why is the brain split into the right and left?
What are the differences of the brain between men and women?l
How does memory work?
Is it true that every wrinkle is a piece of knowledge?
How are neurons formed?
What part of the brain sends the sexual needs a teenager has?
What happens when your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed?

Why does brain fog happen?
How do seizures happen?
Elaborate on neurodivergent and more specifically ADHD & AudHD?
Does the brain get affected by disorders?
Can depression be genetic?
What’s the easiest part of the brain to confuse?
Why does people get disorders?
Why is there a genetic predisposition for OCD?
What part of the brain does depression develop and other mental illnesses?
What causes someone to be a sociopath and are there people out there with a higher chance of becoming one?
What’s the craziest part of the brain?

Why do people smoke to relieve stress?
How does weed affect the brain?
How do drugs affect different parts of the brain?
How can all types of drugs affect us mentally?
Why are some of us easier to fall into a drinking or drug addict addiction since it runs in the family?
Does a drug still affect a mouse even after the drug is done?
Are addictions genetic?
How does someone’s brain look different if they had SUD?
What’s the worst drug to touch the brain?
What part of the brain is the most affected by drugs?
How do you know when you’re addicted?

How does one hour of sleep affect the brain?
How much sleep is too much sleep?
How can I sleep faster and better so I don’t wake up so tired?
How does our brain create dreams?
When we dream do we wake up before we fall because our brain doesn’t know what death looks like?
Why does my overthinking affect my sleeping patterns?
What does your brain do while you are sleeping?
How does sleeping affect our brain?

Have you ever dropped a brain?
How old are the brains?
How many brains have you studied?
How do you study each part of the brain?
What’s the worst experience you’ve had with the brain?

WHERE: Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA 98661

WHEN: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 8:30am – 3:00pm

We are super-excited to return to Fort!

Two years ago Vancouver Public Schools changed their high school start times to a more reasonable 8:40am, based partly on neuroscience research presented in classrooms by Northwest Noggin outreach volunteers!

COME JOIN US!

Please email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to get involved 🙂

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Becky Callos, PSU
4. Berlyn Bankhardt, PSU
5. Gabe Guarin, PSU
6. Danica Helms, PSU
7. Zulyed Guerra, PSU
8. Hayley Kopp, Evergreen State College
9. Daisy Graham, Skidmore College
10. Denesa Lockwood, OHSU

We’ve visited Coreyanne Russell and James Cederstrom’s 9th through 12th grade classrooms for TWELVE YEARS. More details are at the links!

Trapper Keeper!

Hey Vancouver: Let Kids Sleep!

Sleepy brains at Fort

Tired Trappers at Fort

Uploading your brain from Vancouver

Why do you study the brain?

Trap Squad!

Brains, biofeedback & SLEEP

Ventricles in Vancouver!