Art, Pain, & Cannabinoids: Results from Research Bill Griesar, Ph.D. , Jeff Leake, M.F.A. , Ram Kandasamy How and where do cannabinoids, chemicals found in marijuana, act in the brain, and what are the effects on behavior? How have artists, approached (and sometimes used) these drugs to develop works that compel,…
FINALLY! (The MULTIPLE SNOWPOCALYPSES are hopefully over :) Noggins @ HeLa High! Thursday, February 16 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Noggin volunteers from Portland State University, Washington State University Vancouver, and OHSU will meet with about 400 students at Henrietta Lacks High School, introducing them to neuroscience research and art projects related to understanding the brain… EXPLORE MORE: Hippocampal…
Noggin is returning to P:ear, a remarkable Portland organization aimed at building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm their personal worth and help them create more meaningful and healthier lives… This week we’re focusing on "all things neuron” - and making pipe cleaner brain cells of…
Noggin is returning to P:ear, a remarkable Portland organization aimed at building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm their personal worth and help them create more meaningful and healthier lives… This week we’re introducing autonomic systems (sympathetic/parasympathetic/enteric) and discussing how we can listen to and use…
WHAT: Noggin volunteers will visit the Gardner School of Arts and Sciences, literally just down the road from WSU Vancouver... WHEN: Thursday, March 2, 9:00am - 11:00am WHERE: Gardner School of Arts and Sciences, 16413 NE 50th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98686 Confirmed participants... 1. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU 2. Nick Dunn, WSU 3.…
Noggin is returning to P:ear, a remarkable Portland organization aimed at building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm their personal worth and help them create more meaningful and healthier lives… 3/7 SESSION 4 – NETWORKS AND SCREEN PRINTINGOur last visit! We'll have brains and we'll be…
UPDATE: See what we did at Byrom Elementary! Byrom Brains! WHAT: Brain/art outreach at Byrom Elementary with three 4th grade classrooms, totalling about 90 kids! WHEN: Thursday, March 9, 8:00 - 11:00am (it's apparently best to show up at Byrom Elementary between 8:15am - 8:30am to avoid parent drop off and bus traffic…
Read our interview with the Dana Foundation about Brain Awareness, and see what we're up to the week! NW Noggin: Interview with the Dana Foundation!
Noggin is bringing 27 undergraduate and graduate volunteers to the OHSU OMSI Brain Fair this Saturday! Look for our tables full of brains, brain experts, and brain-related art! Make your own neurons, too :) *** UPDATE: See what we DID on Saturday, March 11 at the link below..! Pipe Cleaners,…
UPDATE: See what we did! Quite a day! A BioGift of Brains Noggin volunteers are heading west on Tuesday, March 14, to meet with 50 high school students at Liberty High School in Hillsboro, Oregon... WHAT: Visit to Liberty High School, Hillsboro, Oregon WHERE: Liberty High School, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro,…
