NW Noggin Presents: Revealing Curves - Imaging the Human Brain Sam Carpenter from the Fair Lab at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) will discuss the promise, and limitations, of brain imaging technologies. Kathryn McAnalley from PNCA - Pacific Northwest College of Art will contribute her artistic sensibilities to the…
Day One at McCoy - BRAINS
Day Two at McCoy - NEURONS
NW Noggin will be attending and tabling at all of the 2015 OHSU Brain Awareness Lectures. This lecture is Touching A Nerve: The Self As Brain with Patricia Churchland B.Phil. Click here to go to the OHSU event page We hope to see you there!
NW Noggin will be at the Portland Art Museum! http://portlandartmuseum.org/events-programs/educator-programs/ Teach science through the arts! Join NW Noggin and Art Museum staff to explore unexpected connections between neuroscience, computer science, chemistry, gaming, and art at the Museum. Refreshments at 5 p.m. Program begins at 5:15 p.m. Admission is free. Registration…
Day Three at McCoy - SYNAPSES, TRANSMITTERS, AND DRUGS
2015 OHSU Brain Awareness Lecture Series Breaking the Brain: The Impact of Concussion at Any Age featuring Robert Stern NW Noggin is attending and tabling each of the lectures put on by the OHSU Brain Institute! We hope to see you there!
We’ll be meeting with a class of first graders, and we're told that they have “knowledge of dendrites!” (this should be a pretty cool visit… :) Those of you assigned to the Boys & Girls Club summer effort, where we’ll also be working with younger kids (Alex, Maxwell, Vanessa..?) -…
Our fourth (and last) visit to the awesome students at McCoy Academy is set for Monday, June 1... That means our last planning session at the McMenamin's Chapel Pub is on 5/26/15 @ 5pm... http://www.mcmenamins.com/1665-chapel-pub-hours
How does methamphetamine affect genes, behavior, and development? How does the adolescent brain respond to stimulants? Emily Eastwood from OHSU, and Tara Williams from PNCA, discuss the science - and art - of development and drugs…