What does? Dehumanization of others and access to guns. NW Noggin heads to North Carolina this week to attend the Raleigh Major, the first international Rainbow 6 Major video game tournament held in the United States. We’ve got our custom jerseys ready… Video games are popular. Over 2.5 billion people…
Post by Michael Deveney, NW Noggin outreach volunteer from Portland State University Getting close and comfortable, I rode the 90 minutes (in 90 degree heat) through Oregon’s Willamette Valley in a single cabin pickup with no A/C along with two of my fellow Noggin experts, Paul Delahanty and Aaron Eisen…
Another gorgeous summer day in western Oregon, and our enthusiastic outreach volunteers tackled I-5 south for a 90 minute drive to Oregon State University! We were invited by OSU (home of the Beavers), the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Foundation (APF) to present a dinner workshop for…
“Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.” –Billie Jean King Like neurons, our excitatory…
Brain cells connect, and those points of connection, called synapses, are changeable. Synapses will strengthen (“potentiate”), or weaken (“attenuate”) in response to changes in synaptic activity, which is determined by what you’re doing, experiencing, and/or perceiving at the time. Highly stimulated neurons, for example, will change how they express genes,…
“Science and art have in common intense seeing, the wide-eyed observing that generates empirical information.” –Edward Tufte NW Noggin crossed the Columbia River (at rush hour!) this spring to meet with curious students and families for STEAM NIGHT at Sarah J. Anderson Elementary..! LEARN MORE: Sarah J. Anderson Elementary Sarah…
Thank you OHSU Brain Institute (OBI) for yet another compelling season of Brain Awareness lectures at Portland’s Newmark Theater! LEARN MORE: OBI Brain Awareness Lectures NW Noggin is always thrilled to introduce our informed and enthusiastic neuroscience outreach volunteers to celebrated scientists discussing cutting edge research on the brain! This…
“Abled does not mean enabled. Disabled does not mean less abled.” ― Khang Kijarro Nguyen We are unique, all 7.7 billion of us here in 2019 – a remarkable number that’s literally doubled over the last half century. Think of all those brains wiring up under particular circumstances, subjected to…
Like brain cells, Noggin volunteers love reaching out, and synapsing with people and organizations in our vibrant Northwest community. LEARN MORE: NW Noggin Collaborators Excitatory Connections At Portland State University, OHSU graduate students are integrated into advanced undergraduate neuroscience courses, while our accomplished PSU Neuroscience Club members not only present…
Post by Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin The nucleus accumbens is part of our brain’s mesolimbic dopamine pathway, and responds to aspects of our world which predict reward. The word ‘accumbens‘ also means to lie down… LEARN MORE: Dopaminergic reward system: a short integrative review NW Noggin ventured west of Portland…