By Jessica Patching-Bunch, Psychology @ Portland State University & NW Noggin Resource Council member for Communications What role has NW NOGGIN played in shaping my educational and career trajectory? The answer to this question has been harder for me to articulate than I would have thought because my involvement with NW…
By Allie Clark, Portland State University, Noggin Resource Council member for Instagram I wish I could say that my first few moments at the 2016 annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience were bright and rosy, but I’m going to be honest: I walked in and got hit with the biggest…
What has been your experience with NW Noggin? It has been difficult for me to begin writing this statement, because when I think about what my experience with NW Noggin has been like, I quickly become overwhelmed with emotion and don’t know how I can put it into words. But…
We gathered some cool, creative, collaborative and community-minded supporters of both science and art at our favorite bike shop pub this week, to build new brain cells in support of the upcoming March for Science on Earth Day, April 22! LEARN MORE: Science March PDX Twitter LEARN MORE: March for Science PDX Facebook LEARN…
Touch is just one of Aristotle’s original “five senses,” but it involves much more than gentle pressure perceived when holding an apple, or tapping a screen. Our “somatosensation” (sensation from the body) encompasses many specific impressions – heat, cold, hair deflection, poke – each dependent on a specific neuronal “micro-machine.” It is also utterly…
“A good place to start in neuroscience is learning the basics of what you have in your own head, then ask questions, and keep asking.” -Jacob Schoen, PSU/NW Noggin How have you connected personally with students through your volunteer work?” There was this one high schooler, we’ll call him Paul. He…
By Joey Seuferling, Resource Council Member for hospital/health care outreach It was a sunny day as I drove to the NW Noggin outreach opportunity of the week, with human brains riding along in the passenger seat of my car. Many Noggin events are early in the morning, but the feeling I have when…
What is a psychopath? What drives a Ted Bundy, or a Diane Downs, to be so cold blooded – and to lie, manipulate, and commit horrific crimes without experiencing remorse? Do the brains of psychopaths differ? Can we identify changes in specific brain regions that might predict or diagnose this condition? How should efforts to understand the biological basis…
What better way to spend Brain Awareness Week than by hitting the open road! We loaded up our cars with Noggin volunteers, pipe cleaners, dissection trays and extra human brains for a dramatic, stormy 700 mile roundtrip Pacific Northwest journey between Portland/Vancouver and Davenport, Washington..! “Brains in the trunk!” Exploring unfamiliar…
We love growing our Noggin networks – they let us offer student volunteers from multiple institutions extraordinary opportunities they might never get if they always sat in separate university classrooms and didn’t directly engage with all the remarkable people and organizations in their own communities! During a rainy start to Brain Awareness Week we…