Multilingual Brains!

Post by Nathalie Rios Carreon, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. I am a senior at Portland State University (PSU). I transferred to PSU from Chemeketa Community College (CCC). I went to CCC right after graduating from Woodburn High School. I was there on a soccer scholarship which covered…

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Countering ACEs

Post by Becky Hunt, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. My outing with the fantastic NW Noggin team was my first extended in person social experience since before the COVID-19 pandemic. As someone who worked alone and attended online school for the past few years, witnessing the bright, curious…

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Aspiring to Assist

Post by Cameron McGrew, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor and a Chemistry minor at Portland State University. The sun shone brightly on a warm spring morning as I opened my eyes, and contemplated the day ahead. I thought about the breakfast I’d fix, the coffee I’d pour, and the class I’d join…

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A Vignette of Voles

Post and artwork by Jasmine Loeung, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Jasmine is a research technician in the Sleep and Health Applied Research Program (SHARP) Lab at the Portland Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University. “Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as…

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How does Narcan save a life?

Post by Natalie Partipilo, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Natalie is a Northwest Noggin outreach volunteer, BUILD EXITO scholar and a clinical researcher at Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare (NICH) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).  When I arrived at Oregon City…

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Voices of Two Worlds: Delving into Mandarin-English Bilingualism

Post by Amy Lin, undergraduate in Public Health Studies: Pre-Clinical Health Sciences pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Getting into research I knew that I was interested in medicine and biomedical science at a young age. Growing up, I attended many medical summer camps that fed into my interests. Although many people…

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Did school kill my brain?

Post by Andy Ng, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Andy is a welcome and regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin. On average, a young citizen of the United States spends 180 days a year at school, for at least 6 hours a day. From 1st to 12th grade,…

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The Science of Sociability

Post by Regina Warila, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Regina is a welcome and regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin. Growing Up Takes Time Participating with Northwest Noggin during my final term as a Psychology undergraduate at Portland State University presented me with many questions, the majority of…

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When a Western Blot Goes SOUTH

Post by Olivia Monestime, undergraduate in Biology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Olivia is a BUILD EXITO scholar working in Dr. Nora Gray‘s research lab at the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center. Am I a scientist? I wasn’t obsessed with science as a kid. The only…

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