Learning with Light

Post by Bradley Marxmiller, undergraduate in Biology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Bradley also wrote this introductory post: How do you find a job in a lab? When I finally secured funding and a position doing neuroscience research, it felt like a huge accomplishment. However, more than a goal or accomplishment, it is…

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The Classroom is like a Brain

Post by Lauren Kuiper, undergraduate in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. “The brain struggling to understand the brain is society trying to explain itself.” — Colin Blakemore The time we have spent in the classrooms at various elementary schools in the Portland and Vancouver area has been a…

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Awestruck and Humbled Amazement

Post by Annabella (Bella) Showerman, undergraduate Psychology major and interdisciplinary neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Many who aspire to study the brain are fascinated with what makes us who we are and why we do the things that we do. I have always been drawn to neuroscience for this very…

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