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John Morrison has spent decades studying Alzheimer’s — now he sees real promise for protecting the brain’s circuits.
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Rewiring Hope: New Insights Into Alzheimer’s and Brain Aging
John Morrison has spent decades studying Alzheimer’s — now he sees real promise for protecting the brain’s circuits.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/topic-center-alzheimers-and-dementia/2026/rewiring-hope-new-insights-into-alzheimers-and-brain-aging-062426
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Neurons form connections to create neural networks. Build your own neural network in this interactive.
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Build Your Neural Network Interactive
Neurons form connections to create neural networks. Build your own neural network in this interactive.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2026/build-your-neural-network-interactive-062326
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🚨 EXTENSION NOTICE 🚨 The deadline for submissions to the Brain Awareness Video Contest has been extended to June 29, 2026, at 11:59 p.m., PST.
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Brain Awareness Video Contest
The Society for Neuroscience holds an annual Brain Awareness Video Contest to showcase entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/programs-and-events/brain-awareness-video-contest
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Pairs of muscles working in opposition drive our movements, from dancing to running to smiling.
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Activating Voluntary Movements
Pairs of muscles working in opposition drive our movements, from dancing to running to smiling.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/movement/2012/voluntary-movements
4 days ago
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Test your students’ knowledge of the various diseases and disorders that plague the brain and nervous system.
#PTSDAwarenessMonth
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Guess the Disorder Quiz: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Test your students’ knowledge of the various diseases and disorders that plague the brain and nervous system.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2018/guess-the-disorder-quiz-post-traumstic-stress-disorder-ptsd-071118
5 days ago
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Changes in neural connections due to substance use and withdrawal are long-lasting, and craving can peak well into abstinence. Understanding this process could inspire drugs to support recovery.
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What Addiction Does to the Brain
Changes in neural connections due to substance use and withdrawal are long-lasting, and craving can peak well into abstinence. Understanding this process could inspire drugs to support recovery.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/addiction/2026/what-addiction-does-to-the-brain-061826
6 days ago
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Submit your videos to the 2026 Brain Awareness Video Contest! Share your creativity & you could win $4,000 along with a complimentary registration to Neuroscience 2026. Good luck! 🌟vist.ly/58mqt
6 days ago
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The 2026 BAVC submission period is coming to a close! Team up with an SfN member to bring brain science to life through an animation, song, or skit. Share your creativity in
#BAVC26—submit
by June 25.
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Brain Awareness Video Contest
The Society for Neuroscience holds an annual Brain Awareness Video Contest to showcase entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities.
https://www.brainfacts.org/bavc
9 days ago
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Not only does exercise help us maintain a healthy weight and heart, it can also support brain function and mental health.
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Your Brain on Exercise
Not only does exercise help us maintain a healthy weight and heart, it can also support brain function and mental health.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/diet-and-lifestyle/2018/your-brain-on-exercise-111418
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For those with PTSD, a stressor linked to a memory of a harrowing, traumatic event produces a grave sense of danger or fear — inducing a pronounced fight-or-flight response.
#PTSDAwarenessMonth
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the Brain
For those with PTSD, a stressor linked to a memory of a harrowing, traumatic event produces a grave sense of danger or fear — inducing a pronounced fight-or-flight response.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/mental-health/2022/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-and-the-brain-102822
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What happens when blood stops flowing to regions of the brain? In this lesson, students learn the basics, craft case studies, and form diagnoses on different types of strokes.
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Modeling Stroke Science With Case-Based Learning
What happens when blood stops flowing to specific regions of the brain? In this lesson, students learn the basics, craft case studies, and form diagnoses on different types of strokes.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2026/modeling-stroke-science-with-case-based-learning-061526
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The 2026 Brain Awareness Video Contest is now open! 🎥✨ Submit your creative videos for a chance to win $4,000 and free registration to Neuroscience 2026. Good luck! 🌟
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Brain Awareness Video Contest
The Society for Neuroscience holds an annual Brain Awareness Video Contest to showcase entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/programs-and-events/brain-awareness-video-contest
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Historically associated with combat veterans, PTSD symptoms occur in people with vastly different experiences, including those whose jobs rarely take them away from a desk.
#PTSDAwarenessMonth
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The Broad Reach of PTSD
Historically associated with combat veterans, PTSD symptoms occur in people with vastly different experiences, including those whose jobs rarely take them away from a desk.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/mental-health/2020/the-broad-reach-of-ptsd-011720
16 days ago
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Entries are open for the 2026 Brain Awareness Video Contest! Collaborate with an SfN member to create a fun, educational video about the
#brain
. Animation, song, or skit—get creative and submit to
#BAVC26
by June 25.
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Brain Awareness Video Contest
The Society for Neuroscience holds an annual Brain Awareness Video Contest to showcase entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities.
https://www.brainfacts.org/bavc
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The World Cup is on! Discover how the brain helps soccer players stay sharp, react fast, and find the back of the net.⚽🧠
#WorldCup
#FIFA
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The Brain Science Behind Every World Cup Kick
Discover how the brain helps soccer players stay sharp, react fast, and find the back of the net.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/movement/2026/the-brain-science-behind-every-world-cup-kick-060926
17 days ago
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Music can enhance or diminish how we remember an event’s details based on how it makes us feel.
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Music Can Sharpen or Blur Memories, Depending on Emotional Response
Music can enhance or diminish how we remember an event’s details based on how it makes us feel.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/learning-and-memory/2026/music-can-sharpen-or-blur-memories-depending-on-emotional-response--052726
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Can you stop your “brain egg” from breaking?
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Eggs-actly How Do We Protect Our Brains?
Can you stop an egg “brain” from breaking? Try this activity to find out!
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2026/eggsactly-how-do-we-protect-our-brains-060826
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This brain scan shows a tumor in the brain’s left occipital lobe, seen here in bright blue. Knowing exactly where a tumor is located can help doctors start the proper treatment. 📸Dr. Leon Kaufman. University Of California, San Francisco. National Cancer Institute
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A meticulous repository of images and tissue samples led to the categorization of brain tumors and the development of treatment for glioblastomas.
#WorldBrainTumorDay
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A History of the Classification of Glioma Brain Tumors
A meticulous repository of images and tissue samples led to the categorization of brain tumors and the development of treatment for glioblastomas.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/cancer/2019/a-history-of-the-classification-of-glioma-brain-tumors-100919
20 days ago
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ICYMI: Hippocampus May Remain Active Under Anesthesia. This and other neuroscience news you may have missed in May 2026.
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ICYMI: Hippocampus May Remain Active Under Anesthesia
And other neuroscience news you may have missed in May 2026.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/neuroscience-in-the-news/2026/icymi-hippocampus-may-remain-active-under-anesthesia-060426
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Introduce your class to common brain and neurological ailments with this self-guided activity.
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Neurological and Brain Diseases WebQuest
Introduce your class to common brain and neurological ailments with this self-guided activity.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2026/neurological-and-brain-diseases-webquest-060126
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Once considered cellular junk, non-coding RNAs are emerging as key players in everything from brain development to cancer — with much still to be discovered.
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The Silent Majority: RNAs That Don’t Make Proteins
Once considered cellular junk, non-coding RNAs are emerging as key players in everything from brain development to cancer — with much still to be discovered.
https://www.brainfacts.org/brain-anatomy-and-function/genes-and-molecules/2026/the-silent-majority-rnas-that-dont-make-proteins-052826
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Music can enhance or diminish how we remember an event’s details based on how it makes us feel.
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Music Can Sharpen or Blur Memories, Depending on Emotional Response
Music can enhance or diminish how we remember an event’s details based on how it makes us feel.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/learning-and-memory/2026/music-can-sharpen-or-blur-memories-depending-on-emotional-response--052726
about 1 month ago
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How the brain helps us see is a captivating subject in the world of neuroscience.
#HealthyVisionMonth
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The Eye-Opening Neuroscience Behind Your Vision
How the brain helps us see is a captivating subject in the world of neuroscience.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/vision/2018/the-eye-opening-neuroscience-behind-your-vision--061318
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Why metacognition can — and should — be taught in early childhood education.
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Teaching Children Metacognitive Strategies Can Increase Educational Equality
Students benefit from learning about their own thinking skills from a young age.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2026/teaching-children-metacognitive-strategies-can-increase-educational-equality-052626
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When stress hijacks the brain, creativity can shut down — or surge.
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How Pressure Can Shape Problem Solving in High-Stakes Roles
When stress hijacks the brain, creativity can shut down — or surge.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/thinking-and-awareness/2026/how-pressure-can-shape-problem-solving-in-high-stakes-roles-052026
about 1 month ago
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Loneliness can take a toll on health. Researchers are exploring how it shows up in the brain and how people can feel more socially connected.
#MentalHealthAwareness
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Disconnected: What’s Happening in the Lonely Brain
Loneliness can take a toll on health. Researchers are exploring how it shows up in the brain and how people can feel more socially connected.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/mental-health/2024/disconnected-whats-happening-in-the-lonely-brain-091924
about 1 month ago
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Use this interactive to understand how your brain’s neurons can fire and wire together.
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Neurotic Neurons: An Interactive Explanation
Use this interactive to understand how your brain’s neurons can fire and wire together.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2026/neurotic-neurons-an-interactive-explanation-051826
about 1 month ago
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Inflammation is a key immune response. But when it becomes chronic, lingering inflammatory proteins in the blood can pose a threat to brain health.
#MentalHealthAwareness
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How Inflammation Can Drive Depression
Inflammation is a key immune response. But when it becomes chronic, lingering inflammatory proteins in the blood can pose a threat to brain health.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/immune-system-disorders/2025/how-inflammation-can-drive-depression-100125
about 1 month ago
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Researchers say studying anoles can teach us more about a crucial structure found in the retinas of lizards and humans alike.
#HealthyVisionMonth
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Seeing the Details: What Lizard Eyes Teach Us About Vision
Researchers say studying anoles can teach us more about a crucial structure found in the retinas of lizards and humans alike.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/vision/2026/seeing-the-details-what-lizard-eyes-teach-us-about-vision-031026
about 1 month ago
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This 3D model showcases the primary components and functions of a retinal rod bipolar cell.
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Interactive 3D Retinal Rod Bipolar Cell
This 3D model showcases the primary components and functions of a retinal rod bipolar cell.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2026/interactive-3d-retinal-rod-bipolar-cell-051126
about 1 month ago
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Colors aren‘t an objective fact of the external world. Instead, they’re the result of how our brains interpret visible light.
#HealthyVisionMonth
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Color: The World Your Brain Creates
Colors aren‘t an objective fact of the external world. Instead, they’re the result of how our brains interpret visible light.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/vision/2025/color-the-world-your-brain-creates-111025
about 2 months ago
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Huda Akil’s research on pain and stress illuminates the brain’s own resources for combatting physical and mental distress.
#MentalHealthAwareness
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Tapping Into the Brain’s Natural Systems for Controlling Stress and Pain
Huda Akil’s research on pain and stress illuminates the brain’s own resources for combatting physical and mental distress.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/pain/2024/tapping-into-the-brains-natural-systems-for-controlling-stress-and-pain--081424
about 2 months ago
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ICYMI: Different Psychedelics Spur Comparable Changes in Brain Activity. And other neuroscience news you may have missed in April 2026.
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ICYMI: Different Psychedelics Spur Comparable Changes in Brain Activity
And other neuroscience news you may have missed in April 2026.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/neuroscience-in-the-news/2026/icymi-different-psychedelics-spur-comparable-changes-in-brain-activity-050726
about 2 months ago
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The identification of the fusiform face area more than two decades ago continues to yield insight into human visual perception and cognition.
#HealthyVisionMonth
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How ‘One Little Pink Dot’ Marked the Spot of the Brain’s Face-Detecting Center
The identification of the fusiform face area more than two decades ago continues to yield insight into human visual perception and cognition.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/vision/2022/how-one-little-pink-dot-marked-the-spot-of-the-brains-face-detecting-center-092922
about 2 months ago
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Neuroscientist Earl K. Miller proposes a new way to think about how brain waves act as an organizing force powering cognition.
@earlkmiller.bsky.social
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Digital Brain with Neural Connections
Neuroscientist Earl K. Miller proposes a new way to think about how brain waves act as an organizing force powering cognition.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/thinking-and-awareness/2026/how-does-the-brain-control-itself-050626
about 2 months ago
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Neuroscientists are parsing how breathing in polluted air can trigger inflammation in the brain, potentially increasing the risk of some disorders.
#AirQualityAwarenessWeek
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How Does Air Pollution Affect Brain Health?
Neuroscientists are parsing how breathing in polluted air can trigger inflammation in the brain, potentially increasing the risk of some disorders.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/immune-system-disorders/2025/how-does-air-pollution-affect-brain-health-070125
about 2 months ago
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Start conversations about working memory with this hands-on activity.
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Tell Me About It — And See What I Build
Start conversations about working memory with this hands-on activity.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2026/tell-me-about-it-and-see-what-i-build-050426
about 2 months ago
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Grab an SfN member and let your creativity shine as you bring brain science to life with an animation, song, or skit. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Make sure to submit your awesome creations by June 25 🧠✨
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Brain Awareness Video Contest
The Society for Neuroscience holds an annual Brain Awareness Video Contest to showcase entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/programs-and-events/brain-awareness-video-contest
about 2 months ago
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Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields.
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Recreating the Smells of History
Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/smell/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-history-043026
about 2 months ago
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BrainFacts
Kevin Mitchell
about 2 months ago
Understanding the Genetics of Autism
www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and...
- a primer I wrote for
@brainfacts.org
to try and counter the pseudoscience around autism by explaining what we actually know about the (complex) genetics of the condition
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Understanding the Genetics of Autism
“The genetics underpinning autism is extremely complex. But the evidence for primarily genetic causation is overwhelming…” writes Kevin Mitchell.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/childhood-disorders/2026/understanding-the-genetics-of-autism-042826
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Use this guided activity to build neuron models using beads.
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Building Neurons From Beads
Use this guided activity to build neuron models using beads.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2026/building-neurons-from-beads-042726
about 2 months ago
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SfN Journals
2 months ago
This Week in The Journal
#JNeurosci
| Mapping Projections through the Ventromedial Thalamus; How Eye Movements Support Memory Formation
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/46/17/etwij46172026
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Whether a mirage or a real threat, experiences and memories activate a fear response — guiding how we react to the situation.
#StressAwarenessMonth
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How Fear Responses Shape Our Actions
Whether a mirage or a real threat, experiences and memories activate a fear response — guiding how we react to the situation.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/emotions-stress-and-anxiety/2024/how-fear-responses-shape-our-actions-031324
2 months ago
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The International Youth Neuroscience Association’s (IYNA) co-founder Jacob Umans shares how the student-run nonprofit provides high school students with neuroscience experience before college.
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Meet IYNA: A Student-Driven Global Neuroscience Community
The International Youth Neuroscience Association’s (IYNA) co-founder Jacob Umans shares how the student-run nonprofit provides high school students with neuroscience experience before college.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/supporting-research/2026/meet-iyna-a-student-driven-global-neuroscience-community-042326
2 months ago
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Scientists are learning more about this leading complication of childbirth. Treatments are improving and doctors can test for biological markers that flag heightened risk.
#WorldWomensWellnessDay
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Postpartum Depression: Better Remedies, and Now a Predictive Blood Test
Scientists are learning more about this leading complication of childbirth. Treatments are improving and doctors can test for biological markers that flag heightened risk.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/mental-health/2026/postpartum-depression-better-remedies-and-now-a-predictive-blood-test-010826
2 months ago
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Kids with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder have explosive outbursts well past toddler age. Scientists are trying to work out the causes and what treatments help.
#StressAwarenessMonth
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Severe Irritability in Children and Teens: A New Understanding
Kids with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder have explosive outbursts well past toddler age. Scientists are trying to work out the causes and what treatments help.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/therapies/2025/severe-irritability-in-children-and-teens-a-new-understanding-022725
2 months ago
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Autism Spectrum Disorder affects 1 in 160 children worldwide.
#AutismAwarenessMonth
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Unraveling the Puzzle of Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder affects 1 in 160 children worldwide.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/childhood-disorders/2020/unraveling-the-puzzle-of-autism-041320
2 months ago
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Build a circuit inspired by the connections between neurons to discover the connection between neuroscience and technology.
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The Synapse: An Engineering Design Challenge
Bridge the gap between neuroscience and technology through this challenge.
https://www.brainfacts.org/brain-anatomy-and-function/cells-and-circuits/2026/the-synapse-an-engineering-design-challenge-042026
2 months ago
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Join the fun in this year’s Brain Awareness Video Contest for a chance to win complimentary registration to
#SfN26
in Washington D.C.! We can’t wait to see your creativity shine! Check out the details for
#BAVC26
entry and prizes!
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Brain Awareness Video Contest
The Society for Neuroscience holds an annual Brain Awareness Video Contest to showcase entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/programs-and-events/brain-awareness-video-contest
2 months ago
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