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Viruses like SARS-CoV-2, HIV, and herpes simplex virus can ignite inflammation to disrupt immune system and brain function, triggering symptoms like brain fog.
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Lost in the Fog: How Viruses Impact Our Brain Function
Viruses like SARS-CoV-2, HIV, and herpes simplex virus can ignite inflammation to disrupt immune system and brain function, triggering symptoms like brain fog.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/infectious-disease/2025/lost-in-the-fog-how-viruses-impact-our-brain-function-091825
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Check out the top 10 videos from
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Alzheimer’s disease slowly kills brain cells, damaging memory and cognition.
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Grasping Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s disease slowly kills brain cells, damaging memory and cognition.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/neurodegenerative-disorders/2012/alzheimers-disease
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Research at the Calgary Brain Bank bridges the gap between exploratory animal models and human clinical trials. It may also upend decades of thinking about Alzheimer’s in the process.
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What Brain Banks Can Teach Us About Alzheimer's
Research at the Calgary Brain Bank bridges the gap between exploratory animal models and human clinical trials. It may also upend decades of thinking about Alzheimer’s in the process.
https://www.brainfacts.org/in-the-lab/tools-and-techniques/2019/what-brain-banks-can-teach-us-about-alzheimers
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Check out the top 10 videos from
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Expand your understanding of the human brainstem! Dive into its parts and functions with these informative flashcards.
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Brain Structures Flashcards: Brainstem
Test your knowledge of the human brainstem parts and their functions with these flashcards.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2025/brain-structures-flashcards-brainstem-012825
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ICYMI: Mental Map of the Body Stays Consistent After Amputation And other neuroscience news you may have missed in August 2025.
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ICYMI: Mental Map of the Body Stays Consistent After Amputation
And other neuroscience news you may have missed in August 2025.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/neuroscience-in-the-news/2025/icymi-mental-map-of-the-body-stays-consistent-after-amputation-091125
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Takeshi Iwatsubo’s multi-decade career has spanned from benchwork of basic neuroscience to patient-focused neurology to overseeing clinical trials evaluating new Alzheimer's disease treatments.
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Tackling Alzheimer’s from Bench to Bedside with Takeshi Iwatsubo
Takeshi Iwatsubo’s multi-decade career has spanned from benchwork of basic neuroscience to patient-focused neurology to overseeing clinical trials evaluating new Alzheimer's disease treatments.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/supporting-research/2025/tackling-alzheimers-from-bench-to-bedside-with-takeshi-iwatsubo-080525
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You’ve submitted your videos, and now it’s time to vote for your favorite!
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People’s Choice award is open now through October 15!
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Ready to challenge yourself? Dive into these flashcards and explore the incredible world of the human brain's 12 cranial nerves.
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Brain Structures Flashcards: Cranial Nerves
Test your knowledge of the human brain’s 12 cranial nerves and their functions with these flashcards.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2025/brain-structures-flashcards-cranial-nerves-012225
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Researchers have mapped brain activity during reading, identifying specific locations involved in every step of this complex skill.
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What Happens to Your Brain When You Are Reading?
Researchers have mapped brain activity during reading, identifying specific locations involved in every step of this complex skill.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/language/2025/this-is-where-your-brain-reads-090925
10 days ago
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Neuroscience questions keeping you up at night? Now's the time to get them resolved! Send your queries our way & we'll work to get your question answered!đź§ âť“
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Are you ready to challenge your brain about...well, the brain? Dive into these interactive flashcards exploring the wonders of the cerebrum, its lobes, and their functions! How well do you know your own mind? Let's find out!
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Brain Structures Flashcards: Cerebral Lobes
Test your knowledge of the cerebrum, its lobes, and their functions with these flashcards.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2024/brain-structures-flashcards-cerebral-lobes-121224
11 days ago
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Blood tests for biomarkers of Alzheimer’s could catch the disease earlier and make it easier to diagnose.
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Blood-Based Tests Offer Hope for Earlier Alzheimer’s Treatment
Blood tests for biomarkers of Alzheimer’s could catch the disease earlier and make it easier to diagnose.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/topic-center-alzheimers-and-dementia/2023/blood-based-tests-offer-hope-for-earlier-alzheimers-treatment-113023
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This chain of mini-organ-like cell clusters, called an assembloid, emulates the basic route pain signals take from our bodies to our brains.
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This Mini Cellular Circuit Mimics Human Pain Pathway in a Petri Dish
This chain of mini-organ-like cell clusters, called an assembloid, emulates the basic route pain signals take from our bodies to our brains.
https://www.brainfacts.org/in-the-lab/tools-and-techniques/2025/this-mini-cellular-circuit-mimics-human-pain-pathway-in-a-petri-dish-082225
13 days ago
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Seeing Sick People Can Trigger Our Brain’s Immune Response And other neuroscience news you may have missed in July 2025.
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ICYMI: Seeing Sick People Can Trigger Our Brain’s Immune Response
And other neuroscience news you may have missed in July 2025.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/neuroscience-in-the-news/2025/icymi-seeing-sick-people-can-trigger-our-brains-immune-response-081425
14 days ago
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Prepare to dive deep into the complexities of the brain! These flashcards will help you understand core brain structures and their functions.
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Brain Structures Flashcards: Core Structures
Test your knowledge of core brain structures and their functions with these flashcards.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2024/brain-structures-flashcards
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Neuroscience questions keeping you up at night? Now's the time to get them resolved! Send your queries our way & we'll work to get your question answered!đź§ âť“
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17 days ago
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Despite major federal funding cuts, researchers are dedicated to determining how engaging in the arts can improve our brain health.
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The “Blooming” Field of Neuroarts
Despite major federal funding cuts, researchers are dedicated to determining how engaging in the arts can improve our brain health.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/the-arts-and-the-brain/2025/the-blooming-field-of-neuroarts-090325
18 days ago
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Got a mind-boggling neuroscience question? Here's your opportunity to find answers! Shoot us your questions and we'll try our best to get it solved! đź§ âť“
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about 2 months ago
Media professionals can now register for complimentary
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Got a mind-boggling neuroscience question? Here's your opportunity to find answers! Shoot us your questions and we'll try our best to get it solved! đź§ âť“
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As AI-generated content increasingly emulates work created by human artists, neuroscientists are continuing to explore and define human creativity.
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Can AI Truly Match Human Creativity?
As AI-generated content increasingly emulates work created by human artists, neuroscientists are continuing to explore and define human creativity.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/the-arts-and-the-brain/2025/can-ai-truly-match-human-creativity-081325
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Artists who make a living through their creative work show concern over how advancements in AI-generated content could affect their livelihoods.
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How Will AI Affect the Arts?
Artists who make a living through their creative work show concern over how advancements in AI-generated content could affect their livelihoods.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/the-arts-and-the-brain/2025/how-will-ai-affect-the-arts-081325
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ICYMI: Seeing Sick People Can Trigger Our Brain’s Immune Response. This and other neuroscience news you may have missed in July 2025.
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ICYMI: Seeing Sick People Can Trigger Our Brain’s Immune Response
And other neuroscience news you may have missed in July 2025.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/neuroscience-in-the-news/2025/icymi-seeing-sick-people-can-trigger-our-brains-immune-response-081425
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In adolescence, exploring and taking risks leads to new experiences that are critical for forming identity and becoming independent.
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Teens Take Risks. We Should Be Happy They Do.
In adolescence, exploring and taking risks leads to new experiences that are critical for forming identity and becoming independent.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/childhood-and-adolescence/2025/teens-take-risks-we-should-be-happy-they-do-081225
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Takeshi Iwatsubo’s multi-decade career has spanned from benchwork of basic neuroscience to patient-focused neurology to overseeing clinical trials evaluating new Alzheimer's disease treatments.
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Tackling Alzheimer’s from Bench to Bedside with Takeshi Iwatsubo
Takeshi Iwatsubo’s multi-decade career has spanned from benchwork of basic neuroscience to patient-focused neurology to overseeing clinical trials evaluating new Alzheimer's disease treatments.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/supporting-research/2025/tackling-alzheimers-from-bench-to-bedside-with-takeshi-iwatsubo-080525
about 2 months ago
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Ready to bring the “Brain Health: It’s SPECtacular” program into your school or community? Linda Gorman walks through how the full SPEC program can be easily integrated into Pre-K through 5th grade classrooms.
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about 2 months ago
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Join
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Register for Teen Brain Bootcamp
Knowable Magazine explores the real-world significance of scholarly work through a journalistic lens. A digital magazine from Annual Reviews.
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Cognitive function relies on three key elements: attention, memory, and learning. As we take in sensory information, a healthy brain cycles through these processes to create understanding.
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Understand how teens think, learn and grow with insights from leading researchers. "Teen Brain Bootcamp” is free email course from
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‬ on the science of adolescent brain development. Register today! ⬇️
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Register for Teen Brain Bootcamp
Knowable Magazine explores the real-world significance of scholarly work through a journalistic lens. A digital magazine from Annual Reviews.
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Why is emotional health essential to brain development, and what happens when kids aren’t taught how to recognize or manage their feelings? Linda Gorman explores the neuroscience behind emotional behaviors and how they shape our ability to cope, connect, and thrive.
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The environment we are born into is perceived as the standard, regardless of its degradation over time - a pertinent consideration for generational impacts on both us and the environment.
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How Environmental Generational Amnesia Affects Our Mental Health
We consider the environment we are born into as nature’s norm — no matter if it has diminished over time. What does this mean for us and the environment over generations?
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/thinking-and-awareness/2023/how-environmental-generational-amnesia-affects-our-mental-health-072423
about 2 months ago
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What role does physical health play in supporting a healthy brain? In this video, Linda Gorman, neuroscientist and Founder of Making Neuroscience Fun, LLC, breaks down how movement, sleep, and nutrition work together to fuel brain development and boost adaptability across the lifespan.
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about 2 months ago
Did you know that every year the logo for SfN’s annual meeting is designed based on the SfN president’s research? John H. Morrison, PhD, SfN president, shares his research, which inspired the
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Understand how teens think, learn and grow with insights from leading researchers. "Teen Brain Bootcamp” is free email course from
@knowablemag.bsky.social
‬ on the science of adolescent brain development. Register today! ⬇️
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Register for Teen Brain Bootcamp
Knowable Magazine explores the real-world significance of scholarly work through a journalistic lens. A digital magazine from Annual Reviews.
https://knowablemagazine.org/teen-brain-bootcamp-registration
about 2 months ago
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Training the mind to enter this rare state of conscious sleep may bring surprising benefits.
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The Fascinating Neuroscience of Lucid Dreaming
Training the mind to enter this rare state of conscious sleep may bring surprising benefits.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/sleep/2025/the-fascinating-neuroscience-of-lucid-dreaming-072325
2 months ago
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What is social health, and why is it crucial for brain development? Neuroscientist and Founder of Making Neuroscience Fun, LLC, Linda Gorman, explores how our relationships, sense of self, and social environment shape the brain's ability to change especially during childhood and adolescence.
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Ryan Tomm supports his Indigenous Canadian community through research and outreach.
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How a Young Scientist Turned His Research Career into Community Outreach
Ryan Tomm supports his Indigenous Canadian community through research and outreach.
https://www.brainfacts.org/in-the-lab/meet-the-researcher/2022/how-a-young-scientist-turned-his-research-career-into-community-outreach-051122
2 months ago
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Discover how teaching young students about their brain health with fun, science-based lessons can set them up for future success.
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‪“Why do we know so much about the brain, but still do not have a map of how everything connects?” Sarah Heilbronner explains it isn’t a lack of interest, but a lack of technology. ‪@srheilbronner.bsky.social
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Mapping and Modulating the Human Brain
“Why do we know so much about the brain, but still do not have a map of how everything connects?” Sarah Heilbronner explains it isn’t a lack of interest, but a lack of technology.
https://www.brainfacts.org/in-the-lab/tools-and-techniques/2025/mapping-and-modulating-the-human-brain-062425
2 months ago
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ICYMI: These Moths Navigate Using Stars in the Night Sky. This and other neuroscience news you may have missed in June 2025.
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ICYMI: These Moths Navigate Using Stars in the Night Sky
And other neuroscience news you may have missed in June 2025.
https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/neuroscience-in-the-news/2025/icymi-these-moths-navigate-using-stars-in-the-night-sky-071525
2 months ago
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Most of today’s psychotherapies are grounded in Western values. Researchers hope that tailoring treatments to patients’ cultural backgrounds will improve mental health outcomes.
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Better Therapy for Asian Americans
Most of today’s psychotherapies are grounded in Western values. Researchers hope that tailoring treatments to patients’ cultural backgrounds will improve mental health outcomes.
https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/mental-health/2023/better-therapy-for-asian-americans-092123
2 months ago
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The detrimental health effects of loneliness are under research, examining neural manifestations and strategies for enhancing social connectivity.
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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
2 months ago
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Ice cream: a summer love story until brain freeze turns it into a chilling thriller! Why, oh why?
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What Causes Brain Freeze?
An icy-cool summer delight like ice cream can quickly turn into pure pain, thanks to brain freeze. But why does this happen?
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/diet-and-lifestyle/2019/what-causes-brain-freeze-071819
2 months ago
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Investigate how the brain discerns meaning from incomplete pictures using this quick classroom activity.
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When Can You Spot the Image?
Investigate how the brain discerns meaning from incomplete pictures using this quick classroom activity.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2025/when-can-you-spot-the-image-063025
3 months ago
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Far exceeding the capabilities of any camera, the retina processes visual information with its complex neuronal network. Peek at a few of the ganglion cells, which transmit sight to our brain in this photo.
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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. Storyboard and animation produced by Midnight Snacks for BrainFacts.
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Drink up and discover the relationship between water and the brain.
#Worldwellbeingweek
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Hydrating Our Brains and Bodies
Drink up and discover the relationship between water and the brain.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/diet-and-lifestyle/2022/hydrating-our-brains-and-bodies-072922
3 months ago
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This hands-on activity enables students to understand more about electrical signals in the brain.
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Lesson Plan: Create A Brain Circuit
This hands-on activity enables students to understand more about electrical signals in the brain.
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/for-the-classroom/2025/lesson-plan-create-a-brain-circuit-061625
3 months ago
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