Neuroscience Student Forum
On-Campus Events
Upcoming Events
Weekly Meetings - Reese 301
Every Wednesday night, 6:00-7:00PM
We play fun games and exchange advice about classes and college life, and also watch neuroscience-related TED talks
Brain Awareness Week
Monday March 23 - Friday March 27
National Brain Awareness Week is on March 16-22, but because we'll all be busy with exams, we're planning our brain awareness events for the week after Spring Break.
Past Events
Weekly Meetings
Papers & other publications we've discussed
Who's afraid of a cognitive neuroscience in creativity?
A case study of physiological stress between soloist and audience
** see video: "How sugar affects the brain"
How corpse brain scans help the living
Scanning dead salmon in fMRI highlights risks of red herrings
Cerebral asymmetry and the effects of sex and handedness on brain structure
Preliminary evidence of superhuman tetrochromats
Electrical stimulation of a small brain area reversibly disrupts consciousness
Scientists discover the on-off switch for human consciousness deep within the brain
Cognitions, coping, and social environment predict adjustment to phantom limb pain
Sex differences in the structural connectome of the human brain
Videos we've watched
Eric Kandel: "Creativity, your brain, and the Aha! moment"
Nicole Avena: "How sugar affects the brain"
Charles Limb: "Your brain on improv"
Sebastian Seung: "I am my connectome"
Brain Awareness Week 2014
Wednesday April 7 - Friday April 9, 2014
Members of NSF showcased behavioral footage from the lab of Professor Jared Schwartzer, human brain models, and even facilitated a sheep brain dissection station for passersby to enjoy.
