Posts tagged: neuroscience

Teen Science Cafe: Watt’s Up With Your Brain?

Electrochemistry and Neuroscience Electrochemistry and neuroscience intersect in the Sombers Lab. Leslie Sombers uses techniques that involve shocking cells to release dopamine, among other neurotransmitters, to study the miniscule changes that occur within the brain. The research is performed at a variety of levels, ranging from investigation of biophysical factors that govern membrane fusion in a single cell to recording

The Neuroscience of Toxicity

This café focused on toxicity in the context of neuroscience as a whole field and how our nervous system works.

Mind Control

STEM Savvy teens learned how their brains operate and how easily their brains can be tricked. With the use of an EEG they were able to track brain activity.

Brain Hackers Café

During his presentation, Dr Forsyth hooked up one of teens to an electroencephalogram (EEG)