The Brain Observatory

Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays from Dr. Jacopo and The Brain Observatory.

Last night, I met a sweet old dog who was trained to detect seizures. He sat on the floor near his girl who was dancing. learn more at https://k94life.org/seizure-alert/. Other organizations train dogs to assist epilepsy patients. It can change the life of someone you know. #epilepsyawareness #epilepsyfoundation

'Adventure Time' does it again. With a simple, endearing few words, they are able to tell what hundreds of evolutionary biology cognitive science, and psychology textbooks have been trying to teach: that our brain is - primarily - a tool to study things. we’ll miss you guys. #neuroscience #adventuretime #stem #comicon

Stories of cold-blooded pain and brain evolution. https://www.theguardian.com//are-we-wrong-to-assume-fish-c. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sc/fish-feel-pain-180967764/

Exquisitely German neuroscience: the 'salutogenic' effect of living by a forest. A question: what does a healthy amygdala look like?

Lucy in the Sky with Data. The first trials on LSD microdosing about to begin. https://www.theguardian.com//first-ever-trials-on-the-effe

Brain and Alzheimer's. Some good news. But will cleaning tar from the beach stop beach erosion?https://www.alzforum.org//four-immunotherapies-now-banish-

There are many ways to wire an intelligent brain, says Bob Jacobs on The Conversation talking about new research on the elephant's cortical neurons. https://theconversation.com/what-elephants-unique-brain-str

A view of the sunrise over UCLA from the Luskin Conference Center. Today we speak at the UCLA Brain Mapping Center about what it takes to work with large, variable and inscrutable human brains. http://www.bmap.ucla.edu/seminars/seminardetails/?s=71

Showing my brain to another very curious (and much younger) brain. Priceless!

2018 International Conference on Learning & Memoryory Conference. Can you guess who's brain this is? The kids guessed right and were awarded the Observatory's Brian Explorer Mission Patch!

The Brain Observatory is one of the sponsors of the UCI International Conference on Learning and Memory. We are talking about amnesia patients and showing PATIENTHM.org to the public at the Brain Festival on Saturday April 21st. Join us! See the program at http://learnmem2018.org

The importance of raising the next generation of scientists has been amplified by #STEM programs in schools nationwide, but grown-ups struggle with communicating their #passion for research to children with layers of unnecessary technology. Our approach? Let them draw! Our "Send Us Your Brain" campaign encourages children of all ages to put crayon-to-paper. Any format or creative interpretation will be accepted! We will share the best submissions here and we’re looking forw...ard to some very creative results ! Please have your kids/students send their submissions to: The Brain Observatory 2159 India St., San Diego, California 92101 . #TheBrainObservatory #transparentresearch #publicengagement #futurescientists #sendusyourbrain #brainresearch #STEM