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SURPRISE EVENT! We will be hosting a Q&A period on our Instagram Story on Friday March 18th! Lamisa and Marilla will be around to answer your questions about what it’s like to study neuroscience, provide advice for fellow students, and offe
Welcome to Brain Awareness Week 2022! To start the week off, we will be posting educational neuroscience videos today and tomorrow on glial cells and the action potential! We will also be sharing lab videos from the Brain Repair Centre, so stay tuned
Here is our last brain fact before Brain Awareness Week 2022! Did you know that your brain is constantly active at some level? Even during sleep, the brain is controlling several vital functions in the human body. In fact, there are stages of sleep t
Need something low-stress to do on Thursday March 17th? Want to stretch your brain? Well, BAW has the thing for you! Check out our Stories throughout the day on March 17th for some brain-themed trivia questions and test your knowledge! 🧠❔🧠
It’s time for a brain fact! There’s a persistent myth in science fiction (and real life!) that we only use 10% of our brains and if we can tap into some type of “true potential” our abilities would be limitless. In reality, al
On to our second brain fact for this week! Have you ever wondered about the number of cells that make up your brain? Researchers at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro have estimated that there are approximately 86 billion neurons in the human b
It’s almost Brain Awareness Week! We will be leading up to the week itself with some fun facts about the brain and here is our first one! We are constantly thinking. Some of our thoughts are helpful, some may be strange, but how much do we real
Calling all P-12 students in Nova Scotia! Show us your creativity by participating in the Make Your Own Neuron contest sponsored by the Brain Repair Centre! This contest is all about neurons, which are the cells, or building blocks, that make up the