The Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC) is joining the international celebration of Brain Awareness Week, the global campaign to promote enthusiasm and support for brain science.
Throughout March, the center will hold activities to bring neuroscience research closer to different audiences, explain in an accessible way how the brain develops and changes at different stages of life, and answer questions about how it works. This project has received support and funding from the Dana Foundation and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).
March 10: Science in everyday life (Science Park Granada)
This event, held in collaboration with the University of Granada's Senior Citizens' Classroom and the Science Park, will follow the following program:
5:00 p.m. - Welcome.
5:05 p.m. - Talk: The brain, an organ in constant change. Nines Ballesteros Duperon. Professor at the UGR and researcher at the CIMCYC in the Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience Lab.
5:35 p.m. - Oil tasting: An example of how the brain processes sensory stimuli. Javier Mahía. Professor at the UGR and researcher at the CIMCYC in the Psychobiology Group - DCOOP Group, agri-food cooperative.
6:10 p.m. - Workshop: Are we like wine? Improvement and decline of cognitive functions with age. María Jesús Funes Molina, professor at the UGR and researcher at the CIMCYC in the Cognitive Neuroscience Group, and Alba Navarro, predoctoral researcher.
6:35 p.m. - Workshop: It's on the tip of my tongue! Strategies for taking care of your memory. Alejandra Marful Quiroga and Ana Isabel Pérez Muñoz. Professors at the UGR and researchers at the CIMCYC in the Memory and Language Group.
7:00 p.m. - Workshop: Neuro-nonsense: How can we avoid being fooled by social media gurus? Carlos González, Ramos y Cajal researcher at CIMCYC in the Cognitive Neuroscience Group and the Human Neuroscience Lab, and José Mª González Peñalver, Doctor of Psychology from the University of Granada.
March 20: Visit from IES Laurel de la Reina
Secondary school students will visit the CIMCYC facilities to participate in a themed day focused on the brain. Students will attend the following workshops:
- The developing brain
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Neuroimaging
- Your attention is not yours (or at least not entirely)
- Psychology: a professional career
In addition to the in-person activities, the project will include the creation of special content for social media, designed to demystify misconceptions and bring neuroscience closer to a digital audience through rigorous and engaging formats.