Archive for January, 2010

Brain Awareness Week 2010

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Brain Awareness Week, established by the Dana Alliance for Brain Inititiatives and the Society for Neurosciences, is scheduled for March 15 – 21, 2010. Brain Awareness Week is an international event involving people from all over the globe in a “week long celebration of the brain.” For more information,  go to the Dana Alliance web-site:

http://www.dana.org/brainweek 

If you are organizing an event, you will find a wealth of resources, ideas, planning tips, links to other sites, puzzles and graphics to download. The primer on the brain and nervous system published by the Society for Neuroscience, Brain Facts,  is available as a downloadble PDF at:

http://www.sfn.org/BAW 

Brain Facts cover image

“The 2008 edition updates all sections and includes new information on brain development, learning and memory, language, neurological and psychiatric illnesses, potential therapies, and more.”