BRAIN AWARENESS ACTIVITY IN NEUROSCIENCES. City Date Hall TITLE: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR PROGRAM. Basic brain anatomy

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1 BRAIN AWARENESS ACTIVITY IN NEUROSCIENCES City Date Hall Rhodes 13 March 2012 High School of Ialysos Rhodes 14 March st High School of Rhodes Rhodes 14 March rd High School of Rhodes Rhodes 15 March th High School of Rhodes TITLE: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 1 Video Basic brain anatomy PROGRAM 2 Title of the talk/ Presentation Speaker/ Presenter Brain and behavior Maria Mavrikaki, PhD in Psychology (University of Crete), Postdoctoral Researcher in Neurosciences 3 Activity Participation of students in neuropsychological tasks (perception-attention task, modified Stroop test). How does the brain process stimuli? Organizers: Hellenic Society for Neurosciences Intendancy of Second Grade Education of Southern Aegean 1

2 Responsible members of the Hellenic Society for Neurosciences s Telephones Maria Mavrikaki Summary of the presentation-description of the activity Those events took place from 12 th to 15 th of March in classrooms of the High School of Ialysos, the 1 st High School of Rhodes, the 3 rd High School of Rhodes and the 4 th High School of Rhodes. Students in the 3 rd grade of High School actively participate in those events. Particularly, one week prior the events ~300 students fulfilled questionnaires about the brain and Neurosciences. The results from the questionnaires were presented in the following presentation, so that the students had the chance to compare there own answers to answers of their peers. Considering the event, students who had previously fulfilled the questionnares: -Attended a brief video about the basic anatomy of the brain and had the chance to come in contact with a small brain model! -The video was followed by a presentation about Brain and Behavior. In this presentation Maria Mavrikaki presented the results of the questionnaire and students were updated about the answers in all those questions. The aim was to stimulate students and improve their knowledge about the functions and the complexity of human brain! -Following the presentation, students had the chance to participate in neuropsychological projective tasks that aimed to train their brain and improve their understanding about how the brain process stimuli. Students performed a brief 2

3 perception-attention test as well as a modified projective version of Stroop task. Students seemed to be really interested and enthusiastic in participating! Considering the results of the questionnaires that were fulfilled by the students, the best answer in the question which is the major function of the brain is that the brain is the manager of human s body! Photographs Video considering the basic anatomy of the brain. 3

4 Maria Mavrikaki presents the results from the questionnaire about the brain and Neurosciences (High School of Ialysos-Rhodes). Presentation in interactive panel of 1 st High School of Rhodes. According to a student of this school, brain is the manager of human body. 4

5 BRAIN AWARENESS ACTIVITY IN NEUROSCIENCES City Date Hall Rhodes 16 March 2012 Preliminary s school classroom, 3 rd Primary and Preliminary School of Ialysos of Rhodes TITLE: MY BRAIN IS LIKE PLASTICINE 1 Activity 2 Activity PROGRAM My brain is like plasticine. Create a brain from plasticine! Painting a boy who wears a helmet to protect his brain! (The Mindboggling Workbook, DANA Alliance for Brain Initiatives) Maria Mavrikaki, PhD in Psychology (University of Crete), Postdoctoral Researcher in Neurosciences Organizers: Hellenic Society for Neurosciences Responsible members of the Hellenic Society for Neurosciences s Telephones Maria Mavrikaki mmavrikaki@psy.soc.uoc.gr

6 Description of Activity Infant s creative activity- 3 rd Preliminary School of Ialysos of Rhodes. Today I learned that my brain is like plasticine which can change! In addition, I learned that every part of my brain can do different things. I learned that the frontal part help me to think, the upper part help me to walk, the part in the back help me to see, and the part inner of my ear help me to hear! I am thinking I am moving I can see I can hear Today, I learned that my brain looks like plasticine since it can also change! Infants learned that our brain is the most important organ of our body and we have to protect it. So, infants painted a child that wears a helmet to protect his brain! The drawing was from The Mindboggling Workbook (DANA Alliance for Brain Initiatives). 6

7 Infant s paintings. Painting children that wear helmets to protect their brains! (The Mindboggling Workbook, DANA Alliance for Brain Initiatives) 7