KINGSTON, R.I., March 1, 2018 \u2014 The second-annual 溏心vlog免费B站 Brain Fair will offer the public a chance to discover firsthand the amazing capabilities of our brains and explore brain health and science through creative activities.<\/p>\n
The 溏心vlog免费B站 Brain Fair<\/a> is sponsored by the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience<\/a> at 溏心vlog免费B站 and is part of the third annual Brain Week Rhode Island<\/a>, a celebration of the wonder of our brains and brain science. The 溏心vlog免费B站 Brain Fair will demonstrate how 溏心vlog免费B站 researchers are making great strides in combating neurodegenerative diseases and what we all can do to keep our brains healthy.<\/p>\n The free event is Sunday, March 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Avedisian Hall (College of Pharmacy), 7 Greenhouse Road<\/a>, Kingston Campus.<\/p>\n Rachel Carley, a Class of 2020 doctor of pharmacy student, returns this year to again assist Pharmacy Professor Bongsup Cho in a 3-D tour of the brain. \u201cI find that the 3-D brain tour is really fun because you see all different types of people in the theater audience. Those who understand the nuance of the brain and those who are just here to have fun and experience some of our amazing technology,\u201d the West Greenwich<\/strong> resident said.<\/p>\n New attractions also are planned, including a two-story-high neuron, which can be \u201cfired\u201d only through audience participation. Dendrites on the first-floor of Avedisian Hall will be made of pressure-sensitive pads, and volunteers will need to provide \u201cinputs\u201d to fire the neuron, sending electric impulses (called action potentials) up an open staircase to the second floor, where receipt of the message will be signaled with lights or sound.<\/p>\n Also, Katharina Quinlan, assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy and the Ryan Institute, will offer participants a chance to experience visuo-motor plasticity, or motor learning, with the help of prism goggles. Volunteers will throw balls at a target without wearing the goggles and then don a pair and try again. Their vision will shift a noticeable 10 to 20 degrees, Quinlan said. \u201cParticipants will be fully aware of this visual shift, yet their ability to accurately throw the balls at a target will require practice to re-learn to aim,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n After removing the goggles, participants will again take aim at the target. They likely will be surprised that they need to re-learn to aim accurately with unaltered vision, Quinlan noted. \u201cHopefully this task will build a better appreciation for some of the tasks that our brains are constantly performing, which\u00a0we take for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n Throughout the day, 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty, students and staff from several disciplines will share their expertise in engaging and fun ways, including a brain nutrition quiz game, a demonstration of optical illusions, live music performances, healthy snacks and brain-themed giveaways, and a virtual reality encounter that simulates how a person with dementia experiences the world (adults only).<\/p>\n Register<\/a> today to attend the 溏心vlog免费B站 Brain Fair or visit the event website<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I., March 1, 2018 \u2014 The second-annual 溏心vlog免费B站 Brain Fair will offer the public a chance to discover firsthand the amazing capabilities of our brains and explore brain health and science through creative activities. The 溏心vlog免费B站 Brain Fair is sponsored by the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at 溏心vlog免费B站 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}