URI Brain Fair

The URI George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience is a research institute dedicated to understanding and finding treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.

Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, URI

Boost your brain knowledge at the URI Brain Fair! This free, family-friendly event will feature hands-on activities, puzzles, demonstrations, and presentations where you can learn more about how the brain works, and about how URI scientists are helping push the frontiers of brain science and the treatment of brain diseases.
Activities include: 
<UL>
<LI>Take a 3-D tour of the human brain</LI>
<LI>Use prism goggles to learn how your brain controls movement</LI>
<LI>Find out how exercise, a healthy diet, and mindfulness are good for your brain</LI>
<LI>Experience in virtual reality what it’s like to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia </LI>
<LI>Use brain waves to control a game</LI>
<LI>Fire up a giant neuron </LI>
</UL>
Plus, Marvelous Marvin's Brain Circus at noon!
This event is part of Brain Week Rhode Island (March 11-18, 2018), a week-long celebration of brain health and brain science for Rhode Islanders of all ages. Creative learning activities and events include expert panels, talks, film screenings, workshops, and a Brain Fair with interactive science exhibits. For more brainy fun visit<A HREF="http://www.brainweekri.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> www.BrainWeekRI.org</A>.

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