MCW and the Neuroscience Research Center hosted the Milwaukee Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience on March 15, 2011 for a Brain Awareness Week Event entitled "YOUR BRAIN: The Facts Behind the Headlines". The evening consisted of graduate student booths with presentations and hands on demonstrations of neuroscience topics as well as three talks by MCW neuroscientists on newsworthy topics.
Amber Petersen and Audra Kramer from MCW play vision games with visitors
Joseph Fogerty from MCW gives a 2-point discrimination test
Andrew Karls and Dr. Jim Buchanan from Marquette show motor learning through the use of prism goggles
Marie-Elizabeth Barabas from MCW demonstrates the brain's connection to our senses
Jon Resch and Xiaoqian Liu from Marquette demonstrate how we distinguish the sense of touch by stimulating the forearm
Jonathan Hill from Marquette tests the crowds attention
Josh Brown from MCW exhibits some brain models for the crowd
Alexander Puckett and Andrew Salzwedel from MCW present brain mapping techniques
Dr. Frank Pintar beginning his talk on Surviving a Bullet to the Head
Dr. Jon Lehrmann presents on Mental Illness in our Communities
Not pictured: Dr. Sylvain Baillet giving a presentation on Imaging at the Speed of Brain with MEG
Photos by Carolyn Tanner, PhD, MCW