{"id":4647,"date":"2012-10-30T16:32:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T20:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ombs\/?p=4647"},"modified":"2012-10-30T16:32:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T20:32:37","slug":"ned-the-neuron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/2012\/10\/30\/ned-the-neuron\/","title":{"rendered":"Ned the Neuron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"st_twitter_large\"> <\/span><span class=\"st_facebook_large\"> <\/span><span class=\"st_ybuzz_large\"> <\/span><span class=\"st_gbuzz_large\"> <\/span><span class=\"st_email_large\"> <\/span><span class=\"st_sharethis_large\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/button\/buttons.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n        stLight.options({publisher:'0b9142ea-42f7-4b62-947d-dd7654ef4f2d'});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\nSometimes it can be tough to explain the research work that I am involved in right now: I can&#8217;t just say &#8220;I study the interaction between the hippocampus and the pre-frontal cortex&#8221; because inevitably, I get blank stares. So instead, I say &#8220;Neuroscience&#8211;brain stuff!&#8221; But I find this unfortunate: I want to be able to explain my research interests to people &#8211; even though they might be unfamiliar with neuroscience &#8211; without having to go into a 15-minute neuroanatomy lesson. But this is no fault of theirs: they have just never been exposed to the anatomy of the brain.<\/p>\n<p>In grade school and high school most people are exposed to the body in anatomy classes and text-book diagrams. This tends not be true for the brain &#8211; the first time I was exposed to its anatomy was in my first neuroscience course, at a university. However, I think it is a necessary foundation for children to understand their own brains, even at a simplistic level. This is why I was excited to find that Erica Warp and Jessica Voytek have created an inspirational and fascinating children&#8217;s storybook called\u00a0<em>Ned the Neuron<\/em>. It&#8217;s great to know that there are indeed ways that children can learn accurate information about the brain. And although this is a children&#8217;s book, I would recommend it to adults, too! This is certainly a step in the right direction toward bringing knowledge of neuroscience to the general public. I&#8217;ve already bought my copy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/files\/2012\/10\/photo-full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4648\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/files\/2012\/10\/photo-full.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kizoomlabs.com\/the-adventures-of-ned-the-neuron\/\">Ned the Neuron<\/a> &#8211; Erika Warp and Jessica Voytek<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cenblog.org\/newscripts\/2012\/10\/a-dynamic-neuron-his-dynamic-poster-at-sfn12\/#more-3301\">A Dynamic Neuron &amp; His Dynamic Poster At Society for Neuroscience 2012<\/a> &#8211; CENtral Science<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it can be tough to explain the research work that I am involved in right now: I can&#8217;t just say &#8220;I study the interaction between the hippocampus and the pre-frontal cortex&#8221; because inevitably, I get blank stares. So instead, I say &#8220;Neuroscience&#8211;brain stuff!&#8221; But I find this unfortunate: I want to be able to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4995,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[588],"tags":[654,765],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4995"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}