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NIDA volunteers and local parents and kids participate at the USA Science & Engineering Festival 2016 in Washington, DC.

NIDA volunteers and local parents and kids participate at the USA Science & Engineering Festival 2016 in Washington, DC.

NIDA volunteers and local parents and kids participate at the USA Science & Engineering Festival 2016 in Washington, DC.

Last Saturday, Billy Wilder crashed his sports car while under the influence of sugar. He was immediately rushed to his mother's arms and the only injury he suffered was some bruising of his ego. Billy's mom promised to mount a national campaign to prevent these types of accidents of ever occurring again. Quoting Ms. Wilder, "If the government won't prevent these sugar related accidents from happening then I will." Billy also has sworn off the use of sugar while driving and is committing his life to brain science to study the effects of sugar on pre-teen drivers.

NIDA volunteers and local parents and kids participate at the USA Science & Engineering Festival 2016 in Washington, DC.

MIT Professor Sebastian Seung discusses neuroscience during a February 13, 2012, speech to The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco. Seung was discussing his new book Connectome. Photo: ED RITGER

The target audience for this video series is 10-11 year old boys. Science based videos for an older audience can be found on our YouTube channel. For more information visit our non-commercial, non-religious website – www.yourbrainonporn.com It’s an unsettling fact that by age 11 most boys have been exposed to pornographic images. Yet few materials on the subject address such a youthful audience. If you’re a parent, it can be surprisingly difficult to find a good way to discuss pornography. You don’t want your child to see sex as “forbidden”…

  

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The target audience for this video series is 10-11 year old boys. Science based videos for an older audience can be found on our YouTube channel. For more information visit our non-commercial, non-religious website – www.yourbrainonporn.com It’s an unsettling fact that by age 11 most boys have been exposed to pornographic images. Yet few materials on the subject address such a youthful audience. If you’re a parent, it can be surprisingly difficult to find a good way to discuss pornography. You don’t want your child to see sex as “forbidden”…

  

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Two diagrams of brain regions involved in cognitive control, shown from different perspectives.

 

The skills that make up executive function rely on many different parts of the brain, including those shown here in blue. Working memory involves the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), for example, while inhibitory control engages the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA), neuroimaging studies suggest. All these regions are present by the time a child reaches adolescence, but the connections between them are still being refined by experience, getting stronger with use or weaker with disuse. Scientists think that this process of reinforcing and whittling down brain connections is key to helping teens adapt to their unique environments as they become independent.

  

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Teens can have excellent executive function — just not all the time

Adolescents’ brains are highly capable, if inconsistent, during this critical age of exploration and development. They are also acutely tuned into rewards.

knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2023/executive-function...

 

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Los adolescentes pueden tener una función ejecutiva excelente (pero no todo el tiempo)

Los cerebros de los adolescentes son muy capaces, aunque inconsistentes, en esta edad crítica de exploración y desarrollo. También están muy en sintonía con las recompensas.

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An Integrative Model of the Maturation of Cognitive Control, Annual Review of Neuroscience

Mounting evidence suggests that adolescent brain development is an adaptive period of experience-seeking that’s necessary to refine and specialize brain systems supporting cognitive control — the ability to voluntarily pursue internal goals in an ever-changing environment full of distractions.

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The Knowable Magazine Science Graphics Library is an initiative to create freely available, accurate and engaging graphics for teachers and students. All graphics are curated from Knowable Magazine articles and are free for classroom use.

 

Knowable Magazine is an editorially independent initiative produced by Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society.

 

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The target audience for this video series is 10-11 year old boys. Science based videos for an older audience can be found on our YouTube channel. For more information visit our non-commercial, non-religious website – www.yourbrainonporn.com It’s an unsettling fact that by age 11 most boys have been exposed to pornographic images. Yet few materials on the subject address such a youthful audience. If you’re a parent, it can be surprisingly difficult to find a good way to discuss pornography. You don’t want your child to see sex as “forbidden”…

  

leggingsarepants.org/food/things-you-didnt-know-about-por...

The target audience for this video series is 10-11 year old boys. Science based videos for an older audience can be found on our YouTube channel. For more information visit our non-commercial, non-religious website – www.yourbrainonporn.com It’s an unsettling fact that by age 11 most boys have been exposed to pornographic images. Yet few materials on the subject address such a youthful audience. If you’re a parent, it can be surprisingly difficult to find a good way to discuss pornography. You don’t want your child to see sex as “forbidden”…

  

leggingsarepants.org/food/things-you-didnt-know-about-por...

The target audience for this video series is 10-11 year old boys. Science based videos for an older audience can be found on our YouTube channel. For more information visit our non-commercial, non-religious website – www.yourbrainonporn.com It’s an unsettling fact that by age 11 most boys have been exposed to pornographic images. Yet few materials on the subject address such a youthful audience. If you’re a parent, it can be surprisingly difficult to find a good way to discuss pornography. You don’t want your child to see sex as “forbidden”…

  

leggingsarepants.org/food/things-you-didnt-know-about-por...

The target audience for this video series is 10-11 year old boys. Science based videos for an older audience can be found on our YouTube channel. For more information visit our non-commercial, non-religious website – www.yourbrainonporn.com It’s an unsettling fact that by age 11 most boys have been exposed to pornographic images. Yet few materials on the subject address such a youthful audience. If you’re a parent, it can be surprisingly difficult to find a good way to discuss pornography. You don’t want your child to see sex as “forbidden”…

  

leggingsarepants.org/food/things-you-didnt-know-about-por...

Graph showing that the brain’s cognitive and affective systems function differently in adolescence vs. adulthood. In adolescence, emotion and reward-driven systems sensitive to dopamine dominate; cognitive systems gain precedence in late teens and early adulthood.

 

Although the brain systems needed for executive function and cognitive control (shown in blue) are up and running in teenagers, research by Beatriz Luna, Ashley Parr and colleagues suggests that the brain’s reward systems — involved in both positive and negative emotions — still dominate (shown in red). This parallels an early surge in levels of dopamine — a neurotransmitter associated with reward and motivation — which declines as teens get older.

 

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Teens can have excellent executive function — just not all the time

Adolescents’ brains are highly capable, if inconsistent, during this critical age of exploration and development. They are also acutely tuned into rewards.

knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2023/executive-function...

 

Lea en español

 

Los adolescentes pueden tener una función ejecutiva excelente (pero no todo el tiempo)

Los cerebros de los adolescentes son muy capaces, aunque inconsistentes, en esta edad crítica de exploración y desarrollo. También están muy en sintonía con las recompensas.

es.knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2023/funcion-ejecuti...

 

Read more from Annual Reviews

 

An Integrative Model of the Maturation of Cognitive Control, Annual Review of Neuroscience

Mounting evidence suggests that adolescent brain development is an adaptive period of experience-seeking that’s necessary to refine and specialize brain systems supporting cognitive control — the ability to voluntarily pursue internal goals in an ever-changing environment full of distractions.

knowmag.org/LunaReview

 

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Knowable Magazine from Annual Reviews is a digital publication that seeks to make scientific knowledge accessible to all. Through compelling articles, beautiful graphics, engaging videos and more, Knowable Magazine explores the real-world impact of research through a journalistic lens. All content is rooted in deep reporting and undergoes a thorough fact-checking before publication.

 

The Knowable Magazine Science Graphics Library is an initiative to create freely available, accurate and engaging graphics for teachers and students. All graphics are curated from Knowable Magazine articles and are free for classroom use.

 

Knowable Magazine is an editorially independent initiative produced by Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society.

 

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We love to hear how teachers are using our graphics. Contact us: knowablemagazine.org/contact-us

MIT Professor Sebastian Seung makes a point during his February 13, 2012, speech to The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco. Seung was discussing his new book Connectome. Photo: ED RITGER

OCD and Hoarding: Cleaning Up the Problem

 

Presenters: Dr. Neil Rector, Dr. Nikola Grujich, Dr. Sophie Grigoriadis. Peggy Richter, Dr. Anthony Levitt (moderator)

 

Tuesday, January 17, 2011, 6:30 PM

 

Webcast: alex2.sunnybrook.ca/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=4a024a95390a41...

One of many green spots at the RIKEN campus in Tokyo.

A very stylish cafeteria. Beer night every Friday.

Dr. Anthony Feinstein with Dr. Sandra Black, a colleague in Brain Sciences at Sunnybrook Research Institute. You can learn more about their work here: sunnybrook.ca/research/content/?page=sri_prog_neuro_home

 

Learn more about Under Fire: Journalists in Combat: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/under_fire_journalists_in_combat/

 

Watch Under Fire on CBC documentary channel: www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/feature-programs/under_fire...

 

Support Dr. Feinstein's research: sunnybrook.ca/foundation/content/?page=investments_research

 

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, author, essayist and poet. He is on the Research Faculty at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, in New York, and the University of Toronto's Department of Psychiatry. He is a four time recepient of Canada's National Magazine Gold Award. He has presented his scientific research on effective therapies at the White House.

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Producer Laura Morton enjoys the reception after the screening.

 

Learn more about Under Fire: Journalists in Combat: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/under_fire_journalists_in_combat/

 

Watch Under Fire on CBC documentary channel: www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/feature-programs/under_fire...

 

Support Dr. Feinstein's research: sunnybrook.ca/foundation/content/?page=investments_research

 

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Director Martyn Burke comments on the efforts to create a Chair position in the subject of psychological trauma and war zones, a collaboration between Sunnybrook and the University of Toronto. Planning for this position is in early stages.

 

Learn more about Under Fire: Journalists in Combat: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/under_fire_journalists_in_combat/

 

Watch Under Fire on CBC documentary channel: www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/feature-programs/under_fire...

 

Support Dr. Feinstein's research: sunnybrook.ca/foundation/content/?page=investments_research

 

Thursday, February 16, 2012

The film is introduced by the CBC documentary channel's Bruce Cowley.

 

Learn more about Under Fire: Journalists in Combat: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/under_fire_journalists_in_combat/

 

Watch Under Fire on CBC documentary channel: www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/feature-programs/under_fire...

 

Support Dr. Feinstein's research: sunnybrook.ca/foundation/content/?page=investments_research

 

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Dr. Feinstein takes audience questions on PTSD and war journalism after the film. He and director Martyn Burke were on fire (forgive the pun), and conversation with the audience went over the time allotted. The Q and A session was cut off at 30 minutes, and informally continued at the reception afterwards.

 

Learn more about Under Fire: Journalists in Combat: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/under_fire_journalists_in_combat/

 

Watch Under Fire on CBC documentary channel: www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/feature-programs/under_fire...

 

Support Dr. Feinstein's research: sunnybrook.ca/foundation/content/?page=investments_research

 

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Illustration for the scientific magazine La Recherche.

The article was about a study on how our brain makes decisions.

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

Sunnybrook experts gathered for a discussion about suicide, talking about issues of awareness, understanding and coping. Doctors research and prevention, suicide in children and teens, suicide and old age, and coping with suicide.

 

Speakers: Dr. Mark Sinyor, Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Ken Shulman, Cheryl Ball

 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

 

Watch the Speakers Series online here: bit.ly/SuicideAwareness

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