McMaster Brain Bee - April 9, 2015

The Brain Bee is a competition for high school students, grades 9 through 12. Students answer questions about the brain and neuroscience research. It is designed to stimulate interest and excitement about brain research.  Students study topics on memory, sleep, intelligence, emotion, perception, stress, aging, brain imaging, neurology, neurotransmitters, genetics, and brain disease (just to list a few). It is an exciting opportunity for high school students to learn about the brain and the importance of brain research. It brings the students to the university in their area to meet students and professors who are doing brain research. It is an avenue of communication, through media and students, to raise awareness of brain research in the community. It is a mechanism to attract bright young minds to the study of neuroscience. The Brain Bee is an effective recruitment tool.  Many brain bee competitors go on to study the brain because of their experience as high school competitors in the Brain Bee.

More information about the competition can be found here.