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NEUROSCIENCE FOR KIDS NEWSLETTER - Volume 17, Issue 5 (May, 2013)

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Welcome to the Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter.

In this issue:

1. What's New at Neuroscience for Kids 2. Neuroscience for Kids Site of the Month 3. The Little Book of Neuroscience Haiku 4. Brain Awareness Video Contest 5. Media Alert 6. Treasure Trove of Brain Trivia 7. Support Neuroscience for Kids 8. How to Stop Your Subscription

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1. WHAT'S NEW AT NEUROSCIENCE FOR KIDS

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Neuroscience for Kids had several new additions in April including:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">A. April Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter was archived <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/news174.html

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">B. May and June Neurocalendars <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/pdf/may13.pdf <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/pdf/jun13.pdf

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In April, 3 new figures were added and 21 pages were modified.

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">2. NEUROSCIENCE FOR KIDS "SITE OF THE MONTH"

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The Neuroscience for Kids "Site of the Month" for May is "Neurocomic" at:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://www.neurocomic.org/

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">It may be a little early to tell you about Neurocomic, but it is definitely a web site to watch. Neurocomic will eventually be a graphic novel that takes readers on a journey into neuroscience. The work is the product of comic artist Matteo Farinella and neuroscientist Dr. Hana Ros (University College London) and is supported by a Wellcome Trust People Award.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The Neurocomic web site gives visitors a look at how the novel is being created. In the "Gallery" you can see artwork for the novel and some photographs of the developers working on the project. The "Film" section of the site also shows the developers at work in a short video. The book should be released in the UK in 2013.

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">3. The LITTLE BOOK OF NEUROSCIENCE HAIKU

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book "The Little Book of Neuroscience Haiku" (W.W. Norton and Co., Inc, 2013). The book contains more than 100 haiku-style poems divided into the chapters "People," "Places" and "Things." Each poem is followed by a brief explanation to interpret the haiku. See:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=4294972316

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">4. BRAIN AWARENESS VIDEO CONTEST

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Do you have an idea for a video about the brain? It could win you $1,000 and a trip to San Diego for the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Completed videos must be received by the Society for Neuroscience on June 10, 2013. Rules, prizes and entry information are available at:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://www.brainfacts.org/BAVC

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">5. MEDIA ALERT

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">A. The May 2013 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MIND has the articles "Why We Cheat," "Calisthenics for a Child's Mind," "An Appetite for Aggression," "Solving the Mystery of MS," "Calming a Turbulent Mind," and "A Trip Out of Depression."

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">B. The May 2013 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN has the article "Seeds of Dementia: What do Alzheimers, Parkinsons and Lou Gehrigs Have in Common?" by Lary C. Walker and Mathias Jucker.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">C. "An Uncommon Pain. Living with the mystery of headache" by Sallie Tisdale (HARPER'S MAGAZINE, May, 2013).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">D. "What Can We Learn from a Brain?" is an exhibit at the National Museum of Health and Medicine (Silver Spring, MD; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">http://www.medicalmuseum.mil <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">) through May 31, 2013. The exhibit features maps and photographs of Albert Einstein's brain.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">E. Check out "BrainGames" on the National Geographic channel, every Monday at 9 pm through June 24. See:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://braingames.nationalgeographic.com/

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">6. THE TREASURE TROVE OF BRAIN TRIVIA

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">A. The average wait in 2012 for new patients to see a neurologist is 34.8 business days.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">B. The average wait for a follow-up visit to see a neurologist is 30.0 days.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">C. The average wait time for new neurosurgery patient visits is 24.1 days (and 20.3 days for family practice, 16.8 days for orthopedic surgery, and 15.5 days for cardiology).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">D. The need for child neurologists is high: in 2012, 39% of children's hospitals reported vacancies of 12 months or longer for child neurologists.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">E. The average patient wait times to see a child neurologist is 45 business days.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Bonus fact: The demand for neurologists will increase from 18,180 in 2012 to 21,440 by 2025.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">(All above data from "Supply and demand analysis of the current and future US neurology workforce", Timothy M. Dall, Michael V. Storm, Ritashree Chakrabarti, Oksana Drogan, Christopher M. Keran, Peter D. Donofrio, Victor W. Henderson, Henry J. Kaminski, James C. Stevens, and Thomas R. Vidic, in NEUROLOGY, 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318294b1cf; published ahead of print April 17, 2013.)