Dr Uncapher spoke with leadership at the George Lucas Education Foundationn--including their research staff and their outreach staff for Edutopia--about the Science of Learning. Keep an eye out for future Ask the Neuroscientist columns on Edutopia by Dr. Uncapher, coming in the summer. 

Edutopia is one of the top go-to resources for understanding what works in education. They hold over 24 million conversations per month via their website and social media presence. Find out more about the organization at edutopia.org.

Find out more about Science of Learning teacher training and curriculum design here or email education@appliedneuro.org ​

The final episode of our TV show: Who Will We Be? is available to view online at pbs.org. We hope you've loved the series!

Episode 4: How Do I Decide? available to view online at pbs.org

Episode 3: Who is in Control? is available to view online at pbs.org

Episode 2: What Makes Me? is available to view online at pbs.org

Episode 1: What is Reality? is available to view online at pbs.org

Drs Weiner and Uncapher served as Script Supervisors for all episodes in the new PBS series, The Brain. The six-part series is hosted by Dr David Eagleman, and can be viewed online at pbs.org. 

The six episode TV series will air every Wed evening at 10p from 10/14 through 11/18. 

In a new publication by Dr Weiner and colleagues in Germany and at Stanford, two new brain regions are identified and described. 

​Full text here.

The National Academy of Sciences, along with the Institute of Digital Media and Child Development, are launching a global convening of researchers, pediatricians, child psychologists, and neuroscientists who are investigating the impact of technology and media use on childrens' brains and behavior. 

IAN's Dr Uncapher is a co-organizer and will chair the working group day of the conference. 
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White papers will be published in an upcoming issue of Pediatrics, and select primary papers and reviews will be published in upcoming issues of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.   

Discover Magazine highlights how Dr Weiner and colleague Dr Jason Yeatman rediscovered a part of the human brain that has a storied history. 

Read article here.