The Brain Experience
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| Dates: | Saturday, May 2, 2009 |
| Hours: | 1 to 4pm |
| Ages: | Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Science & Technology |
The Brain Experience
MIT Building 46 atrium (third floor) -- 43 Vassar St, Cambridge
Join us for an afternoon of family-oriented activities including:
Learning about learning: experimental demonstrations about how we study exploration and play in children (ages 3 to 6)
What can visual illusions and visual memory tell scientists about how the mind works? (all ages)
Playdough neurons (ages 4 and up)
A life without memory: the story of Patient H.M. (ages 12 and up)
Reading, dyslexia, and the brain (ages 4 to 17)
Hearing (ages 6 to 10)
Memory (ages 4 to 10)
Virtual 3D navigation and spatial memory (ages 7 and up)
Virtual EEG: brain responses to visual inputs (ages 5 and up)
Learning to see: what’s it like to see like an infant (ages 11 and up)
Eye tracking demonstration (all ages)
There will also be puzzles and coloring pages for our younger visitors, as well as a free raffle of fun brain-related children's books and games.
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43 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA, 02139 map
43 Vassar St (Building 46) Atrium (third floor) at MIT in Cambridge MA
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