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Kids and Brain Disorders at Southampton College’s Brain Bee
Southampton,
NY — Jericho High School senior Suraj Rambhia took first place
this Saturday in Long Island’s sixth annual regional Brain Bee
competition at Southampton College. Rambhia was awarded $300 and is
sent to Baltimore, Maryland for the International Competition. The
grand prize for the winner of the International Competition is $3000
and an all expense paid trip to the Society for Neuroscience meeting
in Washington, D.C. and an individual trophy for his high school.
The Brain Bee is part of
Brain Awareness Week spearheaded by both the Dana Alliance, a philanthropic
foundation, and the Society for Neuroscience. The goal is to motivate
youth to learn about the brain and pursue careers in biomedical brain
research in the fight against mental retardation, cerebral palsy,
spinal-cord injury and other brain disorders.
Questions composed by Southampton
College professor of psychology Paul Forestell tested seventeen high
school students from all over Long Island on their knowledge of the
brain and how it relates to intelligence, memory, emotions, sensations,
movement, stress, aging, sleep and neurological disorders such as
drug addiction, Alzheimer's disease and stroke.
Dean Paul Forestell has offered the following cash scholarships to the winners of the Long Island University Brain Bee: 1st place: $300
2nd place: $200
3rd place: $100
Southampton College Continues To Host World Renowned Brain
Bee Contest
Southampton, NY Southampton College will host its sixth annual regional
Brain Bee on Saturday, February 26, 2005.
The neuroscience quiz-show style competition is the only one of its
kind on Long Island. Past winners have gone on to place among the
top finishers at the International Brain Bee, and many have been offered
college scholarships, internships and paid positions at world-renowned
neuroscience research centers.
Students in the ninth through the twelfth grade who are interested
in neuroscience are encouraged to sign up as soon as possible for
the Brain Bee by contacting Southampton College professor Dr. John
Neill at (631) 287-8202 or at email address john.neill@liu.edu.
Neil, who is widely published in the field of psychobiology and who
is currently researching the affect of space travel on the human neurological
system, will be conducting a series of free neuroscience workshops
on Feb. 5, 12, and 19 at Southampton College to prepare students for
the Brain Bee. The workshops are internationally renowned, having
produced the international Brain Bee champion for the past two years
Bhakti Nagall from Farmington High School in Farmington, Connecticut,
in 2004, and Saroj Kunnakkat, from Lynbrook High School in Lynbrook,
N.Y. in 2003. The 2002 Long Island Brain Bee winner, Vikas Gupta of
Comsewogue High School in Port Jefferson Station, N.Y., placed second
overall in that year's International contest.
The competition tests students about the brain and how it relates
to intelligence, memory, emotions, sensations, movement, stress, aging,
sleep and neurological disorders such as drug addiction, Alzheimer's
disease and stroke. Questions for the bee are taken from Brain Facts,
which can be found online at http://web.sfn.org/baw/pdf/brainfacts.pdf
The winner of this year's Long Island Brain Bee will receive an all-expenses
paid trip for two to Baltimore to compete in the International Brain
Bee. The winner of that competition will be offered a free trip to the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, D.C.
Internationally, the Brain Bee is part of Marchfs Brain Awareness
Week. Spearheaded by the Dana Alliance, a private philanthropic foundation,
and the Society for Neuroscience, the goal is to motivate youth to
learn about the brain and pursue careers in biomedical brain research
in the war against mental retardation, cerebral palsy, spinal-cord
injury and other brain disorders.
Visit the International Brain Bee website at http://web.sfn.org/BAW/index.cfm.
In the last five years Southampton College has
sent two first place winners, as well as second, third, fifth and
sixth place winners to the International Brain Bee.
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Eligibility to be a competitor: Long Island High School students
who have read "Brain Facts." Participation in the Brain Bee preparatory
course is recommended.
Regional Brain Bees Southampton College hosts the only Brain
Bee on Long Island. In 2001, there were 47 local brain bees including
several in other countries. They are normally conducted during January,
February or early March.
Brain Facts Booklets All questions for the Southampton College
Brain Bee competitions come from the book "Brain Facts: A primer on
the brain and nervous system", published by the Society for Neuroscience.
Information about the Society for Neuroscience and "Brain Facts" are
available on the Society's Publications
webpage.
International Brain Bee The winner of the local brain bee
will compete in the National Brain Bee, and will also be expected
to answer questions from a booklet entitled, "Update 2001: Visions
of the Brain". This is updated annually. The current version is available
at: http://www.dana.org/books/press/progressreport/
More information about the Charles A. Dana Foundation can be found
at their website: http://www.dana.org/
Remember, Brain Bee prep classes are offered for FREE and run until
the regional Brain Bee, every Saturday in February.
Sample Brain Bee questions: What is the name of the cell
in the brain that conducts information? How many neurons are in the
human brain? Name the four lobes of the brain.
Southampton College Brain Bee 2004 Winner:
Bhakti Nagala, 2004 International Brain Bee Winner and Saroj Kunnakkat,
2003 International Brain Bee Winner. Both Studies in the Southampton
College Brain Bee Workshop.
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