The annual World Brain Awareness Week campaign was held from March 12 to 18 for the purpose of promoting a general understanding of the meaning of brain science and its social importance, and 15 regions in Japan took part. On March 17, the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) held a science day under the theme ‘Approaching the Wonder of the Brain’ and more than 100 senior high-school students and members of the public participated. Manabu Tanifuji and Tadaharu Tsumoto gave lectures during the program, which began with a greeting by the special advisor for RIKEN BSI, Masao Ito. Following them, participants were divided into smaller groups to observe experiments using functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography, and to visit the various laboratories. Lively question-and-answer sessions occurred throughout the day, proving that the science course was an unqualified success.
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