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Our New Book “How Your Brain Works” Launched at SfN 2022!

We almost ran out of pens at the world’s biggest neuroscience conference! This year’s Society for Neuroscience (SfN) was the first in-person meeting since 2019. And we’re really happy that it happened. Firstly, we’ve so missed the nerdy vibes of sci-comm bustle. Secondly, taking a stroll under palms in sunny San Diego feels really nice in November! Last but not least, it would have been downright impossible to sign copies of our new book online.

Because that’s right, our new book, “How Your Brain Works: Neuroscience Experiments for Everyone” written by our co-founders, Drs. Greg Gage and Tim Marzullo, has just been released by MIT Press! It’s a lengthy volume yet easy to digest, and even easier to keep open as you fiddle with electrodes, insects or your own nervous system in your classroom or home lab.

The book contains over 50 experiments you can do anywhere you want if you have one of our SpikerBoxes. But even if you don’t, you can always flex your engineering abilities and DIY one using our open-source schematics!

The classroom-ready, open-ended experiments include:

  • What does our brain do when we exercise or hold our breath?
  • How do our brains tell our bodies to jump, dance, or sing?
  • How fast do signals travel down a neuron?
  • Can we really enhance our memories during sleep?
  • How does the brain get your attention?
  • How do brain stimulators (used in treating Parkinson’s disease) really work?
  • How long does it take the brain to decide?
  • And many more!
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