BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK IN TLAXCALA, MEXICO

March 13-17th, 2017

¡Cerebremos! Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencias Fisiológicas

Society for Neuroscience

Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas

Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala

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Welcome and Introduction to the BAW by Rosa Angélica Lucio,

Member of the Mexican Chapter of the SfN.

Official opening by Samantha Viñas, Head of the Ministry of Scientific Research of the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala.

March 13th Opening ceremony

Book´s presentation: Neuroscience and Special Education

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Presenters Raúl Jiménez Guillén Margarita Martínez José Camacho Moderator Claudia Mendoza

Auditorium Luis Carvajal Espino in the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala.

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Lecture of popular science: The brain gets excited

Laura Hernández Aragón

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What is an emotion? Why are the emotions important?

Where are the emotions?

displeasure anger surprise fear sadness

Wooden puzzle: The encephalon

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Lecture of popular science: Brains working differently

René Zempoalteca Ramírez

Autism Déja Vú Photographic memory Synesthesia

Puzzles given to those who asked or answered issues about the given lectures.

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Black teather Astro and Neuro

Auditorium Luis Carvajal Espino in the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala.

Script: Rosa Angélica Lucio Chief executive: Pablo Reyes

Students: Adriana Castro, Griselda Sánchez

Ariana Flores and Vianey Cortés

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March 15th Symposium

Brain, emotions and learning

1) Brains: evolutionary perspectives Rosa Angélica Lucio

Auditorium Gudiño Pelayo in the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala.

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2) Learning and plasticity Fancisco Castelán

Undergraduate students of Psychology, Biology and Special Education attending the lectures.

Symposium Brain, emotions and learning

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Symposium Brain, emotions and learning

4) Neuro-myths Verónica Reyes

3) Neuro-tips to wake the brain Dora Corona

There were four sign language interpreters

for the hearing impaired people. Some assistants with hearing impairment

were invited to attend the symposium.

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Master and PhD students.

Clinical Chemestry students attending the lecture.

Seminar Room of the Behavioral Biology Center in the Autonumus University of Tlaxcala.

March 16th Lecture of popular science:

Are you your brain? Martín Bonfil

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Lobby of the University Cultural Center

Undergraduate students of Special Education Program, Medicine Program and Postgraduate students of Biological Sciences Program prepared activities for the BAW.

March 17th Fair brain

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Video: The nervous system

Manual activity: Your spinal reflex

Poster: Naked wires: Diabetic neuropathy

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Poster: Triune brain

Poster: Little brains in the body: Peripheral ganglia

Poster: Biological drainage and its nervous control

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Poster: I´m emerging breaking wires

Innervation of the striated musculature of the perineal region.

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Poster: Brain lobes

Poster: Pissing: The mictirition reflex

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Play: Astro y Neuro Presented by undergraduate students of Medicine

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Manual activity: Organizing paper brains

Demonstration: Spinal cord

Manual activity: Nervous reflex

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Manual activity: Factory of neurons

Demonstration: The brain in your hands

Materials to elaborate neurons.

Demonstration: Neurons: Structure and neural communication

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Braille system

Brain models and neuronal shapes. Material elaborated thinking in people with visual impairment.

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People with visual impairment reading about the nervpus system.

Texts were written in spanish but also in the Braille system.

Some of them were interviewed by a

journalist of a local newspaper.

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Boy with visual impairment enjoying in the brain fair.

Undergraduate students of Special Education explaining about brain structures.

Children identifiying brain lobes.

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The Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala (UAT) received approximately 750 visitors during the BAW. Seventy master and doctoral students and 16 researchers were involved in activities related to the BAW,

coordinated by Rosa Angélica Lucio & Margarita Juárez.

Financial support: Society for Neuroscience,

Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas (UAT),

Secretaría de Investigación Científica (UAT).

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