Title of Presentation: Your Brain as a Superhero

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Introduced the brain via context of the brain’s roles to the whole body. Emphasizing how it makes a person think, remember, learn, imagine, and even feel emotions. The 3D brain distribution guided the participants to know the brain biology.

Title of Presentation: Why We Feel Scared of Braved - The Little Prince meets the Brain

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Kids and Adolescents (ages 4 to 18) were able to get to know the daily functions of the brain, such as thinking, feeling, and moving. The participants of the presentation were asked questions about how the amygdala (detector of threats) is applied in their daily lives and how a positive perspective can reduce the brain’s stress center. Emotional processing became a segue to The Little Prince. The moral insight of deep emotional resonance was a topic where behavioral neuroscience, particularly neurobiological bonding between the fox and the prince, as well as the rose and the prince. This discussion connected to the next session’s focus - dopamine.

Title of Presentation: How Sleep Affects the Brain

Context: Children and Adolescents were taught how to recharge the brain, especially after a tiring day. Topics include how the body repairs itself, the benefits of sleeping in a long duration, and how it gets rid of the body waste. The activity of painting the night sky allows creative expression through exercising understanding on the sleep cycles and how it affects the prefrontal cortex decision making and motor movement.

Title of Presentation: How Music Affects the Brain

Context: Since this was the last day, multiple choice questions were given to the children and adolescents present. Habits that make the brain strong that are not extraneous were given like finger tapping exercises. A brief introduction to the amygdala as well as dopamine rush wasalso explained in the presentation and painting session. This painting session was based on the positive affirmation lyrics of “How Far I’ll Go”, reinforcing happy hormones such as oxytocin, and endorphins as well as self-belief.