Tom Newpher

How does the brain work?

Scientists are closer to the answer with the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date. 🧵

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YouTube video by Association of American Universities Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer

Make sure you, your trainees, and anyone else who might listen to you understands what "indirects" actually are, how they are established, and what Universities contribute. H/T @rodallab.bsky.social

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a man wearing glasses is standing in front of a blackboard and says `` anyone ? '' . Alt: a man wearing glasses is standing in front of a blackboard and says `` anyone ? '' . This is a clip from the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, showing the scene where a teacher calls out attendance in front of an uninterested and disengaged class.

Lecturing can sometimes be... suboptimal. Help wake those students up with in class application problems. Intro to BN has several collaborative learning activities to accompany each chapter, all designed by @tnewpher.bsky.social. Find them in the Instructor portal, in the "test bank" zip file.

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Check it out and consider using this textbook for your introductory neuroscience courses! (4/4)

including application questions for collaborative learning activities. Instructors also have access to lecture slides and the student resources include in-book review questions, author interviews, and methods videos. (3/4)

The illustrations/figures are beautiful and there are helpful resources for instructors and students. I served as Assessment Development Lead for this project and along with chapter authors and editors we put together a test bank with over 400 questions, (2/4)

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Neuroscience educators and students, I strongly encourage you to check out this fantastic new resource from OpenStax! Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience is a free peer-reviewed online textbook written by field experts and funded by NSF. (1/4)