Wonders of the brain exhibition

Date Published: 17-Mar-2009

A SPECIAL interactive exhibition is being organised by NUI Galway scientists on Thursday and Friday as part of Brain Awareness Week.
The exhibition, on the ground floor of the Eyre Square Shopping Centre, aims to raise public awareness of the importance of brain health, and neuroscience research.
The exhibition will feature a 3D brain model, and visitors will be able to use a computer based test to determine which side of their brain is dominant – the left or right hemisphere.
Informative drawings for children to colour will be provided, along with puzzles to test visitors of all ages. Also there will be literature on various brain illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Disease, and video footage of a neuroscience researcher talking about stroke research.