Tag: neuroscience

Mental Health and Brain Health

Spring Convocation: Neuroscience and Mental Health Student Makes Waves with Brain Research

Spring Convocation: Neuroscience and Mental Health Student Makes Waves with Brain Research
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When Kayla Schumacker first applied to Carleton University’s Neuroscience and Mental Health program, she couldn’t know that one day she would present at the renowned Society for Neuroscience conference in Washington, D.C., never mind win a Viewer’s Choice Award.

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Mental Health and Brain Health

Advances in women’s brain health needed to close gender gap in neuroscience, doctors say

Advances in women’s brain health needed to close gender gap in neuroscience, doctors say
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Historically, the male body has been the default in scientific studies. Lab rats? Male. Test subjects? Men. This stark gender gap was a key focus at the Empowering Women through BrainHealth conference.

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