Explain the Brain: Websites to Help Scientists Teach Neuroscience to the General Public
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Autism Awareness Month, Healthy Vision Month, Mental Health Month, National Aphasia Awareness Month, National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month, and World Alzheimer’s Month. This Feature showcases Internet-based resources to help neuroscientists explain their work to the general public and K–12 audiences. These Internet resources feature videos, images, animations, and other outreach tools that are accessible to lay audiences and that speakers can adapt for their own presentations.
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