Neuroscientists and science educators gathered during the Brain Awareness Campaign Event: Understanding the Impact of Neuroscience Outreach at Neuroscience 2023 to celebrate neuroscience outreach efforts around the world.
In this video, keynote event speaker Manuella Oliveira Yassa, director of outreach and education at the University of California, Irvine (UCI)’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM), discusses her experience implementing neuroscience education and outreach programs across communities. Oliveira Yassa illustrates how accounting for people’s relationships between their society and ecosystem can provide insights to improve existing outreach programs and design new ones.