BRAINS IN DREAMLAND
MARCH 13 – 18, 2017
Traditionally, the third week of March in Belgrade is the time for the event, Brain Awareness Week, dedicated to the secrets of the human brain and including numerous lectures from the field of neurosciences, panel discussions, visits to laboratories, interactive workshops and exhibitions, as well as a rich program for children.
The Brain Awareness Week, bearing the slogan Brains in Dreamland, will attempt to describe and unveil the secrets of the mystical world of sleep and dreams. This motif represents the main theme of the exhibition held at the SASA Gallery of Science and Technology.
Renowned lecturers from the Clinic for Neurology of the Clinical Center of Serbia and professionals from the Institute for Histology of the Belgrade School of Medicine will give talks on the regeneration of nerve cells, night learning, eating at late hours, excessive sleepiness in humans (hypersomnia), headaches, disorders of the neuromuscular junction and many other subjects of research by neuroscientists. The other lectures will be on the impact of noise on sleep, the manner in which astronauts sleep, how we make decisions, connections between humans and computers, and other interesting topics.
The program of the Brain Awareness Week also includes fun workshops for children.
