Princeton NAPL Kids Project

Dr. Sabine Kastner received this year's Award for Education in Neuroscience from the Society of Neuroscience (SfN) for her contribution to science education for all ages. Among these contributions is the creation of Frontiers for Young Minds, an open-access scientific journal for and edited by children, along with Dr. Robert Knight. Frontiers for Young Minds provides an opportunity for children from all around the world to engage with scientific research and participate in the publishing process. Read more here: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/10/21/kastner-receives-award-education-neuroscience

The Kids Project had fun leading short lessons and demonstrations at the annual Littlebrook Science Expo! Students learned about our project, tried some demonstrations using perception distortion goggles, and had fun asking questions about the brain. We can't wait until next year! :)

Check out “A biased competition theory for the developmental cognitive neuroscience of visuo-spatial attention”, a review article from our lab describing a framework on the development of attention function. Read more here:

A biased competition theory for the developmental cognitive neuroscience of visuo-spatial attention Selective attention is crucial for navigating natural visual environments, which are often crowded with too many objects to process simultaneously. Re…

We had a great time at the annual Communiversity ArtsFest. Families learned about the current projects in our lab, enjoyed demos using perception distortion goggles, and tried a variety of brain mazes. Thank you to all those that came by our table!

How does your brain help you visually search for something like your favorite pen or your homework? Read "I Spy With My Little Eye: What Visual Search Can Tell Us About How We See the World" https://kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.2019.00004 … to learn more!

I Spy With My Little Eye: What Visual Search Can Tell Us About How We See the World We have all have experienced the frustration of looking for something we want, only to find a seemingly endless series of things we don’t want. This process of looking for an object of interest is called visual search. It is part and parcel of how we operate in the real world, where an object we w...