The International Brain Bee
The International Brain Bee (IBB) is a neuroscience competition for young students between the age of 13 to 19 years worldwide, with a purpose to inspire teenagers to learn about the human brain, apply neuroscience in their daily lives and motivate them to enter careers in the basic and clinical neurosciences. The contestants are tested on their knowledge of the human brain including such topics as intelligence, emotions, memory, sleep, vision, hearing, sensation, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, addictions and brain research. The competition involves oral tests, a neuroanatomy laboratory exam with real human brains, a neurohistology test, and a patient diagnosis component.
The IBB was founded by Dr. Nobert Myslinski of the University of Maryland in Baltimore, USA. In 2018. It is incorporated under the leadership of the Dana Foundation, the Society for Neuroscience, the American Psychological Association, the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, and the International Brain Research Organization.
Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation is proud to have sponsored the competition held in Macau, and also paid for the full expense of the local champion and his/her instructor to participate in the World Championship since 2016.
More information about the International Brain Bee can be found in its official website at: https://thebrainbee.org/
