Eastern Mediterranean University Faculty of Medicine

Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty organized an awareness activity for children in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in cooperation with the Ministry of National Education and Culture on the occasion of the Brain Awareness Week. It was the first brain awareness event was held in TRNC. This year’s event, organized with the aim of increasing the awareness towards the brain, the interest in brain science and the functioning of the brain, discussed the issue under the title “What is the brain for?”. As part of the activity, kindergarten and primary school students’ paintings on the subject “What is the brain for?” were exhibited. Before the exhibition, the medical faculty students and neuroscientist academic academic staff members explained the functions of the brain to children through entertaining videos. 240 children between the ages of 5 and 11 drew pictures about “What is the brain for?” They attended the event with drawings on the subject and interesting questions about the brain. Some of these contributions questioned how the brain manages our body, while others involved interesting questions about the brain: “Do We Manage Our Brain Or Does It Manage Us? “Our brain has functions that we can and cannot control. For example, we can control our actions and speech. However, we cannot control our heartbeat, breathing, and the functions of our internal organs. These organs are under the control of “autonomic nervous system”. Autonomous literally means self-controlling.

It was the first activity in our country. We are proud of to lead this king of global activity in our country. The activity induce the collaboration with Ministry of Education. Also we observed the great happyness of childeren during the pandemic.

Working with children in this kind of future related issues is really enjoyfull.

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