Level

High School

Essential Questions

How can we use artistic representations to better understand epigenetics and neural development?

Materials

Lesson Slides

Supplementary Materials

Student Worksheet

Modified Student Worksheet

Crayons/markers/colored pencils

Source Material

The Stavros Niarchos Brain Insight Lecture, "Art in the Brain of the Beholder" 

By Dr. Nikolaus Kriegeskorte and Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

The Stavros Niarchos Brain Insight Lecture, "Nature and Nurture: How Our Experience Shape the Brain Across Generations" 

By Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin and Dr. Yasmin Hurd

Created by:

Madalyn McDaniel

Edited by:

Maia Gumnit, PhD

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