Getting the Word Out: Getting the Word Out: Neuroscience Education and Neuroscience Education and Outreach Outreach Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D. Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle, WA University of Washington, Seattle, WA E-mail: [email protected]E-mail: [email protected]
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Getting the Word Out: Neuroscience Getting the Word Out: Neuroscience Education and OutreachEducation and Outreach
Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.University of Washington, Seattle, WAUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA
Why Study Neuroscience?Why Study Neuroscience?• Emotional costEmotional cost of neurological disorders on families of neurological disorders on families
and on individualsand on individuals
• Economic costsEconomic costs of neurological disorders to society of neurological disorders to society
• Drug Abuse Awareness / Violence Drug Abuse Awareness / Violence
• Education PracticesEducation Practices
SocietyFamily/Individual
Standards/Benchmarks/Guidelines
NEUROSCIENCENEUROSCIENCE
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Emotional/Economic Cost
Sleep Disorders 70,000,000 $100 billion
Hearing Loss 32,000,000 $2.5 billion
Depressive Disorders 20,900,000 $70 billion
Traumatic Head Injury 5,300,000 $60 billion
Stroke 5,200,000 $73.7 billion
Alzheimer’s Disease 5,300,000 $148 billion
Multiple Sclerosis 400,000 $10.6 billion
Schizophrenia 2,400,000 $62.7 billion
Parkinson’s Disease 1,500,000 $5.6 billion
Tra. Spinal Cord Injury 5,300,000 $10 billion
Huntington’s Disease 30,000 $2 billion
Disease Total Cases Total Costs
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!Statistics from Brain Facts, Society for Neuroscience, 2008, 2012.
Ovbiagele et al., Forecasting the future of stroke in the United States: a policy statement from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, Stroke, 44:2361-2375, 2013.
By 2030:
•3.88%: US population (>18 years of age) will have had a stroke.
•$183.13 billion: Total direct annual stroke-related medical costs.
•$56.54 billion: Indirect annual costs (attributable to lost productivity)
Impending “Surge”(Stroke)
Impending Global “Surge”(Dementia)
Ferri, C.P., et al., Global prevalence of dementia: a Delphi consensus study, The Lancet, 366:2112-2117, 2005.
MedicalMedical:: brain death, life, drug abuse, mental brain death, life, drug abuse, mental health treatment, mental competencyhealth treatment, mental competency
Social ConsequencesSocial Consequences
Gogtay et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 8174-8179, 2004.
“During the same period, the brain has not reached adult maturity, particularly in the frontal lobes, which control executive functions of the brain related to decision-making.” – APA brief
[Roper v. Simmons, 2005]
US Supreme Court Bans: 1) Death Penalty and 2) Life in Prison Without Possibility of Parole for Juveniles
[Miller v. Alabama, 2012 | Jackson v. Hobbs, 2012]
Social ConsequencesSocial ConsequencesBrain Scans as Lie
Detectors!
Pearson, H., Nature, 441:918-919, 2006
June 26, 2006: ACLU requests via the Freedom of Information Act all records held by the Dept. of Defense, National Security Agency, CIA, FBI and Departmentof Homeland Security on the use of fMRI and other brain scanning methods that seek to detect truth, deception, guilty knowledge, accurate recollection or recognition to support interrogation or to identify individuals for questioning.
Social ConsequencesSocial ConsequencesA Brain Scanner Near You?
“No Lie MRI”http://www.noliemri.com
“Cephos”http://www.cephoscorp.com/
“No Lie MRI has potential applications to a wide variety of concerns held by individual citizens. •Risk reduction in dating•Trust issues in interpersonal relationships•Issues concerning the underlying topics of sex, power, and money”
NEUROETHICS: Are we moving too fast?NEUROETHICS: Are we moving too fast?
Neurons communicate using electrical & chemical signals.
Genetically determined circuits are foundation of the nervous system.
Life experiences change the nervous system.
Intelligence arises as brain reasons, plans, solves problems.
The human brain endows us with a natural curiosity to understand how the world works.
Fundamental discoveries promote health.
The brain makes it possible to communicate knowledge through language.
Brain Awareness WeekBrain Awareness Week (BAW) is an international effort organized originally by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and the Society for Neuroscience to promote the public and personal benefits of brain research.