Brain Awareness Video Contest

The 2022 Brain Awareness Video Contest Winners:

• First Place: Neuroscience for Kids: How Does Our Brain Create Flavor? by Nikki Frazer.

• Second Place: The Science Behind the Cocktail Party Effect by Piper Rennerfeldt.

• Third Place: Circadian Rhythm: The Clock that Keeps on Ticking by Sean Gay.

• People's Choice: Lab Grown Mini Brain by Arpan Parichha.

Prizes

1. First place: $4,000 and complimentary registration to Neuroscience 2022 in San Diego, CA.
2. Second place: $500
3. Third place: $250
4. People’s Choice: $500

Read the 2022 rules and regulations. 

Five tips to creating a great video:

1. Be professional.
   • Pay attention to lighting and audio quality!
2. Be concise. 
   • 50 percent of viewers tune out after 3 minutes. 
3. Know your audience.
   • Drop the jargon and make it relevant and easy to understand. 
4. Be entertaining. 
   • Use humor, a quick pace, and creative production. 
   • Take advantage of what’s around you: white board drawings do well, so do videos shot in the lab or other interesting settings. 
5. Be unique. 
   • Videos about surprising and quirky facts are popular. 
   • Come up with a great title.
     • Accurately convey the video’s content.
     • Lists and questions tend to do well.

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