A question from a 4th grader I keep thinking about: The eye-brain link that shifts your nervous system in seconds.

About this episode

Stefanie Faye discusses the eye-brain link and its impact on the nervous system, inspired by questions from 4th graders during career week presentations.

This week I presented to several groups of 4th graders (part of career week presentations I was honored to share with my family) and I got to spend the morning talking about brains.   Kids ask the best questions :-)  ... READ MORE The post A question from a 4th grader I keep thinking about: The eye-brain link that shifts your nervous system in seconds. appeared first on StefanieFaye .

People in this episode

Host: Stefanie Faye

Topics covered

• brain
• nervous system
• education
• children's questions
• career week

Keywords

• eye-brain link
• nervous system
• 4th graders
• education
• brain presentation

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