Highschool student partners with SFU music specialist to research the developing teenage brain

When Burnaby eighth grader Advaith S. Iyer decided to participate in the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair (GVRSF) for the first time this spring an ambitious research idea emerged-but he required the tools to engineer it. Seeking to test the cognitive load - the amount of work the brain is doing - associated with playing musical instruments, his high school laboratory equipment was insufficient for his complex experiment.
Rather than settle for a simpler study, Iyer’s mother, a health science professional, reached out to SFU’s Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (INN), where neuroscientist and musician Sarah Faber provided him with the necessary tools and guidance to bring his blueprint to life.
Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2023/06/highschool-student-partners-with-sfu-music-specialist-to-researc.html

[@kesharisuthar3268]

SFU and its scientist Sarah deserve full praise for assisting Iyer, a 13 year boy, to map the cognitive capacity of the brain. 🙎‍♂️🙎‍♂️👌👌👍👍

[@vanessag6303]

Big kudos to Sarah for providing support - what an amazing opportunity that not many 13 year olds get!

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