• Only invited finalists from LBBs shall be eligible to participate in the GNBB competition

• The GNBB shall hold on 20th March 2010, in Charter Hall, St. George’s University, True Blue, St. George’s, from 12.00noon.

• All contestant MUST be registered by 11.30am

• The contest shall be in four phases

Phase IIa: Questions with Written Answers Part 1
25%). Competitors will be given the same 25 questions orally one at a time. They will have 15 seconds to write the answers on a pad given to them. These will be graded.

Phase IIb: Neurohistology
(5%) This involves competitors rotating through stations consisting of histological sections of the brain and nervous system. Students must be able to recall the names of indicated cells and parts of the nervous system. All histological sections will be of structures mentioned in Brain Facts.

Phase III: Patient Diagnosis
(20%) Students will spend 5 minutes alone with each of 10 patient actors. By observing them, asking them 3 questions, and ordering 2 laboratory or clinical tests they are to diagnose the patient’s neurological disorder, choosing from one of the following 12 disorders: bipolar disorder, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, addiction, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, schizophrenia, stroke, Tourette Syndrome, neurological AIDS, chronic pain, and autism. Patients are only allowed to answer “yes”, “no” or “I don’t know” to the 3 questions. Students will select from a list of tests and will immediately be given the results to help their diagnosis. Students can prepare by studying the basic signs, symptoms and diagnostic procedures for these disorders.

Phase IV: Questions with Written Answers Part 2
(25%) Ten rounds of different questions shall be asked of each student. They require a one word or phrase answer. Students can prepare by studying Neuroscience: the Science of the Brain (2003)

Note: The four parts may not be in the order presented above. Details of each part may change depending on local circumstances and availability of resources. There will not be a group competition or a written multiple-choice exam this year.

Questions for the National Competition will be taken both from Brain Facts (2005 edition) and the 2003 edition of Neuroscience - Science of the Brain: An Introduction for Young Students'. This book is published by British neuroscience Association for the European Dana Alliance for the Brain, and can be found at the Dana Alliance website.

• All other rules of the LBB shall be applicable to this contest
• The Challenge will recognize only the top three finalists for their prizes and awards and their schools. Any of these three is a potential representative of Grenada at the International Brain Bee Championship and would all be trained and prepared simultaneously
• The first place winner shall be formal declared National Champion- ‘Best Brain in Grenada’ by the Special Guest of Honour of the occasion and has the unique priveledge to represent Grenada at the next International Brain Bee Championship, in 2010. In the event that the first place winner is not disposed to represent Grenada, the LOC shall pick the second place winner or third place winner as the Grenadian representative at the IBB Championship.

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