A Student From Toronto Has the Best Brain in Canada!

18-year old Toronto student, Sean Amodeo, took home first place from the CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee held at McMaster University on May 29-30. Amodeo competed against 11 other students from across the country and was named 'best brain' after answering questions on memory, stress, brain imaging and neurological disorders. Amodeo will go on to represent Canada at the International Brain Bee in Toronto on Saturday August 8th, 2009. Students from different countries around the world will be participating in the upcoming competition that assesses neuroscience knowledge.

CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee

CIHR is proud to sponsor the second annual Canadian National Brain Bee.

The CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee (CCNBB) is an event that brings together the very top high school students to test their neuroscience and brain research knowledge. The Canadian winner will go on to represent Canada at the International Brain Bee, an annual event held since 1998.

Brain Bee is like a spelling bee for high school students, except that the students compete to determine who has the "best brain" on such topics as intelligence, memory, emotions, stress, brain imaging, sleep, and neurological disease. All Brain Bee competitions wrap up with the exciting oral elimination rounds which abide by the same rules as spelling bees.

To learn more about the CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee, please visit the official competition website.

2008 Participants