Sun Chronicle interviews Michael Burman, who has been invited to the White House's Super NEUROScience Saturday

The Sun Chronicle on Nov. 13th featured an interview with Michael Burman, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, who has been invited by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to participate in “Super NEUROScience Saturday” on November 23 at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

Burman, who is also a member of 鶹ýCenter for Excellence in the Neurosciences, teaches both introductory and upper-level psychology and neuroscience classes. He is also coordinator of CEN’s successful K-12 Outreach Program, which aims to increase interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines, and neuroscience, in particular, among students in southern Maine.

In the interview, Burman discusses his research on the development of brain structures involved in fear and anxiety and his outreach programs to the local schools.

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