At the OHBM annual meeting in Brisbane 🇦🇺, we invited children interested in science to review scientific work written for children and youths.

This year, we also added a special segment where a group of youths gave a presentation. Our audience then got to engage in arts and crafts prepared by the wonderful BrainArt SIG.

For the first part of the session, Tanja Schmidt and Iryna Vlasiuk gave a presentation on the concept of diffusion MRI based on their manuscript written for a young audience. Two young scientists then critically reviewed their work to see if it's suitable for publication 📝🗣️.

We once again collaborated with the Frontiers for Young Minds journal on this live review!

In the second part of the session, the Brain Mappers of China Team shared with us the importance of sustained attention. Nine students from Hangzhou gave presentations on how the brain supports sustained attention and why it's important 🧠.

We thank everyone who made this event such a success, including Leyla Khenissi, @kangjoolee.bsky.social, and Julia Kam, and can’t wait to see you for the Brain Mappers of Tomorrow 2026 in Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷