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Soapbox Science in Grantham


 Last weekend I was standing on a box in a shopping centre in Grantham, talking to shoppers, passers by about 'The Ageing Brain'.
You can see the very small people were more interested in the battery operated fluffy rabbit toys I'd taken along, others were interested in the rubbery bats and luckily there were many others who were curious about our research approaches to finding out how the brain ages.

It was a really fun time - but exhausting due to the huge variety of questions! I definitely had to use all my powers of thinking on my feet! The sun shone in through the glass roof and I think by the point this picture was taken I was in full 'mad scientist' mode. I totally loved it though - there is nothing like seeing the interest of the general public to reinforce that we we do is worthwhile.

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