Children aged 8–15 have collaborated with leading neuroscientists and winners of The Brain Prize to review articles explaining breakthrough brain research in a new Frontiers for Young Minds collection published yesterday, says Frontiers.
Each article was reviewed by young reviewers aged 8-15, who worked with the scientists to make complex neuroscience topics easy to understand for their peers.
One group of young reviewers from the Disley Primary School Science Club, aged 10-11, described the experience: "This information is important for scientists and doctors to know when they treat people, but also it's important for us to know how our bodies work so that we can look after ourselves and make sure we are keeping ourselves healthy. Also, it's important for us to understand this about ourselves because it's so WOW!!! We enjoyed reading it and want to read it again!"
The Brain Prize Collection
Created in partnership with the Lundbeck Foundation, The Brain Prize Collection features articles from ten internationally recognized neuroscientists whose work has transformed modern understanding of the brain, spanning subjects from artificial intelligence and memory to optogenetics and adolescent brain cancer, added Frontiers.
Since 2011, The Brain Prize has recognized 51 scientists from 11 countries for groundbreaking advances in neuroscience. Awarded annually in Copenhagen under the patronage of HM King Frederik X of Denmark, the publisher says it is widely recognized as the world’s most prestigious award for brain research.
According to Frontiers, featured articles include:
- György Buzsáki (inaugural The Brain Prize, 2011) reveals the rhythms scientists describe as the brain’s “internal language”
- Terrence Sejnowski (The Brain Prize, 2024) explores how humans and artificial intelligence learn – and what AI may reveal about the human brain
- Peter Dayan (The Brain Prize, 2017) examines how the brain makes decisions – and how to become a better decision maker
- Erin Schuman (The Brain Prize, 2023) explains how brain cells produce proteins that run on demand
- Silvia Arber (The Brain Prize, 2023) explores how the brain controls movement and why this matters for health and disease
- Trevor W. Robbins (The Brain Prize, 2014) explains how the brain’s “CEO” systems help us learn and make smart decisions
- Michelle Monje (The Brain Prize, 2025) explains how neuroscience research is opening new possibilities for treating childhood brain cancer
- Anne Joutel (The Brain Prize, 2019) shares how researchers solved the 25-year medical mystery of the genetic brain disease CADASIL, which causes strokes
- Edward S. Boyden (The Brain Prize, 2013) introduces optogenetics, the revolutionary technique that allows scientists to control brain cells using light
- Karel Svoboda (The Brain Prize, 2015) explains how scientists learned to watch living brain cells in action using two-proton microscopy
The collection arrives amid growing global fascination with artificial intelligence, brain health, learning, and mental health – alongside support for open science, added Frontiers. By translating neuroscience into language and platforms accessible to young readers, the initiative opens cutting-edge brain research to the next generation of scientists, clinicians, and innovators.
Laura Henderson, head of program at Frontiers for Young Minds, said: “We are proud to collaborate with the Lundbeck Foundation, whose mission, to bring discoveries to lives, aligns so closely with our own mission to bring top science directly to kids in a shared language shaped by their peers. I’m delighted to see this leading neuroscience brought openly to a new audience, free to read for kids and interested people anywhere in the world.”
Lene Skole, CEO of the Lundbeck Foundation, added: “The Brain Prize is a celebration of outstanding achievements in neuroscience and the scientists behind them. We hope that by communicating broadly about the winners and their research, the prize will promote a greater appreciation of the importance of brain research, its challenges, and breakthroughs. This Frontiers for Young Minds [collection] is a wonderful opportunity to reach perhaps the most important audience of all – the next generation of scientists who will be at the future frontiers of neuroscience.”
The Brain Prize Collection is freely available online and invites readers to explore neuroscience discoveries that have transformed our understanding of the brain.
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