Atlantan Ayush Setty (pictured left), the 2018 Georgia Brain Bee
champion, participated in the 11th National Brain
Bee competition in Baltimore. He came in sixth.
Winners from 37 states
took part in the national
contest that tested their
knowledge of the human
brain on topics such as intelligence,
emotions, memory,
sleep, vision, hearing,
sensations, Alzheimer’s
disease, Parkinson’s disease,
schizophrenia, addictions,
and brain research.
The competition also involved
a neuroanatomy laboratory practical exam
with real human brains, patient diagnosis with patient
actors, neurohistology, brain MRI imaging identification,
and orals.
Akhil Kondepudi of Missouri was declared the national champion and will represent the U.S. in the World Bee Championship this July. Hemanth Asirvatham of Minnesota
came in second, and the third place went to Shehej
Bindra of New Jersey. The fifth, seventh, and eighth
place winners were also Indian-Americans.
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https://www.indianeagle.com/travelbeats/us-national-brain-bee-championship-2018-winner/
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