Brain Bee Announces 2024 Atlanta Regional Winners

ATLANTA — The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at Georgia State University and the Atlanta chapter of the Society for Neuroscience sponsored the 2024 Atlanta Regional Brain Bee March 2 on the campus of Emory University. Thirty-nine students competed for first-, second- and third-place finishes in this elimination-style competition about brain facts.

Katherine Perez, a 16-year-old from Brentwood High School in Brentwood, Tenn., was the first-place champion this year. She will go on to represent the Atlanta Brain Bee regional chapter in the U.S. National Brain Bee in April at the University of Central Florida. Henry Miller, also 16, from Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tenn., came in second place, and Aimee Segoviano, 17, from East High School in Memphis, Tenn., came in third place.

The Brain Bee was founded by Dr. Norbert Myslinski of the Department of Neural Sciences at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. It is the world’s premier neuroscience competition for teenagers. The purpose of the Brain Bee is to motivate young men and women to study the brain, and to inspire them to consider careers in the basic and clinical neurosciences. These young scholars will be needed to treat and find cures for the more than 600 neurological and psychological disorders experienced by patients around the world.

Atlanta has held a regional Brain Bee annually for over 10 years. This year, students ages 13 to 19 came from 20 different Georgia and Tennessee schools to compete on a Saturday morning. The competition starts with a one-hour written exam. The top 10 scorers from the exam advanced to the oral rounds of competition, which lasted just under an hour. All questions are based on information found in “Brain Facts,” a primer on the brain and nervous system published by the Society for Neuroscience.

The Atlanta Regional Brain Bee is officially sanctioned by the U.S. Brain Bee organization.

For more information, visit the Brain Bee website.