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- ↑ Brain Awareness Week at Oxford University
- ↑ Brain Awareness Week @ Springer
- ↑ Brain Week. The Neurological Foundation of New Zealand
- ↑ "Project Encephalon Brain Awareness Week". Project Encephalon. Retrieved 27 January 2022.