Brain Awareness Week 2026 – 28th edition

22 public events, 20 school visits, and 1 event for seniors.

What do “cogni’classes” bring to school learning? When our ears get tired, does our brain get confused? Can we play sports without any worries? How do we experience our fears? Is adolescent distress an inevitable stage of life? Does diet affect our memory? What does the future hold when a degenerative disease is diagnosed at an early age? These are just some of the questions addressed during more than 20 events offered as part of this year’s Brain Awareness Week in our region (Montpellier, Sète, Agde, and St. Hippolyte).

Brain enthusiasts—researchers, Professors, clinicians, and students—from our region’s large community of neuroscientists are offering a rich and diverse program to share their knowledge with the general public and schoolchildren. With workshops, film screenings followed by discussions, theater performances, lectures, roundtable discussions, and science and philosophy “bars,” there’s something for every taste and every curiosity!

Don't miss this annual event—it's free and open to everyone—to learn about the latest advances in brain research.

Brain Awareness Week is organized under the auspices of the Society for Neuroscience, in partnership with the Federation for Brain Research and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research Space.

In Montpellier, the organization La Comédie des neurones is coordinating this free event open to the general public ( except for movie screenings and certain theater performances). It brings together a team eager to share knowledge, interact with the audience, and make this event a festive occasion for exchange.

Contacts:

The Comedy of Neurons

Catherine Gandubert
06 22 54 42 27