''Frontiers for Young Minds'' (FYM) is an online

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that publishes STEM articles "edited by kids for kids." UC Berkeley professor of psychology and neuroscience Robert Knight launched the journal at the 2013 Society for Neuroscience Conference, which is published by

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. The journal publishes cutting-edge research and allows budding young scientists, from ages 8 to 15 years old, to participate in the publishing process (not as authors). It has won awards for its review process, easy-to-navigate website, informative visual aids including colorful cartoons, and kid-friendly, accessible writing.

Editorial Structure

Editorial Process

Established scientists write kid-friendly articles on either core concepts or new discoveries in their fields. To make the scientific research comprehensible for the journal's late elementary and middle school audiences, the articles rely heavily on key words and glossary sections for scientific nomenclature. After the submission passes a preliminary evaluation by an adult ''FYP'' editor, school-aged children, then, decide whether the articles should be published. Alongside a science mentor, a student from the 3rd to 10th grade reviews the articles and provides feedback about the papers' clarity and accessibility. Then, the original writers, science mentors, and adult ''FYM'' editors collaborate to revise the article based on the children's comments. According to the journal's founders Sabine Kastner and Robert T. Knight, the goal of this process is to expose young children to a wide range of current scientific endeavors, the scientific method and procedures, the review process of scientific articles.

Chief Editors

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neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

professor

Sabine Kastner Sabine Kastner is a German-born American cognitive neuroscientist. She is professor of psychology at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University. She also holds a visiting scientist appointment at the University of California at ...

* UC

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professor Robert Knight

Science Mentors

mostly graduate students and postdoctoral fellows

Young Reviewers

Awards

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’s 2014 Great Websites for Kids * SfN's 2019 Award for Education in Neuroscience

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://kids.frontiersin.org/about/journal/, name=Frontiers for Young Minds *Frontiers for Young Mind
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