www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday February 20, 2009 - 11 Julia's brain aces big test at McMaster By Emma Reilly TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE A Grade 11 student from Iroquois Ridge High School proved to be the brainiest of the bunch at McMaster University's sixth annual Brain Bee competition. Julia Shin, 17, beat out 83 brainy high school students from southern Ontario competing Tuesday in the annual event held by the university's department of psychology, neuroscience and behaviour. "I can't even believe I won," she said. Shin took home an iPod Touch and a spot in the Canadian national Brain Bee competition, which will be held at McMaster on May 29-30. She also has a chance to advance to the International Brain Bee held in August. Shin, who wants to study neu- rology in university, said she'd been studying for the event every moment for the past week. The Brain Bee competition tests the students in areas such as memory, sleep, emotion, perception, stress, genetics and brain diseases. Its goal is to challenge students interested in psychology, neuroscience or behaviour and give them a sense of what they can expect in university. "It's a pretty big deal," said Dr. Joe Kim, assistant professor in the department and the coorganizer of the event. "It involves a lot of studying covering all the basics of neuroscience." The first round of the contest was a multiple-choice test answered individually by each student. Then, the five students who scored the highest on the exam participated in a spelling beestyle oral exam, where each student was called on stage to answer brain-busting questions. If a student received three wrong answers, they were eliminated. The competition expects students to have a first-year university level of knowledge, Kim said. "These kids really know their stuff," he said. TAKE YOUR CAR - BUYING DOLLAR FARTHER. 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