According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, Seyed Kamal Kharazi, secretary of cognitive technologies development headquarter, stated on the closing ceremony of “Brain Awareness Week”: using big data, which exists on the cyberspace and social media, can help computational social sciences, that are the subcategory of cognitive sciences, as well as drawing models dominating the behavior of societies and accurately recognizing social events.

Secretary of cognitive technologies development headquarter announced that social media affects the brain of humans, expressing: individuals addicted to the social media are deprived of personal relationships and have damaged brain structure and function.

During this meeting, Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, senior advisor of the cognitive technologies development headquarter and scientific secretary of Brain Awareness Week, regarded this important organ of the human body as a significant commander.

The closing ceremony of “Brain Awareness Week” was held March 2^nd 2018 in the book garden of Tehran in the presence of a number of professors, cognitive sciences researchers, athletics, artists and various groups of people.

“Brain Awareness Week” was held in Iran for the third consecutive year by the efforts of the cognitive technologies development headquarter to familiarize society members with methods to improve the brain function, mental health, diagnosis, prevention and reduction of cerebral impairments.

During the closing ceremony of the event, Siavash Safarianpour, ambassador of brain and cognition and host of the event, talked with specialists from various fields and representatives of society of art and sport in a friendly meeting.

It should be noted that the “Brain Awareness Week”, which was started since February 23^rd 2018 in various areas of the country. In addition, 10 scientific and educational programs were broadcasted by IRIB and special instruction was distributed among healthcare centers to raise public awareness about brain impairments.