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Connecting with a good joke activates the brain’s pleasure-and-reward center, elevating endorphins, dopamine and serotonin, a powerful mood-regulating neurotransmitter.  

Laugh to Light up Your Brain

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People often gravitate toward easy options, but one-dimensional thinking stifles fluid intelligence — how flexibly one applies learning in new ways. 

Expand Your Mental Resources

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Continuing to challenge your brain throughout your life nurtures positive changes through neuroplasticity and the formation of new neural pathways.

Thrive Through Lifelong Learning

Center for BrainHealth leads scientific research to enhance and restore the brain. Learn how to exercise your brain to work better and faster today!

Debbie Beck, EdD, Healthcare Operations and Strategic Planning Executive; Principal ate Perkins&Will.


Frontiers of BrainHealth

An expert at the intersection of brain health and the built environment, Debbie Beck, EdD, serves as a bridge between health practitioners and our design teams. Her vast and varied experience as a clinician, healthcare executive, teacher, and leader on the front lines of public and community health crises helps us translate clients’ visions into efficient, empathetic healthcare spaces — especially within behavioral health.

NEW: Neuroscience and the Built Environment: Advancing Brain Health

BrainHealth Presents

NEW DATE: Discover the new science of motivating young people with developmental psychologist Dr. David Yeager, professor at UT Austin, as he dives into a data-driven leadership approach shown to effectively engage and guide the next generation. Before the talk, in-person guests can enjoy a pre-talk reception and programs expo with information about our youth and education programs and how some of our wonderful community partners are making a difference in DFW. 

The Neuroscience Behind Motivating Young People 

Dr. Jiahui Guo’s research focuses on human high-level perception and cognition (e.g, face recognition, social perception) in typical and neuropsychological populations, combining research techniques such as naturalistic stimuli, neuroimaging, behavioral measurements, computational modeling, and artificial neural networks. She is an assistant professor at UTD and external fellow at the Center for Vital Longevity. 

Understanding Human High-Level Perception Using Naturalistic Stimuli

Noa Ofen, PhD, leads research to investigate the development of memory systems in the brain, pairing careful behavioral assessments with multiple neuroimaging approaches. She and her team seek to understand the factors that shape cognitive ability across the lifespan. She is a professor at UTD and the Center for Vital Longevity. 

The Development of Memory Systems in the Brain

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World-renowned expert in the brain mechanisms of addictive disorders, Dr. Francesca Filbey is leading groundbreaking research to examine how memory and sleep problems interact as a result of cannabis use. Despite popular interest in potential benefits and side effects of cannabis, this question remains under-investigated. The potential societal impact of this research is high, given that addictive disorders cause an extensive burden in terms of morbidity, mortality, and public health costs, yet treatment strategies have only proven modestly effective. 

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