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iRest Session

MORE DATES AVAILABLE: SEE REGISTRATION PAGE. Integrative Restoration (iRest®) is a research-based, trauma-informed guided meditation. The practice can work to reduce stress and build resilience for meeting life’s persistent challenges. There is nothing to “do.” Just get comfortable and listen. Invite a sense of wholeness, the feeling of being rested and restored. iRest sessions at Center for BrainHealth are led by certified teachers through the Warrior Spirit Project.

In-Person

Acoustic Experience Alters How You “See” the World

Stephen G. Lomber, PhD, is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at University of Texas at Arlington where he directs the Cerebral Systems Laboratory, conducting research that uses an integrated approach of psychophysics, electrophysiological recording, neuroanatomical techniques, and functional imaging to examine processing in the auditory cortex.

FreeIn-PersonVirtual

Psychology and Neuroscience of Human Values

Talk summary coming soon.

FreeIn-PersonVirtual

Human Molecular Neuroscience Insight into the Next Generation of Pain Therapeutics

Talk summary coming soon.

FreeIn-PersonVirtual

Why We Remember – and How to Hold on to What Matters Most

Charan Ranganath, PhD, explains the hidden role memory plays in our lives and how we imagine the future.​ Author of the New York Times bestseller Why We Remember, Dr. Ranganath has pioneered a new way of thinking about the everyday act of remembering. One of the world’s top memory researchers, his work sheds light on the powerful role of memory in nearly every aspect of life, from recalling faces and names, to learning, decision-making, trauma and healing. He is director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at UC Davis and is an affiliated faculty with the Center for Mind and Brain.

In-Person

The Neuroscience of Emotional Fitness

Talk summary coming soon.

FreeIn-PersonVirtual

The Pit Stop Model of Brain Care: A Lifelong Brain Health Service Line

Talk summary coming soon.

FreeIn-PersonVirtual

Reducing the Risks of Brain Injury

Dr. Kim Gorgens reframes our understanding of brain injury by connecting with often-overlooked populations. Reaching millions of viewers through inspiring TED talks on youth sports concussion and brain injuries in criminal justice, Dr. Gorgens has appeared on CNN with Anderson Cooper, NPR and 20/20. A professor of psychology at University of Denver, she manages a large portfolio of brain injury related research and has lectured extensively around the world. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including U.S. News, Newsweek, The Economist, People and more.

In-Person

Unleashing Imagination: The Creative Brain and AI

In an age driven by AI, neuroscientist Adam Green, PhD, predicts an increasing demand for human creativity. Leader of a $2.5 million National Science Foundation project on creativity in STEM, he seeks to measure innovative thinking as a predictor of success, gauge how different aspects of creativity may work together, and map the seemingly miraculous process of creative ideation. Dr. Green directs the Lab for Relational Cognition at Georgetown University and is co-founder of The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity and incoming editor-in-chief at Creativity Research Journal. Dr. Green was a BrainHealth speaker in 2019 and is back by popular demand.

In-Person

Hyperefficient: Optimize Your Brain to Transform the Way You Work

An eye surgeon and cognitive neuroscientist, Dr. Mithu Storoni advocates for a new, hyperefficient way of working. The work that matters most in our technology-dominated workplace – generating brilliant ideas, solving complex problems, and learning – can’t be manufactured like outputs on an assembly line. Our brains function like a car’s engine, with multiple gears that put the brain in optimal mode for different mental challenges – to create, solve and learn.

In-Person