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BrainHealth Presents

VIRTUAL-ONLY: This talk is a feature of BrainHealth Week, live-streamed during the invitation-only Brain³ Summit. Arianna Huffington is founder and CEO of Thrive, founder of The Huffington Post, and author of 15 books, including, most recently, Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. She has been named to Time Magazine's list of the world’s 100 most influential people and Forbes' list of most powerful women. 

Thrive: Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder

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VIRTUAL-ONLY: This talk is a feature of BrainHealth Week, live-streamed during the invitation-only Brain³ Summit. Sanjay Gupta, MD, is the multiple Emmy and Peabody award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN, host of the podcast Chasing Life, special correspondent for CBS’s 60 Minutes and a five-time New York Times best-selling author. 

The Next Health Revolution

Why is curiosity so important to brain health? Discover a framework for inviting a sense of wonder. Cassini Nazir, assistant professor at the University of North Texas, designs conversations, curricula and interfaces, and teaches classes in interaction design. Sponsored by Marlane J. Miller.

Everyday Curiosity: Practices That Improve Creativity

Gain insight into the mental disciplines, principles, and tactics of high performance. Eric Potterat, PhD, is a high performance, sport and clinical psychologist, and spent a decade as the head psychologist for the U.S. Navy SEALS. Sponsored by Tiffany and Patrick Boyce.

Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World's Top Performers

Kirk Erickson, PhD, is the Director of Translational Neuroscience at AdventHealth. He returns as a People's Choice winner for BrainHealth Best Talks, celebrating BrainHealth's 25th anniversary.

Exercise and Its Contribution to Lifelong Brain Health

VIRTUAL ONLY: Jud Brewer, MD, PhD, (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery,” blending 20+ years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. He returns as a People's Choice winner for BrainHealth Best Talks, celebrating BrainHealth's 25th anniversary.

Why Are Eating Habits So Hard to Change? (and How We Can Leverage Our Brain to Do the Work for Us)

President and CEO of Big Thought Institute, Byron Sanders is a committed advocate for education, economic development and creating equitable communities. He returns as a People's Choice winner for BrainHealth Best Talks, celebrating BrainHealth's 25th anniversary. Sponsored by Gloria and Juan Ernesto Snead.

The Creator Archetype: Navigating 21st Century Learning

How can cognitive neuroscience help to clarify the “why” of grief – why it takes so long, and is so painful? Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, uses an integrative view of clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience to explore the brain's critical role in the learning process of grief. Sponsored by Teri and John Shaffer.

The Neuroscience of Grief: How We Learn From Love and Loss

Neurosurgeon Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, of Weil Cornell Medicine. 

FRIDAY AT LUNCHTIME: International speaker and one of the nation’s leading neurological surgeons, Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, shares a surgeon’s perspective on major advances in the history of brain health and the science significance of popular brain-related topics in a fireside chat with neurologist and longtime friend Mitch Elkind, MD, of the American Heart Association.

Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery

Can what you eat slow down the aging process of the brain? It's true! Learn about the latest research into brain-protective diets with physician and author Dr. Annie Fenn, in a moderated conversation with Krys Boyd, host and managing editor of Think, the popular KERA-FM program and podcast. Sponsored by The Gratitude Fund at the Dallas Foundation.

Eating for Better Brain Health: The Power of Neuroprotective Foods

Psychologist Dr. David Yeager studies the processes shaping adolescent development, especially how factors of social cognition and physiology interact with each other to create positive or negative trajectories for youth. His research seeks to influence these psychological processes, so as to improve developmental and educational outcomes for youth. He is a professor at UT Austin.

The Secret Synergies Between Growth Mindset and Stress 

NEW TIME │VIRTUAL ONLY: Bruce Mau, designer, educator and writer, is chief executive officer of Massive Change Network, a Chicago-based design consultancy. He returns as a People's Choice winner for BrainHealth Best Talks, celebrating BrainHealth's 25th anniversary. 

DATE TBD: How to Think Exponentially

Guests gather for an evening event in the Al G. Hill, Jr. Ellipse at Center for BrainHealth in Dallas, Texas. 

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