Treasure Maps and Memories: Tuning your brain chemistry for adaptive learning

The UTD Center for Vital Longevity presents Treasure Maps and Memories: Tuning your brain chemistry for adaptive learning

The UTD Center for Vital Longevity’s Jean & Bill Booziotis Distinguished Lecture presents Dr. R. Alison Adcock in this free discussion . Dr. Adcock is Director of the Duke Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Interim Director of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences. Her laboratory demonstrated that people can learn to activate small nuclei that produce most of the brain’s dopamine using nothing but mental imagery. Similar to how runners trigger endorphin release with physical activity, the self-regulation of neurochemistry with mental activity suggests many methods for changing brain function in response to the current moment. Dr. Adcock’s discovery science aims to use these findings to better understand memory mechanisms and neurotransmitter systems.

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