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Never Enough: The Neuroscience & Experience of Addiction

Never Enough: The Neuroscience & Experience of Addiction

What is different about the brain of addicts even before they pick up a drink or drug? Join Judith Grisel, PhD (Bucknell), a behavioral neuroscientist and recovering addict, as she reveals what she and other scientists have discovered about the inner workings of...
The Neuroscience of Friendship

The Neuroscience of Friendship

We all need friends. Deeper and more numerous friendships promote health, well-being, survival, and even financial success. By the same token, social exclusion and the loss of social partners result in feelings similar to physical pain. Impairments in the ability or...
Lunch & Learn: Understanding the Teen Brain

Lunch & Learn: Understanding the Teen Brain

  This event is SOLD OUT. To be placed on a waiting list, please call 210-821-6094, or email info@mindscience.org Enjoy a delicious lunch in the intimate surroundings of the Argyle Club, while learning how to best support the teens (or future teens) in your life....
Lunch & Learn: Understanding the Teen Brain

The Teen Brain

Online ticket sales are now closed. Please purchase your tickets at the door. Just what IS going on in the teen brain? Join Abigail Baird, PhD (Vassar) as she shares how the neurological growth spurt of adolescence dictates how we learn to consolidate, generalize and...
Virtual Reality: Dawn of the New Everything

Virtual Reality: Dawn of the New Everything

The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology. Bridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it...

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