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BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition 2018 – Winner announced!

The BrainStorm 2018 winner is revealed to the audience who voted for and chose the recipient of $30,000! Winner: Subbulakshmi Sankarasubramanian (University of Cambridge) – $30,000 Runners up: Ken Paller, PhD and Karen Konkoly (Northwestern University), and...

Big, risky decisions in life rely on experience 9/9

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 then (at light speed) make use of our experiences to navigate our every day...

Ben Rein, PhD – BrainStorm winner 2021

“Practice Makes Perfect: Does Social Experience in Early Life Guide Proper Brain Maturation?” Rein seeks to learn how early experiences shape the social development of our brains. Several parts of the brain are known to be involved in social function, but...

Art and the Brain: A Wellness Conversation

How do you define art? How does art engage my brain? How do I incorporate art into a personal wellness practice, regardless of my skill level? Among the coping mechanisms for prolonged exposure to stress (i.e. pandemic, social and political change, and income...

Art and The Brain, A Wellness Series: Write It

In partnership with The McNay Art Museum, join us in this episode of a four-part wellness series as Gaby Gamez, art therapist and founder of Annie Creative Studio for Wellness, dives into self-reflection by deconstructing phrases and words from books, newspapers and...

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