Upcoming Events

CEREBBRAL Symposium

Speaker:  Dr. Arthur Kramer from Northeastern University

Monday, April 9th, 2018

10:00-11:15 am

Stewart Center room 320

Dr. Kramer is Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education at Northeastern University (https://provost.northeastern.edu/leadership/arthur-kramer)

Dr Kramer is a prominent cognitive neuroscientisit who works on the effect of exercise and fitness on brain plasticity and aging.  He is the former director of the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is now Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education at Northeastern University.

Title:  Exercise your brain and Mind

Abstract:  The presentation will focus on recent research that has examined the effects of exercise training interventions on cognitive and brain health.  I will discuss research that has examined changes in brain structure and/or function along with behavioral measures of cognition, young and middle-age individuals, and the elderly in addition to a variety of patient groups.  Although the focus will be on training to improve cardiorespiratory fitness I will also briefly cover resistance training and as well as multi-modal cognitive and exercise training program.  Finally, the presentation will identify gaps in the literature and potential solutions.

Open to the Public