Olympian minds: can we train our brain for success in sports and other fields?
UCL Minds
English - August 02, 2012 15:08 - 1 hour - 145 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Title: Olympian minds: can we train our brain for success in sports and other fields?
Date: Wednesday, 18th July 2012
Our brains have an element of plasticity and are able to change as a result of influences from the environment. But how can training--in sports and other areas--regulate this ability to change? Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg (University of Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain) will be discussing brain plasticity, its importance and its limitations with Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Neuroesthetics) and other academics from UCL.
Speakers:
Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg, University of Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain
Professor Semir Zeki, UCL Neuroesthetics
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