So grateful for all the support we’ve received along the way from Chandler Zablo and @bizbookpr at Fortier and to Lucy Kennedy @routledgebooks. And of course thank you to our colleagues at @UCSFmac 🧠. Excited to report that our book is on the @USATODAY bestseller list!
Earlier this week, we screened "The Rest I Make Up," a moving film by Atlantic Fellow Michelle Memran about her 15+ year collaboration with playwright María Irene Fornés during her journey with Alzheimer’s.
Grateful to Michelle & our panelists for a powerful discussion. 🎬
Bruce Miller, MD, and Virginia Sturm, PhD, join KQED’s Forum to explore how the brain’s adaptability can transform how we understand dementia, Alzheimer’s, and related disorders.
Listen here: https://t.co/7pHfiJUkL8
Even when awe stems from something frightening, such as natural disasters, it still motivates us to do good. Here’s why, by @brainsturming https://t.co/zibjv5biLg
Francisco Lopera, a pioneering and acclaimed Alzheimer's researcher, who worked for decades in Colombia with the world's largest extended family to suffer from the disease, has passed away. https://t.co/tc7RPZZJi7
On the latest episode of #TheOngoingTransformation podcast, @CPNAS’s @jtalasek sits down with poet Jane Hirshfield and neuroscientist @brainsturming to discuss the connections they’ve found between poetry, neural science, and society. Listen & subscribe: https://t.co/3zsrr0HPhl
The role of the autonomic nervous system in emotions is complex, but maybe we just need to examine it with fresh eyes. This paper changed how I think about its functioning during emotions and rest.
are emotions like soup?
amazing paper showing unique constellation of patterned physiological changes in awe, sadness, disgust, amusement, disgust, and nurturant love
by @lollo_pasquini, @brainsturming, and so many other brilliant folks
https://t.co/6p5GLIOygH
@EleanorPalser's clinical research focuses on neurodevelopmental disorders. She recently found children with dyslexia have higher resting parasympathetic activity, which may yield social benefits-- another strength in dyslexia! @AlbaLanguage@UCSFmac
https://t.co/RDGuplBje9
🎉🎉Congratulations to @EleanorPalser, @UCSF_CAN_Lab postdoc extraordinaire, who has won the @UCSF Chancellor Award for the Advancement of Women for her work on gender disparities in journal editorial boards. Listen to her discuss her work in this video:
https://t.co/NFaxKGbaSX
@ReadingShantell Thank you so much for sharing our work— it means a lot to us that our work can help others to think about the whole child with dyslexia. @AlbaLanguage
We shook our heads, laughed, and reflected on the uncanny situation for a moment. I am increasingly grateful for my weak social ties. She helped me get home, and I still owe her $5. In any case, I look forward to seeing her next week at the bus stop and to saying good morning.
I wrote this story as a part of a speech for the end-of-year celebration that we hold for @GBHI_Fellows. I shared how my experiences during COVID made me appreciate the weak ties in my social network, a concept pioneered by Dr. Mark Granovetter, whose important work I discuss.
"Our weak ties allow us to reach more people across larger social distances than our strong ties, which is critical if we seek to do big things and to create change around the world."
@brainsturming of @GBHI_Fellows@UCSFmac shares a @KQED Perspective
https://t.co/HibHSZDbhM
On the car ride home, I was struck by the irony of it all. I told her that I had been on the radio this morning talking about the people at our bus stop and the importance of the people in our lives that we don't know well. People like her.