Healthy Brains for a Healthy Oklahoma

The Laureate Institute for Brain Research and the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) group at LIBR proudly presents our new lecture series "Healthy Brains for a Healthy Oklahoma". Our first trio of lectures will provide parents, teachers and community members with valuable information on brain development in children. Please join us for the first talk, "How the Brain Grows Up", by Dr. Martin Paulus, Scientific Director and President of LIBR, on February 25th from 6-8pm in the Laureate Conference Center in Tulsa, OK. We look forward to seeing you there! 

​Cost: FREE
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February 25, 2016 "How the Brain Grows Up"

Martin P. Paulus, M.D.

​Neuroscience has made tremendous progress in understanding how the brain works to process emotion and make decisions. Up until recently it was thought that the brain, once developed, does not change significantly, however, new research is providing a radically different picture.  In this first lecture supported by the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) and the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development group at LIBR, Dr. Paulus will present an overview of how the brain develops and changes in the first two decades of life.  The key themes that will be addressed are: (a) how the brain forms new neural connections throughout life, (b) links between gut and brain development, (c) how neurons work together to increase the brain’s efficiency, (d) the relationship between brain development and kids’ emotions and reasoning abilities.  The information will be presented for a non-scientist audience and should be of interest for parents, teachers, and those interested in the brain.

Dr. Paulus is a Board Certified Psychiatrist and Neuroscientist.  He studied Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz from 1979-1985. Dr. Paulus completed his medical training and internship at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center / Zucker Hillside Hospital on Long Island, NY.  Subsequently, he joined the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD and also became a staff psychiatrist at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health Care System (VASDHS). In May 2014, Dr. Paulus moved to Tulsa OK to take the position as the Scientific Director and President of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR).