About this Event
Join us and grab a drink as Professor Aaron Seitz explores one of the biggest questions in neuroscience:
Can you actually train your brain?
Welcome to Binge Thinking! We host professors at local pubs to give talks on fascinating topics.
Topic: Can Brain Games Make You Smarter?
Speaker: Aaron Seitz (Northeastern University, Psychology & Brain Game Center)
Imagine if you could see better, hear better, improve your memory, or even increase your intelligence through simple exercises done on your phone or computer.
For decades, physical fitness transformed how we think about the body. Now researchers are asking: can mental fitness do the same for the brain?
Professor Aaron Seitz is a leading expert in computational and cognitive neuroscience. With training in theoretical mathematics, computational neuroscience, neuroimaging, and systems neuroscience, his research investigates how learning works, and how it can be enhanced.
As Director of the Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being at Northeastern, he develops mobile tools designed to measure and improve cognitive performance across diverse populations from individuals with cognitive impairments to specialists like athletes and radiologists.
In this talk, Professor Seitz will explore:
- What brain training can actually improve
- Whether intelligence and perception can be enhanced
- Why many brain training programs have been controversial
- The real scientific limits of cognitive enhancement
- And where the research is headed next
Is brain training hype? Or are we on the edge of a mental fitness revolution?
Don’t miss this opportunity to rethink what your brain is capable of.
Agenda
7:00 PM – Doors open: find a seat and order some drinks.
7:30 PM – Host introduction
7:35 PM – Lecture begins
8:15 PM – Audience Q&A
8:30-9:00 PM – Feel free to mingle with the speaker and fellow guests. Grab a final round of drinks!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mighty Squirrel Taproom & Kitchen, 1 David Ortiz Drive, Boston, United States
USD 25.99
