About this Event
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🧠 Lecture: "The Cerebellum: The Part of the Brain We Barely Know"
🎙️ Speaker: Prof. Anila D’Mello
Join us for a fascinating deep dive into one of the brain’s most overlooked regions: the cerebellum. Long thought to be responsible “only” for balance and coordination, the cerebellum actually contains more neurons than the rest of the brain combined—and emerging research shows it plays a powerful role in how we think, speak, socialize, and experience the world.
Prof. Anila D’Mello, a cognitive neuroscientist, will explore how cutting-edge brain imaging is transforming our understanding of this remarkable structure. She’ll reveal how the cerebellum contributes to language, attention, memory, and social cognition, and what this means for complex conditions like autism, cerebellar tumors, and stroke.
Dr. D’Mello is an assistant professor and Jon Heighten Scholar in Autism Research at UT Southwestern, with appointments in the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute and at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her work focuses on the brain bases of communication across typical and atypical development.
Come rethink what you know about the brain—over a drink. Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌
Agenda
6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.
6:55 PM – Host introduction
7:00 PM – Lecture begins
7:45 PM – Audience Q&A
8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round
8:30 PM – Wrap up.
Event venue & nearby stays
Lower Greenville, Dallas, United States
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