News Coverage
October 17, 2017
UT Dallas, October 19: Public grand opening of the new Brain Performance Institute by the Center for BrainHealth
"The Brain Performance Institute will help young people focus in school, retrain the minds of those affected by military experiences or sports injuries, strengthen mental acuity among corporate leadership and empower each and every one of us to take charge of our own brains so that we can have healthier, stronger, more energetic brains today and in the future," said Dr. Leanne Young, executive director of the Brain Performance Institute.
October 17, 2017
Brain Performance Institute Opens Doors and Launches Global Movement
Last week, the Center for BrainHealth unveiled the new home of its Brain Performance Institute. The 62,000-square-foot building and program center, located at Mockingbird Lane and Harry Hines Boulevard in Dallas, is the first of its kind. It is offering scientifically based programs to increase brain performance, health, and regenerate brain cells.
October 16, 2017
Will Dallas’ New Brain Performance Institute HQ Start a Global Brain-Health Movement?
The Brain Performance Institute is said to house the world’s first institute focused on scientifically-based programs aimed at increasing brain performance, enhancing brain resilience, and inciting brain regeneration to the general public. The building’s opening is also said to mark “the official launch of a nationwide and globally relevant” brain performance movement.
October 12, 2017
Brain Performance Institute to Celebrate New Home with Events
The Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas will unveil the new home of its Brain Performance Institute during grand opening events beginning this week.
October 2, 2017
Resistance exercise linked to reduced anxiety
Dr. Dianna Purvis Jaffin, director of strategy and programs at the Center for BrainHealth's Brain Performance Institute, comments on recent research focused on resistance exercise and anxiety.
October 2, 2017
Exercise is Key to Staving off Alzheimer’s
Center for BrainHealth's Discovery Group is a strength-focused resource for those diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's and their caregivers.
September 18, 2017
Conversation With: Leanne Young, UTD Brain Performance Institute
Dr. Leanne Young, executive director of the Center for BrainHealth's Brain Performance Institute at The University of Texas at Dallas, discusses how the Institute's doors opening in October will continue to impact on how people think, work and live.
September 5, 2017
Work Out While Learning a New Language
“Exercise is one of the most powerful ways to improve learning,” says cognitive neuroscientist Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD, founder and chief director of the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas, in a recent article on Furthermore by Equinox.
August 16, 2017
Habitual cannabis use alters brain oxygen
Dr. Francesca Filbey, the director of Cognitive Neuroscience Research in Addictive Disorders at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas, has recently led a new study analyzing the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the main active substance in cannabis, on the brains of chronic cannabis users.
August 14, 2017
Brain study connects cannabis, oxygen changes
Dr. Francesca Filbey, director of Cognitive Neuroscience Research in Addictive Disorders at the Center for BrainHealth, led the team that found chronic cannabis users have higher cerebral blood flow and extract more oxygen from brain blood flow than nonusers. The rate at which oxygen is metabolized in the brain was found to be higher in users as well.