Press Releases
March 3, 2014
Sleep to Improve Cognitive Performance
Want to get more sleep? Adequate rest plays a vital role in advancing brain health. Sleep expert Dr. James Maas shares tips and reasons for sleeping better and longer.
November 12, 2013
Study Finds Aerobic Exercise Improves Memory, Brain Function and Physical Fitness
A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas published online in the open-access journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience found that engaging in a physical exercise regimen helps healthy aging adults improve their memory, brain health and physical fitness. This…
September 9, 2013
Study Finds Brain Training Enhances Brain Health of Adults Over 50
New research from the Center for BrainHealth shows that age-related brain decline may be reversible.
March 28, 2013
Charles L. Branch BrainHealth Award
UNPARALLELED BREAKTHROUGHS IN BRAIN RESEARCH The award’s namesake, Dr. Charles L. Branch, is a leading scholar, neurosurgeon, and humanitarian. Dr. Branch grew up in West Tennessee and graduated from Vanderbilt University Medical School in 1953. After a rotating internship at the University of Chicago, he completed his neurosurgical residency at…
March 22, 2013
Symposium to Explore Neuroscience of Addiction
The Reprogramming the Human Brain Symposium, an annual research and treatment conference organized in part by the Center for BrainHealth, will concentrate this year on the cognitive neuroscience of decision-making and addiction. The event, which brings together some of neuroscience’s most advanced researchers, is co-sponsored by the Helen Wills…
April 13, 2012
Reprogramming the Brain to Health Through Scientific Research
On April 12, the Center for BrainHealth, in partnership with the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at The University of California, Berkeley, held the annual Reprogramming the Brain to Health Symposium. The Symposium, held alternately at the Center for BrainHealth and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, also bestows the Charles…
July 18, 2011
Q&A with Dr. Francesca Filbey
Each week, we sit down with Center for BrainHealth scientists to discuss how they became interested in the field of cognitive neuroscience. Learn more about Dr. Francesca Filbey's work at the Center.
May 24, 2011
Q&A with Dr. Bart Rypma
Every other week, we sit down with Center for BrainHealth scientists to discuss how they became interested in the field of cognitive neuroscience and the specific research studies with which they are involved. This week, learn more about the work of the Center's Dr. Bart Rypma.
March 3, 2011
Reprogramming the Human Brain
Since 2003, the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas has organized an international symposium, first with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and now with The University of California at Berkeley, to present new discoveries and novel approaches to enhancing brain repair in humans. The…