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Together, we can unlock the brain’s potential. Our brains are dynamic. Adaptable. Flexible. Trainable. And repairable. Just as we have come to realize that we can better our bodies through positive lifestyle habits, so too can we improve our own brain's performance.

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We are leaders in the exploration of the brain who are dedicated to discovering how to enhance, preserve and restore brain health and performance across the lifespan.

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You are in charge of your brain. Together, we can increase brain performance, fortify against decline and increase brain health.

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Stay at the forefront of brain performance with the latest news and findings from the Center for BrainHealth and the Brain Performance Institute.

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Come visit: we have a packed slate of special events, lectures and programs, each designed to raise awareness and promote the importance of brain health and brain performance.

The Center for BrainHealth and the Brain Performance Institute are on a mission of transformation and hope. With your support, this vision will continue to become a reality.

Press Releases

June 6, 2016
Study Shows Long-Term Marijuana Use Changes Brain’s Reward Circuit
Chronic marijuana use disrupts the brain’s natural reward processes, according to researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas.
May 27, 2016
Q&A with Leanne Young
We recently sat down with Leanne Young, M.A., a research assistant at the Center for BrainHealth in Dr. Dan Krawczyk's lab, to discuss her research regarding traumatic brain injury and virtual reality interventions. She is also a leader on a Department of Defense funded social cognition study.
May 5, 2016
#MyBrainHealthMatters Campaign
Be part of the brain health movement. Take a picture with our logo and share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, tag us, and include the hashtag #MyBrainHealthMatters.
May 2, 2016
Reprogramming the Brain to Health Symposium 2016
In its tenth year, the Symposium highlighted neurology and advances made in computational psychiatry, an emerging field that seeks to use neurobiological information to inform individualized therapies.
May 2, 2016
Friends of BrainHealth 2014 Award Updates
Friends of BrainHealth, a donor circle dedicated to advancing research discoveries at the Center for BrainHealth, awards research grants to young scientists annually. Read the 2014 award updates.
April 27, 2016
BrainHealth awarded over $490,000 to study effects of multiple sclerosis on brain blood flow and cog
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society awarded Dr. Bart Rypma, associate professor at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas, more than $490,000 to investigate how changes in brain blood flow impact cognition for individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS).
April 7, 2016
Prestigious Placement for BrainHealth Postdoc
BrainHealth's Sam DeWitt, M.S. is the recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where he will focus on reward processing from a neurological perspective in adolescents with mood and anxiety disorders.
April 4, 2016
Dr. Dianna Jaffin: Advancing Human Performance Optimization
In November, The Center for BrainHealth welcomed Dianna Purvis Jaffin, Ph.D., PMP, to the role of Director of Strategy and Programs for its Brain Performance Institute.
March 31, 2016
Fostering Brain Growth
Emy Lou and Jerry Baldridge have made a 30-year mission out of supporting children’s causes, giving their time, talent and financial support to programs that provide resources to those in need. Ten years ago, they added Center for BrainHealth to their list of philanthropic causes.
March 23, 2016
Grant to Help Brain Scientists Dig Deeper into Detecting Deception
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biotechnology Office awarded scientists at the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas a $401,000 grant to develop a method that would map and quantify aspects of the social brain.