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Structure: How Brain Structure Can be Plastic and Keep Children Healthy

This webinar is part of the Community Neuroscience Initiative (CNI) Accessible Lecture series. In this talk Dr. Duncan breaks down how brain structure changes during development, experience, and disease. Learn how brain structure influences our health, movement and decision making abilities as Dr. Duncan explains the importance of protecting our brains. Dr. Duncan includes k-12 neuroscience lesson plan examples for educators, parents and community members interested in teaching about brain structure and development in this talk. Dr. Kelli Duncan is the Associate Dean of the Faculty and Academic Resources and Professor of Biology on the Patricia Shoer Goldman-Rakic '59 Professorship Chair at Vassar College. Dr. Duncan studies how hormones repair the brain following traumatic brain injury (TBI). She also has family members who are educators, which is one of the reasons she’s so passionate about supporting all of our teacher leaders and Scholars in understanding the role of brain structure in our health. Link to Dr.Duncan's website: https://www.vassar.edu/faculty/keduncan Link to CNI's website: https://www.communityneuroscience.net