Exercise for Success in School and Career

Adele Diamond

Thursday, 29 Nov 2012 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

A leader in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience, Adele Diamond studies the part of our brain that controls core mental processes important for problem solving, negotiation, and reasoning. She will discuss the social, emotional and cognitive aspects of physical activity and their importance to professional success. Diamond and her research team were the first to demonstrate a strong link between early cognitive development and brain function in infants. She has led discoveries contributing to improved medical treatment for phenylketonuria (PKU) and the understanding of the dopamine system in our brains. Her CV includes a doctoral degree from Harvard, a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale, and teaching positions at MIT, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, and, as of 2004, the University of British Columbia. The 2012 Pease Family Scholar and part of the Women in STEM Series.

Cosponsored By:

• Kinesiology
• Pease Family Scholar-in-Residence and Scholarship
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)