Dr. Wendy Suzuki to Talk About the Brain During Visit to LVC

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Dr. Wendy Suzuki, professor of neural science and psychology at New York University, will discuss the brain when she visits LVC.

ANNVILLE, PA (10/18/2016)(readMedia)-- How does exercise change your brain function? Did you know that even a single aerobic exercise session can change the neurochemistry of your brain and improve mood and attention?

Dr. Wendy Suzuki, professor of neural science and psychology at New York University, will discuss these topics when she visits Thursday, October 27 at 6 p.m. in Lebanon Valley College's Zimmerman Recital Hall of the Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery. Dr. Suzuki's visit is part of the College's annual Colloquium Series.

In the interactive presentation based on her new book Brain Power, Dr. Suzuki will describe the neuroscience of how exercise affects brain function and why it's important we understand these effects and apply it to our lives.

Dr. Suzuki received her undergraduate degree in physiology and human anatomy at the University of California, Berkeley. She went on to earn her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health before accepting her faculty position at New York University in 1998.

Her major research interest continues to be brain plasticity. She is best known for her extensive work studying areas in the brain critical for our ability to form and retain new long-term memories. More recently, her work has focused on understanding how aerobic exercise can be used to improve learning, memory and higher cognitive abilities in humans.

The 2016–17 Colloquium Series recognizes that memory is central to our identity as a species, and as individuals, cultures, and products of institutions. Speakers, films, and other events will explore: Have we truly measured the value of memory in all its aspects? What is the cost when memory-individual, social, cultural, and technological-is lost or irrevocably transformed?

This year's Colloquium Series will investigate these questions and bring memory into view as a source of joy, fear, challenge, and inspiration.

Visit www.lvc.edu/colloquium for additional information and a schedule of events.

About Lebanon Valley College

Lebanon Valley College is a private, coeducational college founded in 1866 and dedicated to the liberal arts. The College offers 40 undergraduate majors plus self-designed majors and a range of minors, concentrations, and pre-professional options, as well as graduate degree programs in athletic training, business administration, music education, physical therapy, science in STEM education, and speech-language pathology.

The College has 1,608 full-time undergraduate students and 108 full-time faculty. Students can choose from more than 90 clubs and organizations, and 12 study abroad programs. LVC awards generous academic scholarships to those whose high school records demonstrate a commitment to challenge and achievement.