Why We Need Frustration: How the Brain Learns | Professor Marta Sabariego

Name: Why We Need Frustration: How the Brain Learns | Professor Marta Sabariego
Start: 2025-09-24T18:30:00-04:00
Location: Abandoned Building Brewery

Schedule

Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Abandoned Building Brewery | Easthampton, MA

A neuroscientist walks into a bar…
...for a shot of dopamine!
Why We Need Frustration: How the Brain Learns From Mistakes, Rewards, and Disappointments
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Doors open @ 6pm, presentation starts at 6:30pm
Abandoned Building Brewery
142 Pleasant Street, #103a, Easthampton, MA
- Why is frustration not just annoying but actually necessary for our brains to adapt?
- How do different neurons help us switch from old habits to new choices?
- Why does the same reward feel more valuable to some people than others?
- How do mistakes and “error signals” help neurons rewire, and why is it good for us to fail sometimes?
Professor Marta Sabariego, Ph.D. was born and raised in Jaén, Spain. She was the first in her family to go to college. She received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Jaén. During graduate school she worked under the direction of Drs. Carmen Torres and Ignacio Morón investigating genetic vulnerability to frustration. Marta received several awards that allowed her to work at the University of Cagliari, Italy and UC Irvine. She moved to the US to work at the laboratories of Dr. Stefan Leutgeb and Dr. Robert Clark at UCSD during her postdoc, where she investigated the neural mechanisms of working and long-term memory storage. Outside of the lab, she loves traveling, dancing, watching movies, and hanging out with her family and friends.
Bring a friend and join us as we enjoy lively conversations, prizes, and brilliant minds. Light refreshments will be available outside the presentation room, first come, first served.
ABB allows guests to bring outside food into the establishment: please feel free to bring food if you’d like to!
This is an inclusive, family-friendly event for people from all walks of life (ALL are very much welcome: kids, college students, your parents!). We promise, you'll learn something if you come. And hey, you might even win a prize! Remember... Admission is FREE!
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