Wired to Want: How the Brain Drives Reward and Motivation | Professor Shivon Robinson
Schedule
Wed, 26 Feb, 2025 at 06:30 pm
Location
Abandoned Building Brewery | Easthampton, MA
A neuroscientist walks into a bar...to reach their potential!Wired to Want: How the Brain Drives Reward and Motivation
Wednesday, February 26
Doors open @ 6pm, presentation starts at 6:30pm
Abandoned Building Brewery
142 Pleasant Street, #103a, Easthampton, MA
- What is dopamine and what role does it play in reward and motivation?
- How do psychoactive drugs affect reward processing in the brain?
- Is addiction a brain disease?
Shivon A Robinson is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Williams College. She received her bachelor's degrees in Biology and Psychology from Williams College in 2011. She completed her graduate work in the lab of Irwin Lucki at the University of Pennsylvania and earned her doctorate in Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016. Subsequently, she completed an NIH-sponsored Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Julie Blendy, which combined a traditional mentored research experience with extensive training in college-level teaching. Her research interests include microdialysis, nucleus accumbens, behavioral neuroscience, behavioral testing, behavioral pharmacology, neuropharmacology, behavioral analysis, rodent stereotaxic surgery, behavioral experiments, and novel object recognition.
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!
Photo source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261732171_Neurolight_-_astonishing_advances_in_brain_imaging
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Where is it happening?
Abandoned Building Brewery, Easthampton, United States