Brain Plasticity and Health: What is the Impact of Practicing Gratitude?

About this event

Dr. Lara Boyd will explain how the brain changes when we learn and engage in different experiences. She will discuss how practice of behavior including gratitude affects these processes and offer suggestions for healthy brain aging. Dr. Boyd is a world-renowned neuroscientist, physical therapist, and a leading expert on neuroplasticity–the brain’s remarkable ability to rewire and change itself throughout our lives.

Saint Mark is honored to host Dr. Boyd, daughter of Hal and Judy Boyd and of our congregation, as well as a graduate of South Salem High School. Her partial resume includes Professor, Distinguished University Scholar; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia. She is a popular TED talk speaker whose talk “After Watching This, Your Brain will Not Be the Same,” has been watched 45 million times.

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