Summer Institutes Menu

Schedule

Monday

July 13
Attention: Engaging Students from the Start

11:30 AM- 12:00 PM

Registration

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Welcome Lunch

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Introductions, Overview of Workshop, Purpose, and Scope

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Attention - Part 1 (RAS: Attention Filter)

2:20 PM - 2:30 PM

Coffee Break

2:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Attention - Part 2  (Sustaining Attention and Engagement)

4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Best Learning Experience 

Group Collaboration/Application

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Welcome Reception

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Dinner on the Sierra Madre Village Patio

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Tuesday

July 14
The Impact of Emotions on Learning and Memory

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Emotions - Part I (Amygdala: Emotional Filter)

10:15 AM - 10:25 AM

Coffee Break

10:25 AM - 11:40 AM

Emotions - Part 2 (Intervention: Video Game Model)

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Collaboration/Application: What's Your Takeaway? 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Wednesday

July 15
Memory, Narratives, and Neuroplasticity

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Short-Term Memory - Part 1 (Hippocampus: Patterning and Encoding)

10:15 AM - 10:25 AM

Coffee Break

10:25 AM - 11:40 AM

Short-Term Memory - Part 2 (Narrative Power and Neuroplasticity)

10:25 AM - 12:00 PM

Collaboration/Application: What's Your Takeaway?

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Thursday

July 16
Building the Environment for Memory and Cognition

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Long-Term Memory - Part 1 (Neural Networks)

10:15 AM - 10:25 AM

Coffee Break

10:25 AM - 11:40 AM

Long-Term Memory - Part 2 (Mistakes and Multisensory Memory)

11:40 AM- 12:00 PM

Collaboration/Application: What's Your Takeaway?

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Friday

July 17
Maximizing Students' Highest Potential

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Executive Functions - Part 1 (Prefrontal Cortex)

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Coffee Break

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Executive Functions - Part 2 (Across the Curriculum)

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

The Future in Neuroscience: What's Your BIG Takeaway?

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.