This event is in the past.It took place on February 17, 2026 at East Hall.


Your brain is constantly running simulations of futures and pasts to help you decide. Loren Frank, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, breaks down how we control and access these mental rehearsals, with research on real-time brain feedback in animals.
Neuroscience lecture
Free academic event
Research-focused
Tips
đź§ bring your curiosity, not your textbooks
🎓Q&A usually runs long
Elliot S. Valenstein Distinguished Lecture | Thinking and Doing
Burns Park


Your brain is constantly running simulations of futures and pasts to help you decide. Loren Frank, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, breaks down how we control and access these mental rehearsals, with research on real-time brain feedback in animals.
Neuroscience lecture
Free academic event
Research-focused
Tips
đź§ bring your curiosity, not your textbooks
🎓Q&A usually runs long
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