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In “The Art and Neuroscience of Self-Healing and Learning ,” Dr. Dave Rabin, MD, PhD, explores the transformative potential of neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to form new connections, adapt, and grow. This lecture delves into practical strategies for harnessing neuroplasticity to enhance learning, memory, and emotional wellbeing. Dr. Rabin will cover techniques such as breathwork, touch, movement, and the use of psychedelics and wearables, to facilitate personal growth and address mental health challenges like trauma, depression, and stress. Attendees will gain insights into optimizing brain function to build new habits, acquire skills, and long-lasting resilience.
Dr. David Rabin, MD, PhD, a board-certified psychiatrist and neuroscientist, is the co-founder & Chief Medical Officer at Apollo Neuroscience, the first scientifically-validated wearable system to improve heart rate variability, focus, relaxation, and access to meditative states by delivering gentle layered vibrations to the skin. In addition to his clinical psychiatry practice, Dr. Rabin is also the Executive Director of The Board of Medicine, and a psychedelic clinical researcher currently evaluating the mechanism of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in treatment-resistant mental illnesses.
This lecture is part of the IHMC Evening Lecture series.
ihmc.us/life/evening_lectures
In “The Art and Neuroscience of Self-Healing and Learning ,” Dr. Dave Rabin, MD, PhD, explores the transformative potential of neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to form new connections, adapt, and grow. This lecture delves into practical strategies for harnessing neuroplasticity to enhance learning, memory, and emotional wellbeing. Dr. Rabin will cover techniques such as breathwork, touch, movement, and the use of psychedelics and wearables, to facilitate personal growth and address mental health challenges like trauma, depression, and stress. Attendees will gain insights into optimizing brain function to build new habits, acquire skills, and long-lasting resilience.
Dr. David Rabin, MD, PhD, a board-certified psychiatrist and neuroscientist, is the co-founder & Chief Medical Officer at Apollo Neuroscience, the first scientifically-validated wearable system to improve heart rate variability, focus, relaxation, and access to meditative states by delivering gentle layered vibrations to the skin. In addition to his clinical psychiatry practice, Dr. Rabin is also the Executive Director of The Board of Medicine, and a psychedelic clinical researcher currently evaluating the mechanism of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in treatment-resistant mental illnesses.
This lecture is part of the IHMC Evening Lecture series.
ihmc.us/life/evening_lectures
