The West Coast pre-World Premiere sneak preview of the PBS documentary "My Love Affair with the Brain: The Science and Life of Dr. Marian Diamond" was the occasion for this presentation of the CREA Award to Dr. Diamond, and a panel discussion about her pioneering research, and a general celebration of her life-long achievements in neuroscience and teaching.
Dr. Marian Diamond’s research demonstrated the impact of enrichment – a powerful new understanding of the brain that has literally changed the world, from how we think about ourselves to how we raise our children. Dr. Diamond demonstrated anatomically, for the first time, what we now call plasticity and in so doing, shattered the old paradigm of understanding the brain as static and unchangeable.
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