Sloka Iyengar, Ph.D. will talk about the neuroscience of plasticity, the process by which the brain changes in structure and functions as a result of experiences and activity. She will also talk about activities we can do to promote plasticity at any age!  

Sloka Iyengar, Ph.D. is a dancer and neuroscientist, passionate about relieving suffering through the sciences and the arts. She practices Bharatanatyam, a traditional Indian dance that consists of a vocabulary of movements to tell stories. Sloka is creating the foundation for the use of Bharatanatyam for creative aging and has developed productions that explore the intersections between the arts and neuroscience. More about Sloka’s work can be found here: https://www.slokaiyengar.net/