Dr Jenkins area of expertise is in brain plasticity and cognitive skill development. He certainly can explain the beneficial impact of this emerging neuroscience very clearly. He shows how people can help themselves, the alternatives to drugs, the new teaching methods. how older people can maintain their sharpness and how students can get their brain ready for learning.
It is a topic that is relatively unknown but people show tremendous interest in how they can keep their brain in top condition when they hear about it. It impacts all of us, young and old, teachers, doctors and psychologists. There is a lot of innovation out there, strong research and the results are going to affect us quicker than we ever thought.
Bill Jenkins has won many awards for his work including Discovery Magazine in their annual Awards for Technology Innovations and most recently as a recipient of the Year 2000 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award.
He holds 32 patents that are in use in reading and learning skill products as well as the reknowned Brain Fitness programme for adults.
Monday 23rd April 2007, 7:30 pm
Cork:
UCC, Kane Building, College road entrance
Admission Eur20
Tuesday 24rd April 2007, 7:30 pm
Dublin:
Stillorgan Park Hotel
Admission Eur20
Wednesday 25th April 2007, 6:30 pm
London:
Lancaster Hall Hotel
35 Craven Terrace
London W2 3EL
between Paddington Station and Lancaster Gate Station)
Admission £20
Also you will find details of his research on
http://www.scholar.google.com
and
http://www.scilearn.com/results/skill/reading/main=home/rl
I look forward to hearing from you..