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This event occurred on
June 7, 2010
7:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
(UTC -5hrs)
San Antonio
United States

Sleep, Dream Learn - Featuring Robert Stickgold, PhD, speaking about "Sleep, Memory and Dreams: Fitting the Pieces Together" Dr. Stickgold studies the role of sleep and dreaming in learning and memory processes. He has studied how dreams change in response to mental challenges, ranging from computer games to living in a zero gravity environment on the International Space Station.

San Antonio
United States
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Robert Stickgold

Bob Stickgold is a native of Chicago. He attended college at Harvard University, and received his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and serves as the Director of Harvard's Center for Sleep and Cognition. He is the author of numerous scientific articles, as well as two science fiction novels, and his work is frequently cited in both leading scientific journals and the popular press.

Organizing team

Meriam
Good

San Antonio, TX, United States
Organizer
  • Paul Ingmundson
    Executive Director
  • Laura Sanchez
    Financial Manager
  • Gloria Haynes
    Admin Asst