Reading, creativity and the brain will be the topic of a "Brainstorm"
Vanderbilt Brain Awareness event on March 30 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at
the Nashville Public Library.
The speakers will be Georgene Troseth, a psychologist in Vanderbilt’s
Peabody College and a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researcher, and Caresa
Young, coordinator of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Reading Clinic.
Troseth and Young will discuss how the brain functions during reading
for typical and atypical readers and how reading enhances creativity.
There will be a performance by the Library Performing Artists before the lecture and refreshments immediately following.
The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the
garage behind the library; the library will validate tickets for a
reduced parking fee.
WHAT: "Brainstorm" lecture on reading, creativity and the brain
WHERE: Nashville Public Library, 615 Church St.
WHEN: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30
Media contact: Traci Fleischman, (615) 322-6526
traci.fleischman@vanderbilt.edu