Center Founder Richard Davidson will share the scientific evidence that suggests people can change their brains and improve well-being through the cultivation of healthy habits of mind. Davidson will discuss why traits such as happiness, resilience, compassion and emotional balance should be viewed as skills that can be learned.

Register now for this free event open to the public at the Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center in Peoria, Illinois.

This lecture is presented as part of the Swain Endowed Lectureship and sponsored by the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and the UIC Library of the Health Sciences.