The St. Lawrence and surrounding communities are invited to attend the Richard D. Church Lecture in Neuroscience on Wednesday, April 12 at 7 p.m. in Hepburn Auditorium 218 on the St. Lawrence
University campus. This event is free and open to the public.

In her lecture, neuroscientist Dr. Tracey Shors will discuss how human’s brains are inclined to ruminate on painful memories and how this process can interfere with their everyday lives, while still making memories. She will also present tools for reducing repetitive thoughts that reinforce everyday traumas.

Tracey J. Shors, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology and a member of the Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University. With 150 scientific publications in journals including Nature, Science, PNAS and Nature Neuroscience, her work has been featured in Scientific American, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and on NPR and CNN. Her research efforts were recently recognized with W. Horsley Gantt Medal from the Pavlovian Society for the “noble pursuit of truth.” Macmillan has published her new book: Everyday Trauma.