Why we need more ‘grown-up brains’ to help build the brains of the next generations The human brain builds and shapes itself throughout life-based on its experiences; so much so that no two human brains will ever be identical. As a species, we must have people in our life who can model positive, constructive brain activity that helps our own brain build itself. Stefanie Faye Frank is a neuroscience researcher and clinician, focused on brainwaves, heart rhythms and micro-movements that influence our ability to self-regulate and build healthy relationships.
Her graduate research at New York University and fieldwork at the NYU Phelps lab for neuroscience research, and the NYU Institute for Prevention Science focused on the cross-section of self-directed neuroplasticity, empathy and social justice. Over the past decade, her teaching and consulting work all over the world combines scientific insights and her training in monasteries with meditation masters from India, Africa and Vietnam. She is also a former intelligence analyst, French teacher to diplomats and is in the early stages of writing a sci-fi novel about the year 2032. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
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