Neville, a noted neuroscientist, is the latest speaker in the Graduate School Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Maryland. She also serves as the Director of University of Oregon's Brain Development Lab , where she studies biological constraints and the role the environment plays in the development of the human brain.
Recent research shows that experience has considerable effects on the adult brain as well.
Neville's lecture will describe some of the latest studies that reveal critical periods in brain development during which some neurobehavioral systems can be modified. Other brain systems, Neville will demonstrate, have the ability to change throughout life.