Dr. Joyce Shaffer Email & Phone Number

Recent Publications: Hacking Neuroplasticity, my new book, is ready for preorder at a discount!I. Neuroplasticity and Clinical Practice: Building Brain Power for Health. Frontiers in Psychology. (2016) doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01118II. Enhancing Neuroplasticity Is Urgent: Music and Dance for the UN/WHO Decade of Action for Healthy Ageing for All (mdpi.com)III. Centenarians, Supercentenarians: We Must Develop New Measurements Suitable for Out Oldest OldIII. Cocoa & Other Brain Foods: Eat to Improve Your Brain Power. Kindle eBookIV. Ideal Aging(R): 5 Steps to Keep Your Brain Fit(TM).V. Stress Power with Relaxation Conditioning (audio).I teach:I. How you can improve your brain chemistry, architecture and performance; how these actions can improve your general health; how this can be accomplished within your calendar and other resources, AND how this can enchance your career.II. Developing vigorous longevity with maximum brain power for Ideal Aging that can Enrich Heredity AND improve your business.Beginning with the research for my dissertation I have been a student of brain power. Marian Diamond’s research showed increased complexity of dendrites as a function of experience. Adding talk & touch, rats lived 50% longer WITH continued brain gains. She believed that humans could derive the same benefits at any age.Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change, for better or for worse. Neuroscientists research how humans can build better brains. In a recent random controlled trial with 468 subjects aged 65 to 97, speed of processing increased 131%, memory gains were equivalent to approximately 10 years of improvement in memory, AND 75% of the subjects reported positive benefits in daily living. These science-based benefits are what we celebrate by learning how to Keep Your Brain Fit. 30 years of experience in individual and group therapy, conducting workshops & seminars, hosting professional meetings, directing readers' theatre, providing expert testimony in civil courts and teaching at 4 universities has developed a unique expertise in speaking, writing and working with individuals and businesses.Specialties: Psychologist, Nurse, Speaker, Global Bicyclist & Author.

Listed skills include Public Speaking, Psychology, Clinical Research, Stress, and 22 others.