Game Night Gone WildTuesday, March 15 | 7 pm

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS• Soha Ashrafi, a neuroscience education facilitator at the Museum, describes the basics of cellular neuroscience to demonstrate how interactive games can affect brain function and neural plasticity.

• Alex de Voogt, assistant curator of African ethnology at the Museum, tours the history of board games from early civilizations to current times.

• Wendy Suzuki, professor of neural science and psychology at New York University, talks about the immediate and long-term benefits of physical exercise like ping pong.

• Robert Klitzman, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, debunks the myth that creativity arises from only the right side of the brain. Both sides of our brain work closely together, allowing us to think, speak, create, and play.

Fire up your neurons with a cocktail in hand for an exciting evening of interactive digital and physical games that challenge, entertain, and tease your brain. Test your hand-eye coordination, memory, recognition, and creativity while scientists help you connect the goals and outcomes of each game with scientific information about our complex, mysterious, and magnificent brains.

LIGHTNING TALKSGRAND GALLERY Soha Ashrafi | 7:15 & 8:15 Alex de Voogt | 7:30 & 8:30 Wendy Suzuki | 7:45 & 8:45 Robert Klitzman | 8:00 & 9:00

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GAME NIGHT GONE WILDThe Museum greatly acknowledges The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc. for its support to establish The Sackler Brain Bench, part of the Museum’s Sackler Educational Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Human Origins, in The Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, offering ongoing programs and resources for adults, teachers, and students to illuminate the extraordinary workings of the human brain.

Presented in partnership with SPiN, the original ping pong social club that combines a mixture of sport, art, music and entertainment to inspire connection and celebrate play.

With special thanks to

Thank you Penguin Books for sponsoring pages from Johanna Basford’s LOST OCEAN.

Special thanks to participants Soha Ashrafi, Daniel Barta, Alex de Voogt, Jackie Faherty, Mandë Holford, Robert Klitzman, Carl Mehling, Susan Perkins,Wendy Suzuki, Aki Watanabe, and the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory.

Spitzer Hall of Human Origins

Sackler Educational Laboratory

Hall of Biodiversity

North American

ForestsGrand

Gallery

Warburg Hall of New York State

Environment

Central Park Westenter here

Milstein Family Hall of

Ocean Life

Key

Lightning Talks

Drink Tickets

Restroom

Coat Check

Bar

Food

Theodore Roosevelt

Memorial Hall

Creative CornerRecent research shows that creativity does not involve a single side of the brain. Fire up the whole mind by unleashing your inner artist.• Adult Coloring • Sculpting

Inside the BrainLearn the ins and outs of the brain using models, specimens, and neuroscience-themed games. From the senses to memory, these brainteasers will blow your mind.• Sensory Games• Memory & Emotion• Neuroscience

Physical ChallengesPhysical exercise is known to improve mood, increase attention, and decrease stress levels. Get happy with our array of physical games!• Ping Pong• Jumbo Chess• Gravity Toss

Biodiversity BlitzGet a snapshot of biodiversity through games of strategy and augmented reality.

• EcoChains: Arctic Crisis• MicroRangers

Scientist Face-OffAre you smarter than a scientist? Test your skills against an expert in the field while hearing stories from the trenches.• Bone Wars• Killer Snails• Mancala• Gutsy• Space Team