{"id":642,"date":"2022-06-16T15:38:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/?page_id=642"},"modified":"2022-06-23T15:02:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T15:02:48","slug":"neuros1sramkumar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/neuros1sramkumar\/","title":{"rendered":"NeuroS1SRamkumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(function() { _initLayerSlider( '#layerslider_219_1xq1a6fsnb8rq', {createdWith: '7.2.2', sliderVersion: '7.2.3', autoStart: false, startInViewport: false, keybNav: false, touchNav: false, skin: 'v6', sliderFadeInDuration: 350, navPrevNext: false, hoverPrevNext: false, navStartStop: false, navButtons: false, showCircleTimer: false, useSrcset: true, skinsPath: 'https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/plugins\/LayerSlider\/assets\/static\/layerslider\/skins\/', performanceMode: true}); });<\/script><link 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0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;top:405px;left:47px;width:690px;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:20px;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:.1px;color:#000000;font-weight:200;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\">Synthesized new neuroscience knowledge into a proposal for cutting-edge neuroscience research.<\/ls-layer><ls-layer style=\"text-align:left;text-decoration:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;top:477px;left:47px;width:690px;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:20px;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:.1px;color:#000000;font-weight:200;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\">Engaged in interactive, cross-cultural activities and discussions about cognitive neuroscience and neuroethics through a biophysical lens.<\/ls-layer><a style=\"\" class=\"ls-l\" href=\"#2\" target=\"_self\"><ls-layer style=\"text-align:left;text-decoration:none;background-position:0% 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I also plan on advocating for mental illness resources and helping all those who suffer from them.<\/ls-layer><ls-layer style=\"text-align:left;text-decoration:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;top:327px;left:47px;width:690px;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;letter-spacing:.1px;color:#000000;font-weight:200;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\">As a rising senior at Plymouth High School, I have volunteered over 60 hours for National Honors Society, UNICEF, and Key Club. I have taken several of the most challenging honors and advanced placement courses and plan on dual enrolling this fall. I have also participated in science Olympiad, math Olympiad, debate, forensics speech, HOSA, and more. I am the upcoming vice president for our school's Forensics club. 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Dr. Okun utilizes Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), which operates like a pacemaker within the brain and is often inserted via conscious surgery.<\/ls-layer><ls-layer style=\"text-align:left;text-decoration:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;top:293px;left:40px;width:600px;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;letter-spacing:.1px;color:#000000;font-weight:200;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\">During surgery, electrodes are put in the brain to regulate electrical signals and help with conditions like Epilepsy, Parkinson\u2019s Disease, Dystonia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Essential Tremor.<\/ls-layer><ls-layer style=\"text-align:left;text-decoration:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;top:395px;left:641px;width:600px;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:22px;line-height:22px;letter-spacing:.1px;color:#000000;font-weight:700;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\">Pioneering 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It is derived from foundational ideas of perceptual psychology, evolutionary biology, functional anatomy, cultural anthropology, and neurological methods.<\/ls-layer><ls-layer style=\"text-align:left;text-decoration:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;top:605px;left:641px;width:600px;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;letter-spacing:.1px;color:#000000;font-weight:200;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\">When applied to architecture, neuroaesthetics can facilitate the creation of built environments that promote the harmonious balance of all aspects of wellbeing.<\/ls-layer><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S5-SRamkumar-min.png\" class=\"ls-l ls-img-layer\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S5-SRamkumar-min.png 550w, 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class=\"ls-text-layer\">Dr. James Giordano<\/p><\/a><a style=\"\" class=\"ls-l\" href=\"#2\" target=\"_self\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;fadein:false;static:forever;position:relative;\"><p style=\"top:97px;left:211px;text-align:center;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;line-height:30px;font-size:20px;width:500px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-text-layer\">The Creative Brain<\/p><\/a><a style=\"\" class=\"ls-l\" href=\"#3\" target=\"_self\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;fadein:false;static:forever;position:relative;\"><p style=\"top:97px;left:561px;text-align:center;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;line-height:30px;font-size:20px;width:500px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-text-layer\">Mind-Body Interventions<\/p><\/a><a style=\"\" class=\"ls-l\" href=\"#4\" target=\"_self\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;fadein:false;static:forever;position:relative;\"><p style=\"top:97px;left:906px;text-align:center;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;line-height:30px;font-size:20px;width:500px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-text-layer\">Experts &amp; Mentors<\/p><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-SRamkumar-min.png\" class=\"ls-l ls-img-layer\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-SRamkumar-min.png 597w, https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-SRamkumar-min-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-SRamkumar-min-580x398.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" style=\"top:170px;left:50px;background-size:inherit;background-position:inherit;width:597px;height:410px;\" data-ls=\"position:relative;\"><p style=\"top:209px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">I had the chance to work and collaborate directly with Dr. James Giordano, Chief of Georgetown University\u2019s Neuroethics Studies Program.<\/p><p style=\"top:286px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">In addition to his involvement with a variety of educational institutions, Dr. Giordano is the author of over 350 publications in neuroscience and neuroethics.<\/p><p style=\"top:363px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">During our first meeting, Dr. Giordano guided us through an exploration of our own brains, minds, and selves, probing for the problems, meanings, and questions within the world that surrounds us.<\/p><p style=\"top:459px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">In subsequent meetings, Dr. Giordano frequently prompted both introspection and extrospection to encourage familiarity with the our own minds, as well as our environment, and how the two can interact to our benefit.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"ls-slide\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-Green-SRamkumar-min.png\" class=\"ls-l ls-img-layer\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-Green-SRamkumar-min.png 597w, https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-Green-SRamkumar-min-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-Green-SRamkumar-min-580x398.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" style=\"top:170px;left:50px;background-size:inherit;background-position:inherit;width:597px;height:410px;\" data-ls=\"position:relative;\"><p style=\"top:212px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">I had the opportunity to discuss stimulating creativity with brain science with Dr. Adam Green, the Director of the Lab for Relational Cognition at Georgetown University.<\/p><p style=\"top:288px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">Dr. Green maintains that creative insights are \u201cthe product of connections made between things other people didn\u2019t put together,\u201d and we explored the neurological foundations of this theory.<\/p><p style=\"top:384px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">In this sense, creativity becomes an exchange between connecting and disconnecting from memory, as memory is imperative to accessing a starting point and a frame of reference.<\/p><p style=\"top:480px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">This disconnection allows people to generate a new path from the same beginning. One must be able to recognize what they currently know in order to stray from it.<\/p><div style=\"z-index:10;top:131px;left:355px;text-align:initial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;height:4px;width:212px;background-color:#36529c;font-size:10px;line-height:falsepx;\" class=\"ls-l ls-html-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ls-slide\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mind-Body-min.png\" class=\"ls-l ls-img-layer\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mind-Body-min.png 597w, https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mind-Body-min-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mind-Body-min-580x398.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" style=\"top:170px;left:50px;background-size:inherit;background-position:inherit;width:597px;height:410px;\" data-ls=\"position:relative;\"><p style=\"top:230px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">Mind-Body Interventions are utilized for the treatment, wellness, and enhancement of the mind and brain. These interventions can be categorized into \u201clow-tech\u201d and \u201chigh-tech\u201d mind-body Interventions.<\/p><p style=\"top:326px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">\u201cLow-tech\u201d mind-body Interventions allow you to modify the interactions between the brain and mind through accessible and non-invasive techniques.<\/p><p style=\"top:402px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">In contrast, \u201chigh-tech\u201d mind-body Interventions are less accessible and can involve invasive procedures.<\/p><p style=\"top:459px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">This new knowledge allowed me to assess the intersection between brain, mind, and body and how they can work together to improve the wellbeing of an individual.<\/p><div style=\"z-index:10;top:131px;left:665px;text-align:initial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;height:4px;width:288px;background-color:#36529c;font-size:17px;line-height:falsepx;\" class=\"ls-l ls-html-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ls-slide\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-SRamkumar-min-1.png\" class=\"ls-l ls-img-layer\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-SRamkumar-min-1.png 597w, https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-SRamkumar-min-1-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/lichangesummer.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S6-SRamkumar-min-1-580x398.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" style=\"top:170px;left:50px;background-size:inherit;background-position:inherit;width:597px;height:410px;\" data-ls=\"position:relative;\"><p style=\"top:202px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">Along with Dr. Giordano, I had the opportunity to work closely with Dr. Justin Rossi, who taught us about the research proposal we would need to design and develop.<\/p><p style=\"top:278px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">Dr. Rossi introduced us to the social, historical, and pathological understandings of what constitutes \u201cnormal,\u201d as well as how we see spectrums and selection in the range of global health contexts.<\/p><p style=\"top:375px;left:718px;text-align:initial;font-weight:300;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat;color:#000000;width:500px;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"showinfo:1;position:relative;\">In addition to Dr. Rossi, my team met directly with Carmine Carullo, former Planning and Performance Manager at ExxonMobil and current Manager of Medicine and Occupational Health, and Bill Stefan, a senior executive in the U.S. 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