Illustrated portrait of Damien Fair.
Illustration by Richard A. Chance

Stimulating the brain with Damien Fair

The MacArthur Foundation “genius” discusses his return to his home state of Minnesota and why it’s important to protect the developing brain.

Damien Fair is professor in the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota Medical School and co-director of the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain. In this episode of “Synaptic,” Fair explains how a change in scenery spurred his scholastic achievements and how brain stimulation might progress in the clinic.

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