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    Go For Brain Gains

    Unlock your brain’s potential through Center for BrainHealth's speaker series

    CultureMap Create
    Jan 29, 2025 | 12:00 pm
    BrainHealth Presents

    The speakers for BrainHealth Presents 2025.

    Photo courtesy of Center for BrainHealth

    Discover the power of neuroscience and incorporate brain health into your 2025 wellness goals with the help of Center for BrainHealth, a cognitive neuroscience leader focusing on proactive brain gains that make a difference to overall brain health.

    Its speaker series, BrainHealth Presents, lets you engage with renowned experts in an exclusive social setting while learning how to harness your brain powers of memory, self-agency, creativity and hyper-efficiency.

    All events begin with a VIP reception at 6:15 pm before the talk starts at 7 pm, and are in-person by subscription only. Here is the 2025 speaker lineup:

    April 17: Why We Remember – and How to Hold on to What Matters Most
    Charan Ranganath, PhD

    Dr. Ranganath explains the hidden role memory plays in our lives and how we imagine the future. Author of the New York Times best-seller Why We Remember, he has pioneered a new way of thinking about the everyday act of remembering.

    One of the world’s top memory researchers, his work sheds light on the powerful role of memory in nearly every aspect of life, from recalling faces and names to learning, decision-making, trauma, and healing.

    He is director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at UC Davis and is an affiliated faculty with the Center for Mind and Brain, and has appeared on the Huberman Lab Podcast, NPR’s Fresh Air, and the goop podcast with Gwyneth Paltrow.

    May 8: Reducing the Risks of Brain Injury
    Kim Gorgens, PhD

    Dr. Gorgens reframes our understanding of brain injury by connecting with often-overlooked populations.

    Reaching millions of viewers through inspiring TED Talks on youth sports concussion and brain injuries in criminal justice, she has appeared on CNN with Anderson Cooper, NPR, and 20/20.

    A professor of psychology at University of Denver, she manages a large portfolio of brain injury-related research and has lectured extensively around the world.

    October 9: Unleashing Imagination: The Creative Brain and AI
    Adam Green, PhD

    In an age driven by AI, neuroscientist Dr. Green predicts an increasing demand for human creativity.

    Leader of a $2.5 million National Science Foundation project on creativity in STEM, he seeks to measure innovative thinking as a predictor of success, gauge how different aspects of creativity may work together, and map the seemingly miraculous process of creative ideation.

    He directs the Lab for Relational Cognition at Georgetown University and is co-founder of The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity.

    November 6: Hyper-efficient: Optimize Your Brain to Transform the Way You Work
    Mithu Storoni, MD, PhD

    A physician, cognitive neuroscientist, and author, Dr. Storoni advocates for a new, hyper-efficient way of working.

    The work that matters most in our technology-dominated workplace — generating brilliant ideas, solving complex problems, and learning — can’t be manufactured like outputs on an assembly line. Our brains function like a car’s engine, with multiple gears that put the brain in optimal mode for different mental challenges to create, solve, and learn.

    Your $150 subscription includes an array of benefits. In addition to admission to all 2025 talks, you'll receive:

    • A VIP reception at 6:15 pm that includes light hors d'oeurves, beverages, and specialty mocktails catered by Eating Royally, whose chef-owner once cooked for members of the British royal family
    • Complimentary valet parking
    • Access to full recordings from the 2025 season
    • The opportunity to interact with the speaker and other like-minded attendees

    Learn more and subscribe to BrainHealth Presents here.

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    Hits for a Good Cause

    CultureMap writer and Cowboys crush it for charity in home run derby

    Alex Bentley
    May 15, 2026 | 12:39 pm
    CultureMap's Alex Bentley competing in the Media League part of the 2026 Reliant Home Run Derby
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    CultureMap's Alex Bentley competed in the Media League part of the 2026 Reliant Home Run Derby.

    There was some friendly rivalry on and off the field at the 13th annual Reliant Home Run Derby at Riders Field in Frisco on May 14, where members of the Dallas Cowboys and a dozen local media members stepped up to the plate to raise money for North Texas charities.

    Before Cowboys fans showed up for the main event, the day kicked off with the 10th annual Reliant Media League, featuring 12 reporters from around Dallas-Fort Worth - including CultureMap's Alex Bentley - taking their hacks for a charity of their choice.

    On what was said to be one of the hottest days in the event's history, each media participant got 10 swings in the first of three rounds, earning $100 for every hit and $300 for every home run.

    Bentley, a first-time competitor, advanced to the second round with four others, and with a strong second-round performance - including a home run on his final swing - made the three-swing final round against WFAA reporter Sean Giggy.

    CultureMap's Alex Bentley celebrating a home run in the Media League part of the 2026 Reliant Home Run Derby CultureMap's Alex Bentley celebrating a home run in the Media League part of the 2026 Reliant Home Run Derby. Photo by Brandon Wade/AP Content Services for Reliant

    With Kristi Scales, sideline reporter for the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network, calling the action, Giggy narrowly edged Bentley by hitting two home runs compared to Bentley's two hits and one home run.

    Collectively, the media members raised $36,220 for local North Texas charities, including $4,335 by Giggy for his charity, Keeper of the Game, and $4,135 by Bentley for his charity, The Street Dog Project.

    The Street Dog Project is comprised of a small group of volunteers who, since 2016, have rescued hundreds of dogs from the streets and found them loving homes.

    WFAA reporter Sean Giggy celebrating his win the Media League portion of the 2026 Reliant Home Run Derby WFAA reporter Sean Giggy and his son celebrating his win in the Media League portion of the 2026 Reliant Home Run Derby. Photo by Brandon Wade/AP Content Services for Reliant

    Reached for comment, Bentley said: "For a 50-year-old man who hadn't touched a baseball bat in 16 years to even compete was amazing, but to be one of the finalists was beyond all my expectations. I'm very happy with my performance, but even happier that I was able to raise a lot of money for a good cause."

    Ten Cowboys players then took the field in front of hundreds of fans, trading in their pads for a bat for a chance at baseball glory.

    Participants included Bryan Anger, Brandon Aubrey, Jake Ferguson, DeMarvion Overshown, Dak Prescott, Luke Schoonmaker, Trent Sieg, Tyler Smith, Terence Steele, and Sam Williams.

    With each hit and home run earning a donation from Reliant, the teammates raised a total of $80,000 to benefit The Salvation Army of North Texas.

    Ferguson, the Cowboys tight end, was named the 2026 Reliant Home Run Derby Champion with $20,600 raised and 22 home runs.

    As the winner, Ferguson also received a $10,000 bonus from Reliant for his chosen charity, the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation.

    Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson celebrating his win at the 2026 Reliant Home Run Derby Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson celebrating his win at the 2026 Reliant Home Run Derby.Photo by Brandon Wade/AP Content Services for Reliant

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