Dr. Tracey Shors
Neuroscientist, Educator, Creator of MAP Train My Brain
Dr. Tracey Shors is a Distinguished Professor in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology and the Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University. With over 150 scientific publications, and her popular trade book Everyday Trauma, Dr. Shors studies why we are inclined to ruminate on the past and how this process can interfere with our everyday lives, while making still more stressful memories in our brain.
She is also focused on identifying effective tools for reducing repetitive thoughts that reinforce our everyday traumas. Her brain fitness program, known as MAP Train My Brain combines mental and physical training with silent meditation and aerobic exercise to decrease trauma-related and repetitive thoughts, as well as symptoms of depression and anxiety.
By understanding how and why our brain tend to ruminate, while training them with new mental and physical skills, we are better equipped to leave our pasts behind and live in a brighter future.