The relationship between the scientific study of the aging brain and cultural influences will be explored at a public talk at McMaster University on Tuesday, January 14, 2014.

The event, entitled Neuroculture, Memory, and the Aging Brain: Sociological Reflections on Cognitive Health, will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in room 3020 of the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery at McMaster University in Hamilton. Directions are available here.

The talk will be hosted by Parminder Raina, the lead principal investigator of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. He is a renowned expert in the study of aging who holds the Raymond and Margaret Labarge Chair in Research and Knowledge Application for Optimal Aging.

Stephen Katz, a professor of sociology from Trent University who is well known for his research on aging and social gerontology, is the keynote speaker for the event. Katz will share his ideas and views developed through 25 years of research on culture and aging.

The talk is open to the McMaster community and the general public, and will be of particular interest to anyone involved in the study of aging, as well as those who want to know more about how our brains age and what we can do to maintain good cognitive health.