Your Emotional Brain

NOTE: Tickets are Required for this event. $10 **HERE **Space is limited.

How does your brain manage the huge range of human emotions driving everything we do?

Come take a behind-the-scenes tour of your brain!

How are you feeling today? Worried, content, nervous, happy? Think about your work and your boss. Are you confident, panicky, annoyed? Now think about your partner, a loved one, your first childhood crush. Are you giddy, anxious, embarrassed, excited? There is such a huge variety of human emotions and we know they can change shockingly fast. Those emotions drive us to do all sorts of things – in fact, they drive most of what we do – all from just 3 lbs. of gray matter between our ears.
Aren’t you curious to know how your brain manages all that all the time? Join ISC for an exciting tour through the different parts of your emotional brain to learn how they all interact to guide you, and what happens when something goes wrong.

For the first in our series of programs on the brain, Dr. Robin Nusslock, of Northwestern University, will lay the groundwork by giving us an intriguing tour of the three main systems of your emotional brain – fear, reward, and regulation – that make us so wonderfully (and sometimes annoyingly!) human, by taking a tour of your emotional brain.

Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025 at 6:30pm
The Bad Apple, 658 W Belden, Chicago, IL 60614
Tickets $10 HERE
Seating is limited.

Robin Nusslock, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University where he directs the Affective & Clinical Neuroscience Lab and serves as Director of Clinical Psychology and Clinical Training.

** Please reserve tickets in advance. An RSVP here on Meetup will not hold you a seat.

FAQs

Best route for using public transit?
The Fullerton stop (Red, Brown, and Purple lines) is about 3.5 blocks away at Fullerton & Sheffield. The #8 Halsted bus is just 2 blocks west of The Bad Apple. The #22 Clark and #36 Broadway buses stop 3 blocks east at Clark and Belden. Easy!
Will there be food & drink available?
Absolutely! Check out The Bad Apple's menu here: https://www.badapplebar.com/ If you plan to eat, we recommend you arrive before 6pm so you can order and have your food before the talk begins so as to not be disruptive to others.
What's the parking situation?
There are some parking garages on Lincoln Av north of Belden. Street parking in the area is mostly metered, so use the ParkChicago app to pay by zone. If on a non-metered street, be sure it isn't restricted to only cars with a certain numbered sticker. We wouldn't want you to get a ticket!
Will this be appropriate for kids?
All ages are welcome, just know that the talk's content will be most accessible for those of at least high school age.