Held annually in Indianapolis, Indiana, Gen Con is one of the world’s largest gaming conventions, bringing together tens of thousands of attendees for four days of games, cosplay, community, and creative nerdiness. Best known for RPGs and board games, Gen Con fills the convention center and surrounding hotels with an enormous range of classes, performances, tournaments, and hands-on experiences.

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User Error: Body & Brain Bugs & Hacks

A broad and often humorous overview of our favorite studies and geeky tidbits, relating these to a ridiculously broad array of topics, including cognitive biases, hedonic reversals and adaptation, the vagus nerve and activating your parasympathetic nervous system, amplification hypothesis, flow, gratitude, and the study of happiness, and more. This class is research-grounded, with prolific slides, citations, and examples. Let's review some of the “rules” of the game we’re all playing with our own minds and bodies. For science! Your presenter is a healthcare professional, aerial performer, & lifelong geek dedicated to accessible education.