VŠPJ will participate in the national event Brain Week 2022

TýBrain Day is a festival of the latest discoveries and trends in brain research and neuroscience that is part of theýstí The tradition of Tý Brain Day in the Czeché Republic was initiated and founded by Czechý neuroscientist Professor Josef Syka in 1998.

After last year's Tý whichý was held only online due to the anti-epidemicý measures, this year the University ofá škola polytechnická Jihlava is involved in Tý Brain Day for the second time. On Mondayí 14 March 2022, theátátání documentaryární film Lostá memories (Ruud Lenssen, The Netherlands, 2019) will be screened at theárá Festivalá from 15.00 in the meeting room next to the historicé auditorium of V&Scaron& PJ.

A touchingý and tí vividý portrait& of a father whoý gradually transforms from an activeý farmá due to the onset of dementia;into a naštvané and confusedé man lost in his owné head, natá for the sake of preserving theá memories of his owná son. Brain scans revealed that this was an onset of dementia and that living better was unfortunately no longer possible. A middle-aged man in greený montérká is oftenál notá and wants toál manageá theá farmá heá hasá built. In five months he will no longer be able to take care of it. However, the whole family has to cope with the new situation and slowly and with a heavy heart they sell off all their property and land. „It's gone, even though it'sá&d toá&you,“ states Jac sadly. The film, whichá at firstá mainly follows his fate, shiftsá attention to Jac's wife, whoá

After the film, there will be a náfollow discussion with Mgr. Marcela Rýpalova, head of theí Alzheimer's Counselling Centre Vysočina. Admission to the screening and the náfollowing discussion is free. Due to the limitedé capacity, we recommend that you reserve aá place at theá screeningá viaá theá registrationá form&a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeg675FZQ6AiUJ1m63Bf3870YMoR4VtMXIkcjwnddt1z1KxCg/viewform">HERE.