Released:?December 2010
Country:?United States
Creator:?Eli Brown
Lead Actor:?Peter Coyote
Synopsis:
Hosted by actor Peter Coyote,?Brain Fitness: Peak Performance?explores how the brain can create extraordinary expertise in the areas of music, sports, and language. Throughout the series, renowned neuroscientist Dr. Michael Merzenich demonstrates how experts in various fields improve their neurological abilities through sustained, continuous, intense practice of their respective skillset and how such consequential neurological findings in experts compare to the average individual. One of the experts introduced in the series was a simultaneous interpreter at the United Nations.?
CCOI’s Role:
CCOI facilitated access to UN interpreters and on-location filming at UN Headquarters in New York.
Related UN Issues:
Multilingualism