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“A Healthier Tomorrow Begins With Understanding the Mind”

About Us

The Auris Foundation was established in 1984 on a single conviction: that the distance between who we are and who we are capable of becoming is not a matter of will. It is a matter of understanding.

We don’t treat illness. We study excellence. Our participants are followed carefully, with their knowledge and their trust, for life.

Our Research

• Plasticity & Learning — how a skill travels from effort to instinct.
• Sleep & Integration — what changes in the brain while we rest.
• Perception & Attention — how the brain decides what to notice, and what to let go.
• Longitudinal Studies — our work is longitudinal by nature. The most meaningful data reveals itself slowly.

Arts Programs

Through our Instrument Stewardship Program, historic string instruments are placed on long-term loan with exceptional young performers. Terms of stewardship:

1. Instruments remain the property of the Foundation in perpetuity.
2. Stewards agree to keep the instrument in performance condition and in their personal care at all times.
3. Stewards consent to periodic wellness assessments, scheduled at the Foundation’s discretion.
4. Stewards will not be informed of assessment dates in advance.
5. The Foundation may recall an instrument at any time, for any reason.

What’s New!

• NEW! Our 1992 public television film The Distance is now available on VHS. Write to us to request a copy.
• The Foundation is proud to underwrite the 1997 concert season in New York.
• Our 1996 Annual Report is now online! Click here.

Contact

For general inquiries, please write to the Foundation’s New York office. Participants do not need to contact us. We will be in touch.