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Abigail Baird: The Teen BrainWhen:
Thursday, 9 May, 2019 6:30 pmWho:
Abigail BairdWhere:
Pearl StableUpcoming Events
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Lunch & Learn: Understanding the Teen BrainWhen:
Friday, 10 May, 2019 11:30 amWho:
Abigail Baird, PhDWhere:
The Argyle Club, Slick-Urschel Room
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Michael Platt: The Neuroscience of FriendshipWhen:
Tuesday, 12 November, 2019 6:30 pmWho:
Michael PlattWhere:
Pearl StablePast Events
Virtual Reality: Dawn of the New Everything
The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology. Bridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it means to be human at a moment of unprecedented technological possibility. […]
2019 Night of Mystery Gala
From the deepest oceans… To the endless expanse of the universe… Escape the ordinary into unseen worlds all around us… The Night of Mystery returns…
Autism: Could Genetics Hold the Answers?
Why does my child have autism? Geneticist Dr. Wendy Chung will share what we know about the autism spectrum disorder and how it isn’t a single condition with a single cause. If autism has multiple interlocking causes, could genetics hold the key to unlocking it? Dr. Chung’s team researches how as many as 400 different […]
Into The Gray Zone
In this startling and thought‐provoking talk, Owen reveals his controversial, groundbreaking work with patients whose brains were previously thought vegetative or non‐responsive but turn out—in up to 20 percent of cases—to be vibrantly alive, existing in the “Gray Zone.”
The Gut-Brain Connection
Ed Yong blogs with a mission: to ignite excitement for science in everyone, regardless of their education or background. Whether he’s exploring a possible resurrection for extinct mouth-birthing amphibians or skewering media misunderstandings of hyped hormones like oxytocin, Ed Yong has a gift for illuminating the beauty (or controversy) in difficult and complex topics.