Speaker: David Eagleman
Topic: Brain, Consciousness, Mind Science Foundation, Neuroscience
A consummate communicator of science for a lay audience, expect to be intrigued as acclaimed neuroscientist and Mind Science Foundation’s Chief Science Advisor, David Eagleman, shares his vision of the future nature of being human in light of transformational changes at the intersection of brain science and technology. Technology to expand the human perceptual experience has arrived.
David Eagleman directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action at the Baylor College of Medicine, where he also directs the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. He is an academic editor for several scientific journals, and has been named one of 2012’s Brightest Idea Guys by Italy’s Style magazine. He is the scientific advisor for the television drama Perception, and is an international bestselling author of SUM: Tales of the Afterlives, and the New York Times bestselling Incognito: the Secret Lives of the Brain.
