Psychology Colloquium: Vilayanur Ramachandran and Morton Gernsbacher TED talks
Thursday, October 16, 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Psychology 136
This event is open only to current Reed students, faculty, and staff.
Join the Psychology Department for a discussion (and pizza!) with a focus on two TED talks:
"The Neurons that Shaped Civilization"
Vilayanur Ramachandran
University of California, San Diego
Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran outlines the fascinating functions of mirror neurons. Only recently discovered, these neurons allow us to learn complex social behaviors, some of which formed the foundations of human civilization as we know it.
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"Mirror neurons in humans?"
Morton Gernsbacher
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Gernsbacher cautions that the neuroimaging studies most frequently cited as evidence of mirror neuron in humans, fail to provide such evidence.
For more information, contact Dan Reisberg or visit:
http://reed.edu/psychology/colloquium.html.
Submitted by Joan Meyer.
Posted on Sep 30, 2014
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