Neurological Curiosities: Implications for Research, Art, and Activism

Neurological Curiosities: Implications for Research, Art, and Activism

Stephanie Wasserman

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 12:30 p.m.

Art: Does color exist in the objects around us? Contrary to intuitive experience, it does not! Research: Startling neurological evidence indicates that the cerebral cortex actively constructs our private, inner world of perception. Activism: Surprising brain mechanisms for rapid judgments and misattributions will be explored. Even therapeutic strategies for healing phantom pain in nonexistent limbs will have implications for those involved in activism.

Location: Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall, Women’s Studies Research Center, Epstein Building, Brandeis University

Contact: Rosa Taormina, taormina@brandeis.edu, http://go.brandeis.edu/wsrc