We are excited to announce that Joy Hirsch, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, and Director of the Brain Function Laboratory at Yale School of Medicine, will be speaking with us on Wednesday, 10 June 2015. The title of her talk is “When Two Brains Work as One: A Neuroimaging Investigation of Communication between Individuals.”
Many will remember the talk titled “Yale — a Life in Science” and delivered around the same time last year by Professor James Rothman, the 2013 Nobel Laureate in Medicine. Joy Hirsch and James Rothman are married, both are professors in science at Yale, and both share the quality of lucidly explaining advances in their respective areas of scientific research in interesting, accessible, and engaging ways.
Please join us for what promises to be a stimulating evening with Professor Hirsch as she takes us on a fascinating journey to explain the work she does to better understand the brain’s dynamic neurological functions that take place when people communicate with one another. As a YCL member, we are offering you the opportunity of advance booking for a limited time, before the talk is opened to the wider YCL extended network.
Event: Speaker Series: Joy Hirsch — When Two Brains Work as One
Date: 10 Jun 2015 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: The Athenaeum Club 107 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5ER
Bookings/more info: Click here to register for this event.
About the Event:
Professor Joy Hirsch has pioneered many breakthroughs in understanding the relationships between brain, mind, and behaviour, and the translation of these principles to advance basic neuroscience, medical, and legal applications. She is one of the early developers of the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology for brain mapping as well as for understanding principles of brain organisation and function. Her current research focuses on understanding the neural foundations for interpersonal interactions and social functions between individuals. This new research direction includes technical developments necessary to investigate simultaneous neural responses from multiple people. The novel neuroimaging technology is based on near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and uses light absorption to detect signals associated with neural activity. Professor Hirsch’s talk will focus on recent advances in her research and discuss their implications on our understanding of how the brain functions when we communicate with eachother.
Please note: Book early to avoid disappointment.
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Cost: £15 Junior Members; £20 Senior Members.
