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Periodic Tables: Brain Awareness Week Edition

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Greg Appelbaum, Tobias Egner, Nita Farahany, and Marc Sommer
Periodic Tables

Join us for this Brain Awareness Week edition of Periodic Tables as we present an informal, yet spirited gathering on new ways to think about your brain.

Q&A will follow short talks on vision and your brain, context and memory, brain enhancement ethics, and thinking about thinking. Talks by local experts: professors Greg Appelbaum, Tobias Egner, Nita Farahany, and Marc Sommer. Presented in partnership by the Duke Initiative for Science & Society and the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences.

This off-campus venue offers a selection of food and beverage for purchase before, during and after the event. Periodic Tables is free and open to the public; donations accepted.

Periodic Tables is an informal science gathering during which invited speakers share interesting, relevant science to the general public in an engaging and interactive way. See this page for information about the program.

Type: LECTURE/TALK