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Nov 4 2015 6:30 pm
Lecture

Scents and Sensibility: Representations of the Olfactory World in the Brain

Richard Axel, Nobel laureate and codirector of Columbia Zuckerman Institute, will share his acclaimed research ...

Sep 17 2015 6:30 pm
Lecture

Heading Off Damage: New Insights in Traumatic Brain Injury

Barclay Morrison studies how the brain responds to head impact. His research could help to prevent head ...

barclay morrison speaks at brain insight lecture
May 6 2015 6:30 pm
Lecture

Getting Beyond a Blind Date with Science

Alan Alda, actor, writer, and science advocate will share his passion for science communication in this free, ...

Alan Alda
May 5 2015 6:30 pm
Lecture

How Mind and Brain Enable Self-Control: The Marshmallow Test and Beyond

Walter Mischel’s pioneering research on how preschoolers wait for two marshmallows later, rather than settle ...

marshmallow
Mar 3 2015 6:30 pm
Lecture

In Darwin's Footsteps: Witnessing the Origin of a New Species in the Galapagos

Pulitzer-prize-winning author Jonathan Weiner of Columbia University will tell a story of discovery.

jonathan weiner speaks at recent brain insight lecture in front of blue background
Dec 3 2014 6:30 pm
Lecture

Race matters, but not how you think it does: How stereotypes affect how we live, work, play and pray

This talk will use the tools of psychology and neurobiology to show how “double consciousness” is ...

valerie purdie vaughns speaks at a lecture in front of blue background
Oct 7 2014 6:30 pm
Lecture

We Are What We Remember: The Biology of Memory & Age-Related Memory Disorders

Eric R. Kandel, Nobel laureate and codirector of Columbia's Zuckerman Institute, will discuss recent advances ...

Eric Kandel, Nobel Prize winner and Co-Director of the Zuckerman Institute