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Distinguished Speakers Series - Fall 2009
Visit again soon for an update on our Fall 2009 schedule!
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EVENT TIMES:
Reception 5:30 to 6:30
Lecture and Q&A 6:30 to 8:00 |
ADMISSIONS:
Mind Science Members1 - Free
Non-members - $15
Students & Military with ID- $5
Seniors "Over 60" - $5
1) Members will receive tickets via USPS mail approximately two weeks before each lecture. Please Join MSF Today to receive the benefits of a Mind Science Foundation Membership. |
MEMBERSHIP:
To become a Mind Science member, please fill out the Online Membership Registration form.
All major credit cards are accepted.
We also welcome your support as a Research Sponsor or a Research Partner to support our scientific and educational programs.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:
Program designed to meet the criteria of 1.5 CEU Credit for psychologists, LPC’s, LMFT’s; 0.15 credit units for social workers. Mind Science Foundation Sponsor #CS3834
Program designed to meet the criteria of 1.5 CPE for teachers, school counselors, and other educational administrators. Mind Science Foundation Sponsor #501136 |
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 Consciousness: The Movie in Your Mind
Monday, May 4, 2009
Christof Koch, Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
MSF Research Award Grantee
For the past 20 years, Christof Koch, Ph.D., has sought to explain how the vivid impressions of our sensory experience are generated by the interactions of networks of neurons that embody our minds. Dr. Koch presented a lively overview of his scientific research program aimed at discovering the answer to one of the great scientific questions of our time: What is the material basis of conscious awareness?
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Genes, Addiction and the Brain
Monday, March 16, 2009
Adron Harris, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
MSF enjoyed a standing room only presentation on Monday, March 16, 2009 by Adron Harris, Ph.D., award-winning researcher on alcoholism and Director of the Waggoner Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Harris spoke on the molecular biology of alcoholism and the complex relationships between genes, addiction and the brain.
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Past Speakers & Presenters
| The Brain That Changes Itself |
2058: The Future of the Human Mind |
Your Brain and the Law: The Brave New World of Neurolaw |
The Body Has A Mind Of Its Own |
Seeing with Sound:
Human Blindness and Sight Recovery |
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| Norman Doidge, M.D. |
Joseph Dial |
David Eagleman, PhD |
Sandra Blakeslee |
Dr. Melissa Saenz |
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| Spotless Mind: The Neurobiology of Emotional Memories
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Secrets of the Teen Brain |
The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating |
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature |
The Primordial Emotions |
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| Joseph LeDoux, PhD
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Jay Giedd, MD |
David Buss, PhD |
Steven Pinker, PhD |
Derek Denton, MD |
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| Illusion and Reality: At the Boundary of Art and Science |
Dreaming As Delirium |
Exuberance |
Thinking In Pictures |
The Ethical Brain |
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| Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD |
J. Allan Hobson, MD |
Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD |
Temple Grandin, PhD |
Michael S. Gazzaniga, PhD |
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| Origin of Minds & Emotions |
The Literary & Imaginative Calling To Medicine |
The Mind & The Brain |
Coincidence Theory & Extraordinary Ways of Knowing |
Art & The Brain |
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| Roger Bingham, PhD |
Dr. Abraham Verghese, MD, MFA (Curriculum Vitae) |
Jeffrey Schwartz, M.D. |
Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, Ph.D. |
Dr. V.S. Ramachandran |
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The Arts & the Brain
Perspectives and Performances |
Community Healing Workshop & Photo Exhibit |
Meditation as a Healing Practice |
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| McNay Art Museum |
Dr. Ricardo Ainslie |
Dr. Mahzarin Banaji |
Sarah Wilson |
Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Ph.D. |
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| Finding My Voice |
Children & Television:
Using TV Sensibly |
Synesthesia |
Boundaries of Consciousness |
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| Diane Rehm |
Dr. John Murray |
Cyrus Yavneh |
Dr. Peter Grossenbacher |
Dr. Steven Laureys |
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| Jane Goodall |
Ilya Prigogine |
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| Jane Goodall |
Ilya Prigogine, Ph.D. |
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Past Summer Mixers
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