See workshops for last year's event. Full workshop details available in May 2011
A unique opportunity for in-depth learning with best-selling author of A Whole New Mind Daniel Pink, leading motivation researcher Carol Dweck, the father of social neuroscience Matt Lieberman, science of play and goodness researchers Stuart Brown and Dacher Keltner and more.
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Many people are interested in the brain and how understanding it can
help us understand ourselves and those around us. But most of us
aren't neuroscientists and knowing what to make of the "pretty pictures"
of the brain in Time magazine can be daunting. Dr. Lieberman is a
neuroscientist who spends a lot of time teaching non-neuroscientists
how to understand the brain in simple straightforward terms.
The workshop will cover:
how to orient yourself when looking at or reading about a brain
the strengths and weaknesses of techniques like functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
the brain networks involved in thinking, remembering and deciding
the networks involved in emotion and mood
the brain networks involved in thinking about other people and
yourself