NEUROBIOLOGY
Tapping into the Neurobiology of Speech and Dance Production at Yale Whitney Humanities Center
Whitney Humanities Center 320 York Street, New HavenNeuroscientist Constantina Theofanopoulou explores the neural circuits of complex sensory-motor behaviors that serve social communication, specifically speech and dance, and aims to identify potential therapies for disorders that affect these behaviors, like Parkinson’s Disease. In this lecture, she will present research uncovering possible similarities between speech and dance, including an examination of the brain pathways […]
Talk: “Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices” in Fairfield
Martire Center Theater 5401 Park Avenue, FairfieldDr. Travis Rieder, bioethicist at Johns Hopkins, will speak on his new book. "Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices" "My most enduring research... has involved the overarching theme of “catastrophe.” In particular, I’m concerned with how to engage in ethical reasoning about our own, individual lives in a time […]