Title: "Making It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning."
Faculty Host: Michael Kahana
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October 2, 2017
Levin Auditorium (425 S. University Ave.)
Title: "Making It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning."
Faculty Host: Michael Kahana
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September 11, 2017
Levin Auditorium (425 S. University Ave.)
Title: Dissecting prefrontal circuits that mediate resilience
Faculty Host: Martin Seligman
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June 28, 2017
You are invited to a pair of workshops inspired by the Lancet report, Advancing Early Childhood Development: from Science to Scale, led by Penn faculty including report co-author Jere Behrman (Economics) and Dr. Sebastian Lipina (National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina) with participating faculty and students from throughout Penn.
Workshop II:
Can neuroscience help efforts to alleviate global child poverty?
We will review the current state of child development programs and measures globally, and assess the relevance of poverty...
June 21, 2017
You are invited to a pair of workshops inspired by the Lancet report, Advancing Early Childhood Development: from Science to Scale, led by Penn faculty including report co-author Jere Behrman (Economics) and Dr. Sebastian Lipina (National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina) with participating faculty and students from throughout Penn.
Workshop I: What is known about poverty and brain development?
We will briefly lay out the “state of the art” in poverty neuroscience, examine its relevance to social policy and practice, and engage the expertise and...
May 4, 2017
Join for a dialog on art and science featuring:
Aaron Posner, Award-winning director, playwright, co-founder of the Arden Theater
Michael Posner, Pioneering cognitive neuroscientist, National Medal of Science recipient
Lunch will be served.
RSVP for location details at info@neuroethics.upenn.edu
January 24, 2017
Location: Goddard Labs 200
Speaker: Liz Suhay (American University)
Title: The Politics of Genetic Explanations for Social Inequality
For more information, please visit http://neuroethics.upenn.edu
January 23, 2017
Levin Auditorium (425 S. University Ave.)
Title: Love and Desire:Survival Systems and Hormone Associations in the Brain
Faculty Host: Harvey Grill
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April 6, 2017
Location: Tanenbaum Hall 145, 3501 Sansom Street
Title: Frontiers in Neurolaw: Promise, Perils, and New Findings
Owen Jones, Vanderbilt University Law School, and The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience
Lectures run 4:30-5:30 followed by discussion and a reception. Limited seating, please rsvp to: info@neuroethics.upenn.edu.
March 2, 2017
Location: Tanenbaum Hall 145, 3501 Sansom Street
Title: Neuroeconomics and the Future of the Decision Sciences
Paul Glimcher, Julius Silver Professor of Neural Science, Economics and Psychology, New York University
Lectures run 4:30-5:30 followed by discussion and a reception. Limited seating, please rsvp to: info@neuroethics.upenn.edu.
February 2, 2017
Location: Silverman Hall 245A, 3501 Sansom Street
Title: Neurophilosophy and the Origin of Moral Practices
Patricia Churchland, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego
Lectures run 4:30-5:30 followed by discussion and a reception. Limited seating, please rsvp to: info@neuroethics.upenn.edu.