Wednesday, July 11, The Secret Science Club Presents "And Just Remember This . . ."
NOBEL-PRIZE-WINNING NEUROSCIENTIST ERIC KANDEL AT 8 PM Learning—the act of creating new memories and new synaptic connections—changes the very nature of our brains. Every conversation alters brain chemistry. So what will happen after an evening with Eric Kandel , one of the living icons of neuroscience? Your mind will be BLOWN! Professor at Columbia University, senior investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the author of In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind , Eric Kandel received his Nobel Prize in 2000 for helping to “crack open the secrets of the neuron” and radically improving our understanding of the brain. He discusses: Do memories make us who we are? How is our psychology linked to our biology? How do you study self-awareness? What mechanism causes memories to last a lifetime? How can we overcome diseases that affect the human mind? And why is the humble sea slug, Aplysia , his mascot? Strengthen those synapses! Don’t miss this brain-boggl