Lecture by Nancy Kanwisher, laureate of the 2018 C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science.
Photo Nancy Kanwisher by Jussi Puikkonen
The last 20 years of brain imaging research has revealed the functional organization of the human brain in glorious detail. This work has identified a set of regions of the cortex, each of which is specifically engaged in a particular mental task, like the recognition of faces and places, perceving speech sounds, understanding the meaning of a sentence, and thinking about another person’s thoughts.
Live stream
Live stream is available via www.ru.nl/aula/livestream.
Programme
- 10.30 a.m.: Registration
- 11.00 a.m.: Lecture
Peter Hagoort will be the chair of the programme.
This lecture will be in English.
Live stream
Nancy Kanwisher
Nancy Kanwisher, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (USA), is receiving the 2018 C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science for her highly original, meticulous and cogent research on the functional organisation of the human brain.
Organisation
This lecture is organized by the KNAW and Radboud University.
