2012 Gifford Lecture Series: University of Glasgow

Event Date:

Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 14:30 to Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 19:00

Venue:

University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Details

The University of Glasgow is pleased to announce that registration for the 2012 Gifford Lecture Series is now open.

Lecture Dates

Art , metaphor and synesthesia (afternoon workshop)
Sunday 27th May, 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Sir Charles Wilson, Lecture Theatre

Illusions , delusions and the brain
Monday 28th May 6pm (doors open 5:30pm)
Bute Hall, Main Building

Molecules , neurons and morality
Wednesday 30th May 6pm (doors open 5:30pm)
Bute Hall, Main Building

Events are free and open to the public, however you are required to register online by following the link below:

http://giffordlectureseries2012.eventbrite.co.uk

Alternatively, please contact Laura Gallagher LauraAnn.Gallagher@glasgow.ac.uk
0141 330 3190

Sir Charles Wilson is located at the corner of University Avenue and Woodlands Road.

Lecture Information

Body and Mind: Insights from Neuroscience

V.S. Ramachandran, Professor at the University of California, San Diego and Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, argues in his 2012 Gifford Lectures, “Body and Mind: Insights from Neuroscience,” that neurology provides the tools to bridge the often hermetically sealed fields of study in the humanities and those in the material sciences.

Lecturer Information

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego

V. S. Ramachandran, a leading neuroscientist from India who has taught in the United States since 1983, is prominent for his hypothesis that religious experience is linked to temporal lobe epilepsy. He is also a bestselling author of books on brain science and has argued, contrary to many naturalists, that humans are “unique” in their mental qualities compared to other species.