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LSE public lecture
Sebastian Seung, a dynamic young professor at MIT, is at the forefront of a revolution in neuroscience which believes that the basis of our identity lies not in our genes but in the connections between our brain cells. Just as the genome has been mapped, so Seung plans to map the "connectome". By mapping this "connectome", Seung hopes to unlock the mysteries of identity and personality.
Sebastian Seung is Professor of Computational Neuroscience at MIT and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He has made important advances in robotics, neuroscience, neuroeconomics and statistical physics. His research has been published in leading scientific journals, and also featured in The New York Times, Technology Review, and The Economist. This event celebrates the publication of his new book 'Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are'.
Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #lseConnectome
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Professor Sebastian Seung | talks |
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Date and Time: |
13 June 2012 at 6:30 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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Venue: |
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building |
Organised by: |
London School of Economics & Political Science |
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Tickets: |
Free |
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