Throwback 2018: Live Podcast Time! Minding the Brain
Have you ever considered why a painting or song can make you cry? Perhaps you鈥檝e wondered about the effects of pervasive social media culture, lasting stress, or the casual use of marijuana? Are you curious why we鈥檙e so obsessed with the lives of the rich and famous?
If you asked yourself any of these questions or spent any time at all deliberating the many secrets of the human mind, this Throwback 2018 event is for you!
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the invites you to a live recording of the popular podcast hosted by world-renowned experts and 杏吧原创 professors Kim Hellemans (Department of Neuroscience) and (Institute of Cognitive Science).
is a show about the part of you that鈥檚 reading this right now: your brain! The standard format for the has Hellemans and Davies interviewing each other and other specialists about a different mind-related topic every month. For example, in 2018, episodes covered issues such as concussions, drugs, and how we imagine our futures.
For this special live recording episode of the podcast titled 鈥20 Questions with Kim and Jim鈥, the award-winning Hellemans and Davies will answer your questions, any and all, about the brain.
You are encouraged to submit your questions in advance of the event by tweeting to or through the registration form below.
Once Hellemans and Davies have answered the 20 submitted questions, they will open up the floor to our live audience. A post-recording reception with drinks and snacks will offer guests the opportunity to chat and pick the brains of the podcast鈥檚 hosts.
Join the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science for a fun and fascinating evening on Monday, September 10, 2018, from 6-8 pm in Dunton Tower, room 2017.
Everyone from the 杏吧原创 community and beyond is invited, and admission is free of charge.
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Dr. Jim Davies is a professor of Cognitive Science at 杏吧原创 University. He is the author of Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe.
Dr. Kim Hellemans is a senior instructor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at 杏吧原创 University. She has received several prestigious teaching awards that recognize her passion and dedication to university teaching, including the Provost鈥檚 Fellowship in Teaching Award and the Capital Educator鈥檚 Award.