Brain Awareness Week – March 10-14

On the occasion of the Brain Awareness Week, from March 10 to 14 Città della Scienza hosts “Menti a confronto”, a series of lessons (in Italian) between experts and students of secondary and high school.

Program

Monday, March 10
10.30-12.00, Cortese Hall-module 34
Thinking and loving with brain. What happens when you fall in love?
With:
Dario Grossi, President of the Italian Society of Neuropsychology

Tuesday, March 11
10.30-12.00, Cortese Hall-module 34
Learning and development
With:
Antonio Giuditta, University of Naples “Federico II”

12.00-13.30, Cortese Hall-module 34
Brain and Empathy: put yourself in someone else’s shoes
With:
Massimiliano Conson, Second University of Naples

Wednesday, March 12
10.30-12.00, Cortese Hall-module 34
Pink Brain, Blue Brain: is it true that women came from Venus and men from Mars?
With:
Marina Melone, Director of Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca per le Neuroscienze (CIRN)

Thursday, March 13
10.30-12.00, Cortese Hall-module 34
Robots, men and artificial brains. The new frontiers of interdisciplinary research
With:
Orazio Miglino, Laboratory for the Study of Natural and Artificial Cognitive Systems, University of Naples “Federico II”

Friday, March 14
10.30-12.00, Cortese Hall-module 34
Brain and technology. How the of know-how evolved
With:
Lucia Borrelli and Carmela Petti, Museums of Natural and Physical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”

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