Is the human brain unique? Yes and no

Vilayanur Ramachandran, University of California at San Diego

October 28, 2008 @ 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences, C3860 Hershey

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Starting from clinical neurology and a condition called synesthesia Ramachandran will speculate on the origin of certain_ abilities ( such as creativity) and certain brain structures that are unique to humans but evolved_ from_ pre-existing neural structures that_ originally served other functions. Watch it online This presentation can be viewed online.

Contact

Suchismita Sen
srs11@psu.edu
863-8940