MIT Announces “Future of the Brain”

November 14th, 2005 Neurology

talosian.jpgMIT’s new Picower Institute for Learning and Memory is launching with a … memorable… array of speakers, in a conference they’re calling “The Future of the Brain”.
On December 1, Five Nobel laureates will converge at MIT and share their thoughts on new directions brain research may take.
Other talks will be loosely grouped into two categories — “Change Your Mind” will focus on memory extinction (!), learning, and neurodegenerative diseases.
The “Expand Your Mind” series will focus on consciousness, the role of psychedelic drugs, and a philosophical inquiry into neuroscience.
All these talented and accomplished researchers gathered in the same place! If only we could harness the brainpower in that room… we might be able to understand the brain.

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