Dana Foundation Brain Lecture Featuring Neuroscientist Daphna Shohamy

Live Online! Secret Science Club & the Dana Foundation Present the “Dana Foundation Brain Lecture” featuring Neuroscientist Daphna Shohamy

At the Secret Science Club’s online edition, neuroscientist Daphna Shohamy will dive deep into the human brain to explore the links between memories, decision-making, and motivation.  

“Doors” to the Zoom Room will open at 7:30pm.

Shhh… everyone on our mailing list will be emailed the Zoom link the night before. (To join the Secret Science Club mailing list, send us an email.)

In the meantime…

–Put this brain-bending event on your calendar

–Get ready to mix your own cocktail (let’s make it a Memory Palace!) and shimmy to mind-blowing tunes

–Bring your questions for the live Q&A

–Take a peek at the Dana Foundation’s awesome digital magazine, Cerebrum, for news, podcasts, and analysis on emerging ideas in brain science

Daphna Shohamy is a neuroscientist, professor of psychology at Columbia University, director of the Learning Lab at Columbia University, and a member of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives. She uses behavioral research and neuroimaging studies to explore the neural processes by which memory, learning, and decision-making interact. She is the recipient of the McKnight Foundation Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society’s Young Investigator Award, and the Association for Psychological Science Janet Spence Award. Her research has been featured in Psychology Today, Vulture, The Verge, Time, and Popular Science, and she served as a scientific advisor to the Oscar-winning animated film Inside Out.

This edition of Secret Science Club–featuring Daphna Shohamy–is sponsored by the Dana Foundation in celebration of Brain Awareness Week (postponed from March). The Dana Foundation is dedicated to advancing understanding about the brain in health and disease through research grants and public outreach.

This is a FREE event.

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