Pint of Science NYC Festival: What Do Physical Attraction and Drug Addiction Have in Common?
Pint of Science NYC Festival: What Do Physical Attraction and Drug Addiction Have in Common?
Saleem Nicola (Associate Professor at Einstein)
Why is it so easy to become addicted to drugs like prescription pain pills? Drugs like these have quite specific effects on the brain. They might even interact with the same brain processes that are responsible for physical attraction – depending on how you define physical attraction. In this talk I’ll describe what addiction is from the point of view of your neurons, and how neuroscientists are trying out new ways to treat it.
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How to Control Things with Your Mind
Tim Machado (Co-founder and CTO of Cognescent) We interact with the world through movement, and as a consequence, our brain is well-equipped to produce precise patterns of muscle activation that drive behavior. In this talk we’ll explore how the motor system is organized in the brain and how it produces simple movements. Then we’ll consider how this knowledge of the motor system informs the construction of brain machine interfaces that allow us to directly control computers with our thoughts.
Gun Hill Brewing Co
3227 Laconia Ave, The Bronx
Tickets $5