About How does the human mind create and appreciate art? Is art and appreciation uniquely human? Come explore these profound questions. Symposium Chair: Jean-Pierre Changeux, Pasteur Institute: Rules and Constraints of Artistic Creation: The Neurobiologist Viewpoint; SPEAKERS: Antonio Damasio, University of Southern California: Art and Emotions; Helen Fisher, Rutgers University: Art, Emotion and Romantic Love; Jean-Jacques Hublin, Max Planck Institute: Neanderthal Art; Randall White, New York University: Paleolithic Art; Patricia Kuhl, University of Washington: Aesthetics in Bird Song and Human Development; Isabelle Peretz, University of Montreal: The Emotional Power of Music; Daniel Povinelli, University of Louisiana: A Critical Analysis of Claims for the Production of Art by Other Animals; Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, University of California, San Diego: Aesthetic Universals and the Neurology of Art.
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Pre-Registration Required Admission is free, but registration is required by sending an e-mail to: CARTAADMIN@ucsd.edu and indicating the number of people who will be attending.
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Location Central-Coastal
Audience Science Professionals, Adults
Areas Arts & Humanities, Nature, Science All Around Us
CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny
Tags UCSD,
Salk Institute,
evolution,
Darwin,
society,
biology,
art
About The Journeyman Project was a computer game released in 1993 by Presto Studios, a pioneering gaming company formed by UCSD alumni and later known for developing the popular Myst game. See a life sized costume from The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time, game design drawings, and clips from the game itself at the UCSD Science & Engineering Library. Also on exhibit in the Science & Engineering Library: A Celebration of UCSD Women in Science and Engineering: UCSD faculty and alumni tell what led them to careers they chose.
About Music puzzled Darwin because it is a human universal but serves no obvious biological function. Is music an evolutionary adaptation? Or is it a byproduct of our intelligent brains? Join Aniruddh Patel of The Neurosciences Institute for a new perspective on these questions from the standpoint of modern neuroscience.
Pre-Registration Required Space is limited. While this event is free of charge, you must pre-register online by March 9, 2009 to secure your seat. Click here to register. Walk-ins welcome if space is available.
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Location Central-Coastal
Audience Adults, Family, Science Professionals
Areas Medicine, Arts & Humanities, Nature, Science All Around Us
The Neurosciences Institute
Tags music, neuroscience, evolution, Darwin, genetics, biology, society, lecture
About Join New York Times Bestselling Author Scott Sigler as he reads from his hard-science thriller Contagious. The sequel to Infected, Contagious follows the spread of a pathogen as it changes normal people into raving mad killers infected by sentient alien parasites. Sigler writes scientifically accurate, action-oriented thrillers all based in real world science: no magic, zombies, vampires, or supernatural elements. In Contagious, he takes a similar concept of a virus hijacking the cellular reproductive system to the macro organic level, and uses it to terraform the human body: reprogramming biologic maintenance systems to turn the infected into human factories that create complex organic Von Neumann Machines. By taking what our bodies do every day (cellular reproduction) and adding robotic self-assembly made biologic, Sigler places science fiction squarely in the realm of real world science.
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Location Central-Coastal
Audience Adults
Areas Arts & Humanities
Author Scott Sigler
Tags biology, health, reading
