Lecture 1: Attention
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Why do we miss the dancing bear?
Friday 5:00 - 6:30p.m., Dec 13, 2013 by Dr. Chia-huei Tseng
Why are we sometimes so absent-minded that we miss out obvious things right under our eyes?
The answer comes down to our attention system. This lecture covers – what is attention?
How attention changes how we see and how we act? What happens when we fail to attend?
Can we train our brain to enhance our attention? Come to join the journey to attention with the expert!
Lecture 2: The Asymmetric Brain
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The asymmetries in our mind
Friday 5:00 - 6:30p.m., Jan 24, 2014 by Dr Janet Hsiao
Do our left brain and right brain have different functions? What are the consequences of this asymmetry in our brain?
In this lecture, we will first look back in history to see how asymmetries between the left brain and the right brain
was discovered and studied. We will then take a look at current research findings on the asymmetries in our mind that you may or may not have noticed.
Lecture 3: Optical Illusions - Lecture Highlights
Do you believe what you see?
Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon, March 1, 2014 by Dr. Sing-hang Cheung
Do we really see with our eyes?
Our eyes capture countless snapshots of our environment everyday. However, human vision does not stop there.
Our brains try very hard to interpret those snapshots, but still, our brains got it wrong more often than you many think.
How can different optical illusions trick our brains? Can we learn something from the “mistakes” of our brains?
Come join us to explore the world of optical illusions.
Lecture 4: False Beliefs - Lecture Highlights
How we know what isn't so
Saturday 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., March 29, 2014 by Dr. Jefferey Saunders
Even with all the information available in modern society, people often hold to false beliefs -
folk remedies, superstitions, astrology. How do false beliefs arise and why are they so persistent?
I will discuss how the mental processes that make us smart and adaptive can also make us susceptible to false beliefs.
Lecture 5: Sleep - Lecture Highlights
I sleep therefore I am
Saturday 12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., April 26, 2014 by Dr. Esther Y Y Lau
Everybody sleeps, but everybody does it differently.
Some people are able to sleep through the night and wake up refreshed,
but some toss and turn during the night and constantly doze off during the day.
Some people are morning birds while others are night owls. Are all behaviors just
a matter of habits or are they determined by our brain? This lecture will cover -
how do we adapt to the day-night cycle? Why do we sleep? What neural mechanisms regulate
sleep and waking? What happens when sleep goes wrong? How can we sleep better?
Come join us uncover the mysteries of sleep!
Lecture 6: Gender Development - Lecture Highlights
Saturday 12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., May 3, 2014 by Dr. Ivy Wong
Gender is a major category we can’t help noticing throughout life and in all aspects of development.
Despite decades of research, many questions regarding gender are still debated. This talk will present
a snapshot of current knowledge on whether and how males and female differ, why they differ, gender stereotypes
and their consequences. An introduction to the theories of gender development will be accompanied by citations
of classic scientific findings.
