How do hallucinations work? Can we trust the software we use all day? What is the psychology behind doing good, and aren't we earthlings just a terrible anomaly in this cosmos? Enthusiastic scientists from the University of Groningen talk about a wide variety of topics in the shortest lectures by Noorderzon. Every afternoon and evening you can have yourself updated about special and surprising research and topics through headphones.
The flash lectures are from August 22 - 26 at 4:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:00 PM & 7:30 PM.
Programme
Tue 22 Aug
16.00 & 16.30 - Daniella Vos. - "Anthrophocene, are we there yet?" [EN]
19.00 & 19.30 - Maaike de Vries - "The secrets of our DNA. Higher biological age in COPD" [NL]
Wed Aug 23
16.00 & 16.30 - Sanne Brederoo - "Perceptions Beyond the Here and Now – Hallucinations and Imagination" [NL]
19.00 & 19.30 - Janine Rook - "Bilingualism as a healthy aging tool" [NL]
Thu 24 Aug
16.00 & 16.30 - Maria Mazzoli - "Infinite use of finite means. The study of language, morphological productivity and its implications" [EN]
19.00 & 19.30 - Inge Holtman - "Advances in Brain Disorders: Integration of Clinical, Neuropathological, Genetic and Molecular Data via the Netherlands Neurogenetics Database" [NL]
Fri 25 Aug
16.00 & 16.30 - Kars van der Weijden - “The imaging of the small blood vessels for an improved treatment of brain tumors” [NL]
19.00 & 19.30 - Dirk-Jan Scheffers - "Apples of Orange" [NL]
Sat Aug 26
16.00 & 16.30 - Maeve McKeown - "Am I responsible for structural injustice?" [EN]
19.00 & 19.30 - Andrea Giuntoli - " Beyond reductionism. The need for multidisciplinary science " [EN]
