About this Event
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📚 Lecture: “How Your Brain Controls Who You Are”
🎤 Speaker: Professor Michael Cohen
Join us for a fascinating evening with Professor Michael Cohen as he delves into the intricate relationship between our brain and our identity. We often believe that our character is a deeply rooted aspect of ourselves, but compelling evidence reveals a more complex story.
In this thought-provoking lecture, Dr. Cohen will share real-life cases that illustrate how minor shifts in neural circuitry can dramatically alter a person's behavior and life. From a father who becomes impulsively aggressive after a minor stroke to a model employee whose reckless decisions stem from a growing tumor in his frontal lobe, these narratives are both unsettling and illuminating.
Explore the journey of a man with severe amnesia who wakes each morning believing it’s the first day of his recovery, with his identity reduced to fragments. Through these examples, Professor Cohen will reveal a radical idea: our sense of self is deeply intertwined with the three pounds of tissue inside our skull.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insight into the neuroscience of identity with the esteemed Professor Michael Cohen!
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Agenda
6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.
6:55 PM – Host introduction
7:00 PM – Lecture begins
7:45 PM – Audience Q&A
8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round
8:30 PM – Wrap up.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Boston - Seaport, Seaport, Boston, United States
USD 39.19
