Roundtables – The Helix Center

This roundtable will examine how mathematical models in neuroscience help explain brain function and inform our understanding of the mind.

Sat
Feb 23rd
2013

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Love, the Interrogative

This roundtable will examine the nature of love across different forms and perspectives, considering insights from history, neuroscience, psychoanalysis, poetry, and other disciplines.

Fri
Oct 11th
2013

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The Amygdaloids Warburg Symposium Concert

This event will feature The Amygdaloids, a band of scientists and musicians, performing songs about the mind, brain, and behavior, each introduced with brief scientific context by Joseph LeDoux.

Sat
Nov 15th
2014

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Complexity and Emergence

This roundtable will examine emergence and complexity in brain, biological, and social systems, and the implications for understanding mind, prediction, and human behavior.

Sat
Mar 7th
2015

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This roundtable will examine how science approaches the problem of consciousness, and the roles of physics, psychology, psychoanalysis, neuroscience, philosophy, and religion in understanding sentience and self-awareness.

Sat
Apr 25th
2015

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The Changing Nature of Free Will

This roundtable will examine how advances in genetics and neuroscience, along with ideas from quantum mechanics, are reshaping conceptions of free will, individual choice, and their implications for law.

Sat
Mar 12th
2016

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The Meditative State

This roundtable will examine meditation as a deliberately cultivated mental state that, despite being difficult to define, has well-documented benefits for mental and physical health, focusing on the interplay between conscious intention and unconscious processes that sustain it.

Sat
Apr 21st
2018

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Boredom

This roundtable brings together scholars from literature, psychiatry, neurology, cultural history, and law to examine boredom as an aversive yet compelling psychological and cultural state. It explores how boredom is defined, experienced, and understood across disciplines, and invites participants to deepen and expand their perspectives on its meaning and significance.

Sat
Oct 15th
2022

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Coding and the New Phenotype: In Search for Lost Time

This roundtable explores how meaning is encoded and reconstructed across fields such as archaeology, psychoanalysis, and neuroscience. It examines how memory and interpretation allow us to recover and understand lost or hidden information.

Sat
Sep 23rd
2023

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Emotion

This roundtable explores the nature of emotion as a fundamental yet paradoxical aspect of human life, examining its roles in the brain, behavior, and evolution. It considers whether emotions can be understood, controlled, or even replicated in AI, and what they reveal about consciousness and human experience.

Sat
Mar 22nd
2025

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Music and Mind

This roundtable explores the profound connection between music and human experience, investigating its mathematical foundations, neurological impact, cultural significance, and ability to evoke emotion and community.

Tag: Neuroscience

What Can Mathematics Teach Us About Mind/Brain?

Love, the Interrogative

The Amygdaloids Warburg Symposium Concert

Complexity and Emergence

Apprehending Consciousness

The Changing Nature of Free Will

The Meditative State

Boredom

Coding and the New Phenotype: In Search for Lost Time

Emotion

Music and Mind