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This symposium will explore Aby Warburg’s ideas on memory, images, affect, and the dynamic unconscious, and their relevance to neuroplasticity, neuroesthetics, and interdisciplinary approaches to art and history through a series of roundtables and presentations.

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
Jun 8th
2013

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Altruism and Empathy

This roundtable will examine whether selflessness is an illusion or a genuine human capacity, exploring the evolutionary and psychological roots of empathy, altruism, and the relationship between self-interest and care for others.

Sat
May 18th
2013

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Second Annual Heavy MeNtal Variety Show

This event will feature a performance combining music, neuroscience, and magic, with The Amygdaloids presenting songs about the mind and brain alongside brief talks by Joseph LeDoux, and interludes of magic by Mark Mitton.

Sat
May 11th
2013

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Synthetic and Systems Biology: Reinventing the Code of Life

This roundtable will examine the promises and risks of synthetic and systems biology, including their potential to transform medicine, energy, and the creation of life, as well as their ethical and societal implications.

Sat
Apr 27th
2013

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Ignorance and Curiosity

This roundtable will examine the role of curiosity and ignorance in driving scientific inquiry, including how we identify unknowns, generate questions, and apply these processes to education, research, and policy.

Sat
Apr 13th
2013

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Music to Whose Ears? Music, Emotion, and Mind

This roundtable will examine how music conveys meaning and evokes emotion, considering whether its effects are rooted in the work itself, formal structure, extra-musical associations, or listeners’ emotional responses, and whether these experiences are individual or universal.

Sat
Mar 16th
2013

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Elizabeth Bishop: A Conversation about Her Poetry

This roundtable will feature a discussion and readings of Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry by Bonnie Costello, Alice Quinn, Lloyd Schwartz, and Jean Valentine, focusing on what makes her work distinctive and enduring.

Sat
Mar 9th
2013

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The Topology of Fear

This roundtable will examine how fear shapes decision-making under extreme risk and consider how insights from economics, neuroscience, psychology, and topology can expand our understanding of rational choice in complex and uncertain situations.

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.

Podcast: The Helix Center

Aby Warburg: Art, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis: Day 1

The Amygdaloids Warburg Symposium Concert

Altruism and Empathy

Second Annual Heavy MeNtal Variety Show

Synthetic and Systems Biology: Reinventing the Code of Life

Ignorance and Curiosity

Music to Whose Ears? Music, Emotion, and Mind

Elizabeth Bishop: A Conversation about Her Poetry

The Topology of Fear

Love, the Interrogative