The search for genius and Einstein's brain

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venue:

UCL Darwin Lecture Theatre
Malet Street
WC1E 6BT

Contact Name:

Catherine Dean

Contact Number:

020 3108 3838

Contact Email:

c.dean@ucl.ac.uk

Date:

Tue 13th Mar 12 at 1:15pm (ended)

Cost:

FREE

description:

Dr Mark Lythgoe (Director, UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging)

To mark Brain Awareness Week, Dr Mark Lythgoe will take audiences on a journey in search of the greatest brain of the 20th century, a brain which was removed during the autopsy of Einstein in 1955. Through this journey, Dr Lythgoe will then discuss whether Einstein’s brain was extra special, and what this research can tell us about genius. Finally, this lecture will then take a playful look at whether we all have the potential to unlock our creative mind.

This event marks Brain Awareness Week, 12-18 March 2012