The Neuroscience of Consciousness
Presenter:
Baroness Susan Greenfield
Time:
1:34:19
Summary
Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE, is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords. Specialising in the physiology of the brain, Susan researches the impact of 21st century technologies on the mind, how the brain generates consciousness and novel approaches to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Transcript
So good evening. What a great audience. So welcome to the final lecture in the Melbourne Neuroscience Institute public seminar series. I would firstly like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land in which this event is taking place, the land of the Wurundjeri and pay respect to their elders and families.
My name is Kevin Kirkpatrick. I'm director of the Melbourne Neuroscience Institute at the University of Melbourne, the Melbourne Neuroscience Institute or m&s, we like to call it is the principal body for the promotion of cross disciplinary research. In the Neurosciences at the University of Melbourne. The MMI supports engages and facilitates high quality projects, with an emphasis on value adding through coordination of effort and collaboration and aims to showcase the university's progress in fundamental translational and clinical research in the neurosciences and related disciplines.