Scibar - What functional brain imaging does and does not show
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) produces images of the human brain at work. These are both beautiful and alluring. This means that it is easy to over-interpret them; and unfortunately the media frequently succeed in doing so. Professor Passingham (University of Oxford) will explain what scans do not show and then illustrate what they can show asking a common everyday question: why it is bad to use a mobile while driving?
Date:
16 November 2016, 19:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Venue:
St Aldates Tavern - Blue Room
Speaker:
Prof. Dick Passingham (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
oxfordscibar@hotmail.com
Host:
Cristiana Vagnoni (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Scibar
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Valerie van Mulukom
