College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

Encounters at Inspace 4

A series celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of Michael Crichton's novel 'Jurassic Park'

Series 4: JP & Me

Inspace and Edinburgh Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh are delighted to offer a series of discussion salons exploring diverse issues which relate to a common concept. Each Encounter will begin with short presentations from the invited speakers about their field of research and this will be followed by a chaired discussion with the audience.

Encounters at Inspace is aimed at the public; the number of places available each month will be limited, so registration for tickets is necessary. These Encounters promise to be fun, informative and surprising!

Mental Time Travel

Speakers: Prof Nicola Clayton (Professor of Comparative Cognition, Cambridge University) and Dr Julian Kiverstein (Philosophy, University of Edinburgh). Chaired by: Prof Richard Morris (Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, University of Edinburgh).

Thursday 21 October 2010, 5.30pm

Thursday 21 October 2010, 7.00pm

Inspace, Crichton Street

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Mimicking Motion

Speakers: Prof Tony Pipe (Bristol Robotics Laboratory) and Prof Mayank Dutia (Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh). Chair: Prof Jon Oberlander (Professor of Epistemics, University of Edinburgh).

Thursday 25 November 2010, 6.30pm

Thursday 25 November 2010, 8.00pm

Inspace, Crichton Street

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