Public Lecture April 21st - The Genetics of Perception

robindch

The ISS's next public lecture is on Wednesday, April 21st, when Dr Kevin Mitchell, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin will speak on the topic:

Do you see what I see? -- The genetics of perception

He will describe how our brains actively construct our perceptions and how variation in genes can alter perception. He will reveal surprising differences in the way people see (or more generally sense) the world and will describe the work in progress in his TCD lab on synaesthesia.

Synaesthesia (meaning “mixing of the senses”) is a heritable condition of involuntary sensory cross-activation whereby particular stimuli elicit secondary sensory-perceptual experiences. These may include, for example, experiencing colours in response to sounds, words, music, letters, smells and many other stimuli, tasting words, personification of numbers, spatial locations for numbers, dates, letters, perceiving shapes in response to taste and many other forms.

DATE: Wednesday 21st April (next Wednesday)
TIME: 8pm
LOCATION: Aston Suite, Alexander Hotel, off Merrion Square, Dublin 2

Admission is, as usual, €3 for ISS members and concessions and €6 for non-members.

Morgase

This sounds fascinating. Thanks for posting!

Zillah

Yes I think I can make this one.

A&A night on the town?

iUseVi

Finally, an interesting thing that's not in Galway or something. (nothing against Galway, its just a bit inconvenient to get to.)

ChocolateSauce

I can't go that night, it's the same time as the UCD Humanist's AGM!

mardybumbum

I will definitely be there, seeing as I basically live two minutes away from the alexander.
I have had mitchell for a few lectures before on the development of the Nervous System and he did make them seem interesting which is a tough job in a crowded and stuffy lecture theatre, so I reckon it will be will worth the 3 euro.
Its an excuse to pop into the gingerman afterwards for a sneaky pint of their sexy wheat beer.

Dave!

Aww, woulda liked to see that

robindch

Bump -- anybody heading along this evening?

mardybumbum

Ill probably head along myself if I can get a decent bit of pathology study done beforehand.
Is there anywhere I can pick up a concession?

Zillah

That was excellent. Pity he had so little time, I could have listened for another two hours easily.

I arrived a little late and there was no one to give money to so I have unfortunately defrauded the ISS.

Dades

Zillah wrote: »

I arrived a little late and there was no one to give money to so I have unfortunately defrauded the ISS.

That's the spirit!

Stick a few pence in the poor box.