Events

It’s easy to think of memories simply as static photos pulled from a mental scrapbook. However, current research shows that memories are, in fact, dynamic recreations of past events that ultimately shape one’s identity.

This talk considers how the wiring of the brain allows individuals to encode the world, how memories are encoded in the brain, where memories are stored and how they are bought online to enable adaptive behaviour.

The ultimate objective of this research is to identify methods that improve memory in aging individuals and how to restore it in those suffering from mental illnesses, diseases, or brain injuries.

Speaker:
Thomas J. Carew, Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU
Julius Silver, Professor of Neural Science & Psychology, NYU