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Learning, Arts, and the Brain: the Dana Consortium Report on Arts and Cognition

March 04, 2008 | Dana Center, Washington, DC
Brian Wandell, Ph.D., Stanford University, giving a presentation at the Learning, Arts, and the Brain news conference at the Dana Center. Wandell and colleagues Michael Gazzaniga, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Michael Posner, Ph.D., University of Oregon, and Elizabeth Spelke, Ph.D., Harvard University, reported on findings from a three-year Dana study on arts learning and cognitive development.

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Recent Events
Neuroscience Meets Psychoanalysis

November 14, 2007

Neuroscience Meets Psychoanalysis

Dana Center, Washington, DC
Dr. Pierre Magistretti and Dr. Francois Ansermet spoke with Dana Foundation Chairman William Safire about their new book, Biology of Freedom: Neural Plasticity, Experience, and the Unconscious, and the bridge between neuroscience and psychoanalysis.
A Conversation with David Nathan

October 10, 2007

A Conversation with David Nathan

Dana Center, Washington, DC
The bad news is we all get cancer; the good news is that almost always, we clean ourselves up.
Neuroscience at War: Mind Wars Trans-Atlantic Discussion

September 26, 2007

Neuroscience at War: Mind Wars Trans-Atlantic Discussion

Dana Center, Washington, DC and Dana Centre, London
Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D., and William Safire, Dana chairman in a transatlantic discussion, Mind Wars: How Brain Research May Change the Way Wars Are Fought, with panelists at the Dana Centre in London.
The Neuroethics of Enhancement

May 14, 2007

The Neuroethics of Enhancement

How Smart Are Smart Drugs?

Dana Center, Washington, D.C.
Panelists discuss the latest research and give perspectives about the legal and neuroethical issues emerging from psychopharmacology of therapy and enhancement.
Transforming Arts Teaching

May 11, 2007

Transforming Arts Teaching

The Role of Higher Education

In the way great teaching artists are good listeners, those educators who would create more great teaching artists should listen to the current ones.
A Good Start in Life

April 25, 2007

A Good Start in Life

Raising Baby Brains

Dana Center, Washington, D.C.
During a wide-ranging presentation and a lively Q&A session, authors Elinore Chapman Herschkowitz and Norbert Herschkowitz take turns explaining what scientists know of brain development and behavior in humans in their earliest years.

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Recent

October 18, 2007

Yob Nation

Late-night no-go areas; threats and disruption at school; hoodies and yobs intimidate local communities. Noise, bullying, drugs, violence, verbal abuse, racial harassment: antisocial behaviour is a problem of our time. Why? Is treatment, punishment or rehabilitation the solution.

Events From Other Organizations

Tuesday, March 4, 2008, noon

Addiction and Society

Alan Leshner, chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), will discuss "The New Science of Addiction and What It Means for Society" at the Library of Congress in the Mumford Room on the sixth floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.

Feb. 26, 2008, 6 p.m.

The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Why We (Usually) Follow the Golden Rule

The New York Academy of Sciences
Donald Pfaff, PhD, head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at Rockefeller University, discusses his new book, the first to describe how ethics may be a hardwired function of the human brain.

Sept. 26-29, 2007

Mitochondria and Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Disorders

The New York Academy of Sciences
The conference will combine basic, clinical and translational research in a forum designed to provide the most current information on aspects of mitochondrial function and its relationship to age-related neurodegenerative diseases and their treatment.

Oct. 10-13, 2007

2007 International Conference on Glioma Research and Therapy

Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
This is a three-day interdisciplinary CME credited conference focusing on the latest in glioma biology and therapy.

Oct. 25, 2007

Inaugural Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics Conference

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and The New York Academy of Sciences
The Inaugural PD Therapeutics Conference will convene translational researchers interested in drug discovery and development for PD. The conference will highlight advances in basic and translational research that provide the most current information on scientific discoveries that impact understanding of PD.

Nov. 29-30, 2007

B Cells in Autoimmunity and Multiple Sclerosis

Sheraton Delfina Santa Monica, Calif.
This symposium emphasizes the roles that B cells play as effectors and regulators in autoimmunity, the pathogenesis of MS, and the importance of antibodies to CNS antigens in the disease process. Sponsored by BioSymposia, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society and The International Society for NeuroImmunology.

Dec. 3 and 4, 2007

What Do We Want in Brain Imaging?

Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK
This symposium will address neuroimaging in the context of a progression from genes to molecules, molecules to cells, cells to organs and organs to systems. It will provide a forum for discussions regarding future directions in brain imaging. Sponsored by The New York Academy of Sciences.