Science at NYU - Public Series: Neurocinematics! Where Neuroscience Meets Filmmaking
NYU Science Panel at NY Academy of Sciences, May 4
Using advanced functional imaging methods, New York University neuroscientists have found that certain motion pictures can exert considerable control over brain activity. Moreover, the impact of films varies according to movie content, editing, and directing style.
The study's authors—David Heeger, NYU Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Uri Hasson, currently with the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University; Barbara Knappmeyer, NYU Computational Neuroimaging Laboratory; Nava Rubin, NYU Center for Neural Science—along with Michael Grabowski, adjunct instructor in the Film, Video, and Broadcasting program at the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies, will discuss the connection between film and neuroscience.
WHAT:
“Neurocinematics! Where Neuroscience Meets Filmmaking” is part of an ongoing of series of lectures by NYU science faculty working on the frontiers of contemporary science, co-hosted by the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies and the New York Academy of Sciences, along with the Office of the Dean of Sciences at NYU.
WHO:
- Professors David Heeger and Barbara Knappmeyer, NYU Computational Neuroimaging Laboratory
- Adjunct Instructor Michael Grabowski, NYU-SCPS Film, Video, and Broadcasting
- Professor Nava Rubin, NYU Center for Neural Science
- Professor Uri Hasson, Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University
WHEN:
Monday, May 4, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
WHERE:
New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St., 40th floor
REGISTER:
RSVPs required; please go to www.scps.nyu.edu/science or call 212 998-7171. $20 ($10 for NYU students, faculty, and staff, and for NYAS members)
MEDIA ONLY: Journalists are welcome to cover this event. Please contact Cheryl Guevara at 212 992-9103 or cheryl.guevara@nyu.edu to get credentials.