Public debate & press conference (in German)
Press conference on the interdisciplinary symposium Mind the Brain! Neuroscience and Society (held in November 2014)
Neuroskepticism is on the rise. After decades of unhampered enthusiasm about the explanatory potential of the "New Sciences of the Brain", contemporary neuroscience is now critizised from different angles. In turn, criticism of neuroscience isitself criticized as being exaggerated and unhelpful in progressing science. In a symposium held in November 2014 at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain of Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, neuroscientists, anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers and journalists have discussed the complex relationship between neuroscience and society from an interdisciplinary perspective.
It is time to share the outcome of our symposium with you. On 28 January, we would like to publicly discuss what measures could be taken to reform neuroscientific research practices in order to increase the outcome of truly relevant data. Some topics that will guide our debate: situaiting neuroscientific practices in societal and political contexts, rethinking the publication policies of (neuro-)scientific data, encouraging replications studies, and identifying novel incentives for better (neuro-)research.
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Henrik Walter, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dirnagl, Prof. Dr. Jan Slaby and the organizers
Moderation:
The public debate will be moderated by Steve Ayan, psychologist and editor of Gehirn &Geist magazine.
Language:
GERMAN
Reading:
Please note that an article on the Mind the Brain! symposium is published in the current issue (Nr. 2/2015) of Gehirn& Geist: 9 Ideen fuer eine bessere Neurowissenschaft:
http://www.spektrum.de/alias/forschungsbetrieb/9-ideen-fuer-eine-bessere-neurowissenschaft/1323250
(free of charge)
Registration for journalists required.
Please send an e-mail to: mindthebrainconference@gmail.com
We look forward to welcoming you at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain!
The organizers
Felix Hasler, Isabelle Bareither, Anna Strasser, and Arno Villringer
E-mail: mindthebrainconference@gmail.com
Website:
http://www.mind-and-brain.de/postdoctoral-program/scientific-events/mind-the-brain/
