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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20181023T203000
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URL:https://sciences.brussels/agenda/science-cocktails-brain-and-complexit
 y-the-emergence-of-consciousness/
SUMMARY:Science & Cocktails # 7 : Brain and Complexity - The emergence of c
 onsciousness
DESCRIPTION:What is consciousness? How does the biological activity of the 
 brain produce mental states? Why does consciousness remain a mystery?\n\nT
 he new season of Science &amp\; Cocktails in Brussels begins with a dive i
 nto the inner workings of the brain and how its interactions with itself a
 nd the world generate consciousness. The tour guide into our own mind is A
 xel Cleeremans\, professor of neuroscience at Université Libre de Bruxell
 es.\n\nDespite advances in our understanding of the brain\, there is still
  no theory that can explain how information processing in the brain is acc
 ompanied by personal experience. While we all have experienced what it is 
 like to recognise a face\, drink coffee or smell an unfamiliar fragrance\,
  there is nothing "it is like" for a computer to compute. Neuroscientists 
 want to understand the differences in information processing with or witho
 ut consciousness and how consciousness emerges in the brain.\n\nTonight's 
 talk will overview the basic concepts of consciousness\, pointing out that
  it is not a single thing but a complex dynamical process. At the hand of 
 present day empirical methods and the current theoretical understanding of
  consciousness\, we will come to see that it is something the brain learns
  to do\, rather than a static property of our biological state.\n\nAfterwa
 rds\, you can enjoy a cocktail menu filled with brain-melting flavours coo
 led down with dry ice as Belem takes the stage. Elegant melodies are inter
 spersed with crazy rhythms and you can let yourself sway in the expressive
  chamber music of this accomplished duo on diatonic accordion and cello.\n
 \nEntrance to the event is free and it is held in English. Doors open at 1
 9:30.\n\nAxel Cleeremans\nProfessor of cognitive science at the Center for
  Research in Cognition &amp\; Neurosciences and director of the ULB Neuros
 cience Institute. His research interests include conscious and unconscious
  cognition\, relationships between consciousness and cognitive control and
  neural network modeling of cognitive processes. He is research director f
 or the National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) and a member of the Ro
 yal Academy of Belgium. In 2047 he will die by stroke right after having s
 olved consciousness\, according to his website\nBelem\nBelem is Didier La
 loy and Kathy Adam\, an atypical duo featuring diatonic accordion and cell
 o. These two distinguished musicians have joined forces for their love of 
 experimenting with expressive chamber music. Subtle and surprising\, where
  silence\, dynamics and the most elegant and crazy rhythms intersect. Web
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