The symposium consists of six seminars and six lectures. The lectures will be of broad general interest, the seminars more specialized. All are welcome.
The following seminars will take place on Thursdays at 5 p.m. in the Old Library, All Souls College:
| 27 April | The dorsal stream: its role in automatic visual processing for action, Professor David Milner, Wolfson Research Institute, Durham. |
| 4 May | Why is it hard to be happy? The fearful brain is the problem and the solution, Professor Joseph LeDoux, Center for Neural Science, New York. |
| 11 May | Sidestepping the problem of consciousness: building bridges between neurology, psychology, and psychiatry, Professor Adam Zeman, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter. |
| 18 May | What has brain imaging revealed about the neural basis of consciousness?, Professor Chris Frith, Institute of Neurology, London. |
| 25 May | Mentalizing, metacognition, and animal consciousness, Professor Cecilia Heyes, University College London. |
| 1 June | Experience and belief: the role of consciousness in the aetiology of delusions, Professor Martin Davies, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. |
The following lectures will take place on Fridays at 5 p.m. in the University Museum of Natural History:
| 12 May | Explaining consciousness: theories and challenges, Professor Martin Davies. |
| 19 May | The conscious and the unconscious brain: fear as a test case, Professor Joseph LeDoux. |
| 26 May | Sight unseen: an unconscious visual processing system in the human brain, Professor David Milner. |
| 2 June | What is consciousness for? Sharing experiences, Professor Chris Frith. |
| 9 June | Beast machines? The question of animal consciousness, Professor Cecilia Heyes. |
| 16 June | Does consciousness spring from the brain?, Professor Adam Zeman. |