The Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture celebrates its 5th Anniversary by hosting a special lecture on September 29, 2012, with Frans de Waal (C.H. Candler Professor of Psychology; Director, Living Links Center) and Dietrich Stout (Assistant Professor, Anthropology). Each gives a 15-minute lecture followed by a brief question and answer session.

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David Rakison, a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about "Mechanisms of Infant Learning: Evolution’s Solution to Adaptive Problems" at Emory University on September 24, 2012. The talk was sponsored by the Emory Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture, which fosters inquiry, research, and teaching from multiple perspectives. For more information, see http://cmbc.emory.edu/

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George Graham (Philosophy and Neuroscience, Georgia State University) gives a talk entitled "Mental Disorder, Brain Disorder and Therapeutic Intervention," sponsored by Emory University's Center for Mind, Brain and Culture (September 20, 2012).

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We will explore how people vary in their individual experiences of mental imagery and how this might relate to their creative abilities, with particular reference to writing. Then we will consider neural processes that underlie imagery and its variable expression across individuals.

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Humans have language, which is a form of communication. Other animals have communication, but not language. This is usually how the debate about the uniqueness of our "language instinct" is summarized. But then there are apes that have learned symbolic communication, honey bees with dance language, and other possible exceptions. So, how unique is human language? Two experts of primate behavior debate the issue.

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David Kemmerer (Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences; Psychological Sciences, Purdue University)

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Joseph Skibell (Creative Writing Program)

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Anjan Chatterjee (Neurology, University of Pennsylvania)

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Jim Grimsley (Creative Writing Program)

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