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SUMMARY:My Brain and My Self - Jane Aspell : Cambridge University
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CONTACT:Emilio Aldorino
DESCRIPTION:What are you and how did your brain create you? Although every
 one has (and is) a self\, it is not easy to explain how selves came to ari
 se in the world. Most people associate the term ‘self’ with personalit
 y and identity\, but what lies at its core – what is its deep biological
  basis?\n \nIn this talk\, Professor Jane Aspell will argue that the self 
 is grounded in the brain’s model of the body: that the physical self is 
 the foundation for the mental self. She will discuss how disturbances in t
 he links between the body and the brain give rise to disorders of self - s
 uch as ‘out of body experiences’. Studies of the brain bases of these 
 conditions\, and virtual reality experiments that perturb the self are sta
 rting to reveal how the brain generates the foundation of our consciousnes
 s: our self.
LOCATION:Zoom or in-person at Sainsbury Laboratory\, 47 Bateman St\, Cambr
 idge CB2 1LR
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