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SUMMARY:Developing a Sense of Self - Professor Bruce Hood\, Bristol
DTSTART:20150206T173000Z
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nThe sense of self is so compelling that we rarely 
 question exactly what it is. When we talk about our self\, we usually refe
 r to an autobiographical memory of identity. Or we may be asked to give in
 sight into our immediate consciousness such as\, “Tell me what you think
 ?” In both cases\, we experience a unity of identity but I would argue t
 hat is an illusion that our brains generate to maintain a coherent narrati
 ve that summarizes the multitude of influences\, factors and past experien
 ces that generate our thoughts and behaviours. In this talk I will uncover
  the illusion of self and how this formed over our lifetimes and the criti
 cal importance of early developmental experiences in shaping who we become
 .\n\n\nBiography\n\nBruce Hood is Professor of Developmental Psychology in
  Society at the University of Bristol where he has worked for the past 16 
 years. He obtained his Ph.D. from Cambridge and worked at MIT and Harvard 
 before returning to the UK. He is the Director of the Bristol Cognitive De
 velopment Centre that researches early child development and has published
  three popular science books on the development of mind. In 2011\, he pres
 ented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures\, “Meet Your Brain.”
LOCATION:LMH\, Lady Mitchell Hall
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