EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN MIND
Presentation | 14:00 – 14:40 | Auditorium 1
Main Themes
Innovation | Wellbeing
The Session
The human brain is one of the most complex structures in the natural world. How have brains evolved? And how do we investigate these changes?
In this session, Professor Sophie Scott, Director of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, explores the structure and ever-changing nature of the human brain, and shares her research into the neuroscience of language, listening and laughter.
The Speaker
PROFESSOR SOPHIE SCOTT, Director, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL
Professor Scott is Director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, where she specialises in the neurobiology of human vocal communication, from speech and sound to social interactions and non-verbal emotional expressions, such as laughter.
She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2012, and a fellow of the British Academy In 2016. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to neuroscience, and was a recipient of the Royal Society’s Michael Faraday Price and Lecture in 2021.
Professor Scott has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers, and her book The Brain: 10 Things You Should Know came out in September 2022 with Orion Publishing.