Mad
Hatter, Grey Matter Winter Talk Series 2015/16
The Mad Hatter, Grey Matter Winter Series takes the
format of talks and presentations by a panel of experts and researchers from
across the UK crossing the boundaries of psychology, neuroscience, creativity
& human development.
The Winter
Series acts as a year round, audience development sibling to the fabulous Mad
Hatter, Grey Matter Festival – a festival that encourages curiosity and
creativity in all ages – founded in the summer of 2014 and takes place early
July
The Mad Hatter, Grey Matter Winter Series will take
place in the beautiful and historic Ballroom of Cambo House across October -
March
The Winter
Series 2014/15 was delivered by some of Scotland’s most animated and engaging
experts and researchers and got fantastic feedback from visitors.
For 2015/16
we are extremely excited and delighted to be offering a fascinating and rich
programme that will pair a Scotland based expert with a complimentary research
presentation from an expert / researcher working in another part of the UK.
Thursday 26th November 2015, 6.30-8pm
Who Are You Now?
Ben Graham is
Project Manager of Who Are You Now?, a project run by Headway East London, a charity that supports
survivors of brain injury from across the north and east of London.
Ben will be joined
by one of the project’s narrators. They will tell the story of who they were
before their injury, how they came to have their injury, and the impact it has
had on their life. They will describe what they have learned about the brain structures
involved in memory and forgetting, and about how disabilities caused by brain
injury can change a person's sense of self as well as many significant things
about the way they live. They will also talk about the emotional impact of
injury, and what the narrator has learned about life through surviving this
challenging experience.
Dr Grant Mair, an Academic
Neuroradiologist working for both the University of Edinburgh and NHS
Lothian, will then take the evening into the realm of brain imaging.
Grant will take us through how, why and when the brain is imaged with
illustrative examples of what modern medical imaging can tell us (and what it
can’t) and how this information can benefit patients (and their families) with
brain injury or other disorders of the central nervous system.
FREE EVENT Advance booking required Call 01333 450054
