The Neuroscience Of Memory – Travels Through Space And Time

Memory is distributed across many brain regions but critical among them is the hippocampus. Eleanor Maguire will draw on evidence from virtual reality, brain imaging and studies of amnesia to show that the consequences of hippocampal damage are even more far-reaching than suspected, robbing us of our past, our imagination and altering our perception of the world.

This event is part of a series of lectures at the Royal Institution that has been running since 1825. Eminent scientists throughout history have presented at these Friday Evening Discourses and some people like to dress up for the occasion. This is not necessary but might add to the feeling of tradition.