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Royal Institution Lectures

The BrainBank

February 20, 2017April 3, 2017Oxford Psychology Team 1 Comment
Human brain model

Five years ago, I had the honour of being selected to present the Royal Institution Lectures , “Meet Your Brain,” that were broadcast first on BBC4 and then again later on BBC2– a rare double billing that I am proud of. I gave three lectures – “What’s inside your heads?”, “Who’s in charge here anyway?”, and “Are you […]

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