Connectionists: Deadline approaching: Why are there neuroscientists? Workshop of Ideas in Neuroscience, Dec 5th

[Mateusz Kostecki]

Hello,

We would like to remind you that there is just one week left for
registration for our workshop,  *Why are there neuroscientists?*, that will
be held in Heidelberg on Dec 5t!

We are going to discuss an intricate web of reasons that make us study the
visual cortices of mice, the spatial cognition of bats, or the molecular
basis of Alzheimer’s disease in humans, from long-time fascinations,
through previous, often random choices, inspirations by other people, or
economic/social circumstances.

The aim of this short workshop will be to discuss in depth our reasons for
doing neuroscience. In a series of short talks, discussions, and group
tasks – in the spirit of our Schools and Workshops of Ideas – we will try
to ask (and maybe answer) questions:

   - What motivates our research?
   - How do our stated purposes for our research – the ones that we speak
   about in public, in grant writing or science communication – relate to our
   real motivations?
   - How do our reasons to do brain research influence our methodological
   choices?
   - How do the reasons we have differ depending on our background? Why
   does it matter?

 Please find more info and the application form here -
https://openlabhd.org/why/.

With best wishes,
Mateusz Kostecki
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