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Shared Subjectivites in Brain, Mind, and Psychopathology

October 14, 2006

A new science of social relatedness is taking shape at the intersection of recent work in neuroscience, developmental science, evolutionary theory, and psychopathology.

Join us as noted scientists from each field explore the ideas that are emerging at the interface of these diverse disciplines.

The symposium is free and open to the academic and medical communities. General seating can be reserved through RSVP.

Speakers:

Jean Decety, PhD, Professor, Social Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Chicago (To What Extent Can We Share the Pain of Others? A Social Neuroscience Approach to Human Empathy)

Peter Hobson, MD, PhD, Tavistock Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University College, London (On Sharing and the Development of Mind)

Sarah Hrdy, PhD, Professor, University of California at Davis. Author: Mother Nature, Pantheon Books, 1999 (Shared Subjectivities in Evolutionary Perspective)

Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD, Director, Center for Bio-behavioral Family Studies, Cambridge Health Alliance; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (Attachment, Psychopathology, and Early Deviations in Shared Subjectivities)

 

 

Sponsored by the Cambridge Health Alliance Department of Psychiatry in conjunction with Tavistock Clinic, London

Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Science Center
Lecture Hall C
Harvard University
1 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA