Your brain is constantly lying to you, and you don’t even know it.
That’s the premise Pria Anand will explore July 31 in a virtual Pasadena Public Library talk.
“Our brains work really hard to hide our deficits from us by filling in gaps in the information that they expect to see,” Anand explained, describing visual confabulation after occipital-lobe injury.
The Boston Medical Center neurologist and Boston University assistant professor will present “On the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains” at 11 a.m. PDT via Zoom. The free event requires registration and allows live questions.
Anand’s talk centers on “The Mind Electric,” which Publishers Weekly describes as blending case studies, history, fable, and memoir to examine how narrative shapes neurological illness and identity.
“The distinction between what is a psychological problem and what is a neurological problem is somewhat arbitrary and may feel archaic 50 years from now,” Anand said.
The Yale cognitive science graduate and Stanford-trained physician completed her neurology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2018 and a neuro-infectious diseases fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2019.
The virtual format accommodates Pasadena Central Library’s ongoing seismic retrofitting.
Registration: https://libraryc.org/pasadenalibrary/83028 or (626) 744-4066.
“On the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains” will run on Thursday, July 31 at 11 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Virtual event via Zoom.
For more information, call (626) 744-4066 or visit https://www.cityofpasadena.net/library/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D183616371. Ticket prices: Free with registration.
