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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:"Talk: “From Corals to Humans, the Common Chemicals Connecting our Brains” by Jonathan Sweedler"
DESCRIPTION:"\rPart of the Center for Advanced Study Annual Lecture Series\r\rWhat is the chemical nature of thought? What is memory?  Why, over 2,000 years since Aristotle first asked such questions, are we still searching for answers? Animal nervous systems range from the simple nerve nets found in jellies to the complexity of the human brain. While the spatial architecture of the human brain is unmatched, perhaps surprisingly, our brains are more similar than people think. Many of the important neurotransmitters and other brain chemicals are conserved across the animal kingdom.\r\rNeurotransmitters affect behavior. While we tend to think of serotonin as related to depression and dopamine as related to addiction, these neurotransmitters are used by almost every animal studied and impact a wide range of behaviors. For example, because animals use the same neurotransmitters, studying learning and memory in a sea snail has led to insights into human memory formation.\r\rA range of measurements are described to measure brain chemistry.  A number of expected and unusual brain molecules have been discovered in a wide variety of animals.  While we still do not fully understand the chemical nature of thought, University of Illinois research lends interesting insights.\r\rThis lecture is presented by the Center for Advanced Study (CAS) and is the 27th lecture in this series.  The CAS Annual Lecture series offers a rare opportunity for audiences to hear the Center's most distinguished scholars speaking about their work.\r"
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LOCATION:"Knight Auditorium\, Spurlock Museum\, 600 S. Gregory St.\, Urbana\, IL"
URL:https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events/event.php?ID=1371
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