Uri Hasson Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute Peretsman-Scully Hall, Princeton University Uri Hasson grew up in Jerusalem. As an undergrad he studied philosophy and cognitive sciences at the Hebrew University. He completed his Ph.D. in Neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute in Israel and was a postdoctoral fellow at NYU before moving to Princeton. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department and the Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University. His research program aims to understand the neural basis of face-to-face, brain-to-brain, social interaction, with a focus on verbal communication and storytelling in real-life contexts. Participant In: The Displaced and The Other Saturday, February 25th, 2017 at 2:30pm Past Event Watch the video » Generationally and historically, our species has moved through great migrations, across seas, continents, and borders. Some have been journeys infused with hope for the better, or impelled by longing for the unknown, the foreign, the other. Others have been forced. Today, with more than 65 million refugees and displaced persons around the globe, we are… read more »
The Displaced and The Other Saturday, February 25th, 2017 at 2:30pm Past Event Watch the video » Generationally and historically, our species has moved through great migrations, across seas, continents, and borders. Some have been journeys infused with hope for the better, or impelled by longing for the unknown, the foreign, the other. Others have been forced. Today, with more than 65 million refugees and displaced persons around the globe, we are… read more »