A group of IRE students recently returned from the 47th annual Nobel Conference held at Gustavus Adolphus College. This years topic was The Brain and Being Human. Over two days, the top dogs of neuroscience shared their cutting-edge work. Discussion topics spanned from "how monogamy may have evolved and its implications towards treating autism" to "exploring how all of us are actually programmed to move to music". At the same time, Dr. Mayberg and Dr. Donoghue showed us the future... their work involves implanting devices into the brain to treat depression and to give patients with paralysis an opportunity to control an arm with only their thoughts. This was an excellent opportunity to peer into an emerging science and it revealed the kind of work some of us may be doing in the near future.
Proofed by: Grant Roy
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