Kerry Tribe is an artist that seeks to interpret the world through a creative lens. Mark Cohen is a neuroscientist that seeks to understand the mind through a scientific lens. Both perspectives are necessary to move us towards a better understanding of ourselves and how to navigate the uncertainties of our world.
Kerry Tribe is an artist that seeks to interpret the world through a creative lens. Mark Cohen is a neuroscientist that seeks to understand the mind through a scientific lens. Both perspectives are necessary to move us towards a better understanding of ourselves and how to navigate the uncertainties of our world.
Mark S. Cohen
Mark S. Cohen, Ph.D., is a Professor emeritus at UCLA in the departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Radiology, Psychology, Biomedical Physics and Bioengineering.
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Event Summary
In a fast-paced and wide-ranging conversation, Kerry and Mark led Long Now Boston on a fascinating exploration of human mind and human emotions. These are not, as some have thought, distinct domains of human experience. In fact, they are fundamentally intertwined and interconnected. Our emotions can drive the machinery of cognition through neural and chemical pathways in ways that we do not perceive. But they also inform, enliven and activate the sense we have of ourselves. This sense is everpresent in the conscious mind, and yet fundamentally unknowable.
Check out the video to see the conversation.
For more on Kerry’s remarkable works of art, visit her website, kerrytribe.com.
Mark Cohen can be found at UCLA where he is Professor-in-Residence of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences.