UCI Brain Launch Event - The Artistic Brain

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UCI Brain is an academic initiative that fosters interdisciplinary interactions about our understanding of the brain. The Initiative hosted a launch event on November 21, 2019, that brought together more than 650 scientists, faculty, students, and community members.

The Artistic Brain session featured the following topics and speakers: Interdisciplinary Initiatives for Arts and Brain Science
-Stephen Barker, Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
-John Crawford, Director, Emergent Media + Design Initiative

Reading Frankenstein: an intermedia performance exploring the vicarious nature of reading and Biological AI s against the backdrop of Mary Shelly’s novel
-Annie Loui, Drama
-Antoinette Lafarge, Art
-James Fallon, Psychiatry & Human Behavior

Tracking Neurologic Immersion in Artistic Creativity
-David Ihrig, Guest Instructor
-Lisa Naugle, Dance
-Students from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts