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HKU Young Brain Scientist Program to hold public lecture for secondary school students - “False Beliefs”

21 Mar 2014

Even with all the information available in modern society, people often hold to false beliefs - folk remedies, superstitions, astrology. How do false beliefs arise and why are they so persistent? I will discuss how the mental processes that make us smart and adaptive can also make us susceptible to false beliefs.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Young Brain Scientist Program is the first project in HK designed for secondary students, delivered by public lectures to increase their awareness of the potential impact from brain science research. With the success of previous lectures: Attention, The Asymmetries in Our Mind, Optical Illusions, HKU Young Brain Scientist Program will deliver the fourth public lecture - False Belief, to discuss and uncover the mental process that constructs false beliefs.

Date: March 29, 2014 (Saturday)

Time: 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Venue: CPD-LG.18, LG Floor, Central Podium Level, Centennial Campus, University of Hong Kong

Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Saunders

Language: English

This public lecture is free of charge, due to limited seats; registration is on a first-come-first-served basis. Interested secondary school students, please register on or before March 27, 2017 (Thursday) at: http://www.psychology.hku.hk/hkuybs/register.html

For more information, please go to: http://www.psychology.hku.hk/hkuybs/

Our program also welcomes invitation from schools to deliver lectures at their classrooms on demand (Contact: Angelina Mok at 9233-7071 or hkuybs@hku.hk)

HKU Young Brain Scientist Program

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Young Brain Scientist Program is the first project in HK designed for secondary students to increase their awareness of the potential impact from brain science research. Six professors from the HKU Department of Psychology speak on their expertise areas in public lectures lasting from December 2013 to June 2014. Participating students will receive a certificate from HKU Young Brain Scientist Program, and selected students will be invited to join privileged brain science lab tours and workshops.

Other talks in the “Brain Science” series include:

Ÿ Sleep (Dr Esther Lau) (April 26, 2014)

Ÿ Gender Development (Dr Ivy Wong) (May 3, 2014)

Ÿ Attention (Dr Chia-huei Tseng) (held on December 13, 2013)

Ÿ The Asymmetries in Our Mind (Dr Janet Hsiao) (held on January 24, 2013)

Ÿ Optical Illusions (Dr Sing-hang Cheung) (held on March 1, 2014)