Uri Hasson
Neuroscientist | Decoding How Our Brains Understand Language
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Uri Hasson is a leading neuroscientist who pioneers the use of functional MRI to uncover the brain's mechanisms for processing language and communication. As a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University, his groundbreaking research has been published in top journals like Nature and Science. Hasson's keynotes reveal the surprising insights emerging from 'brain reading' techniques, shedding new light on how we encode, interpret and share meaning.
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This is your brain on communication
Neuroscientist Uri Hasson researches the basis of human communication, and experiments from his lab reveal that even across different languages, our brains show similar activity, or become "aligned," when we hear the same idea or story. This amazing neural mechanism allows us to transmit brain patterns, sharing memories and knowledge. "We can communicate because we have a common code that presents meaning," Hasson says.
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