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English
Time
20:00 – 21:30
Location

Academy Building
Broerstraat 5
Groningen
Netherlands

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Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?

André Aleman, Markus Eronen and others - sold out!

The field of neuroscience has developed vastly over the past decades. The development of fMRI-scanning techniques, allowing in-vivo inspection of the human brain, has led to the speculation that in the near future, it will be possible to define mental disorders as brain disorders, that can be diagnosed based on brain scans. To some, this would be highly preferable because brain scans are more objective and trustworthy than the subjective self-reports psychiatrists and psychologists currently rely on. Others refute the possible implications of neuroscience in the field of psychiatry, stating that it does not add objectivity nor reliability in diagnostics. Can neuroscience make diagnosis of mental disorders objective?

Debaters are:

André Aleman
Johanna Dinkelacker
Valentina Lozano

Markus Eronen
Leo Burger
Xander Waalewijn

Mindwise Debate
Mindwise Debate is a series of public debates organized by Studium Generale Groningen and Mindwise, the blog of the Psychology Department of the University of Groningen. The debates have the aim of creating a university-wide platform for risky and engaging dialogue on topics ranging from the role of standardization in education systems to the nature of consciousness. The event consists of a formal debate between two teams composed of both students and staff members from UG followed by an open discussion between everyone in the audience and the debaters.

Also in this series

Leah Henderson, Mohammad Gharesifard, Wally van der Laan, Carmen van Bruggen, Thomas Wilschut and Ansgard Heinrich
With livestream
English

In a world of knowledge bubbles and alternative facts, the nature of truth has become the subject of intense debate.

See also

André Aleman met coreferent Jacob Jolij
Over de rol van bewust leven
Nederlands

Onderzoek heeft aangetoond dat onbewuste processen in ons brein een grote invloed kunnen hebben op ons gedrag.

What's the power of our brain?

Hoe betrouwbaar zijn onze eigen herinneringen? Hoe selectief is ons geheugen? Kunnen we ook leren te vergeten?

Uitverkocht! - Joris Luyendijk afgelast
met JORIS LUYENDIJK en DAMIAAN DENYS
Nederlands

Uit het afgelopen jaar vol lezingen heeft Studium Generale twee topsprekers geselecteerd. Heb je ze het afgelopen jaar gemist of wil je ze nog eens horen?