This event is in the past.It took place on April 9, 2026 at The Lenfest Center for the Arts.
Literature TalkLiterature TalkWhere Ideas Come From: Art, Neuroscience, and Memory
Manhattanville
What happens when a playwright and a neuroscientist compare notes on memory? Expect a freewheeling conversation between Sarah Ruhl and Daphna Shohamy about how the brain encodes experience and how artists turn it into drama.
Playwright meets neuroscientist
Science-art dialogue
Memory and creativity
Columbia faculty showcase
Tips
đźŽSarah Ruhl wrote Eurydice and Demeter in the City
🧠Shohamy runs a working memory lab at Columbia
⏰Registration opens March 23 at noon
Where Ideas Come From: Art, Neuroscience, and Memory
Manhattanville
Literature TalkLiterature TalkWhat happens when a playwright and a neuroscientist compare notes on memory? Expect a freewheeling conversation between Sarah Ruhl and Daphna Shohamy about how the brain encodes experience and how artists turn it into drama.
Playwright meets neuroscientist
Science-art dialogue
Memory and creativity
Columbia faculty showcase
Tips
đźŽSarah Ruhl wrote Eurydice and Demeter in the City
🧠Shohamy runs a working memory lab at Columbia
⏰Registration opens March 23 at noon
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