The Science of Peace – a Africa interest event taking place on 2018-12-06 19:00:00 in Canada
The human brain is pre-wired with a host of unconscious biases that nudge us towards conflict. Even our intuitive efforts to transcend conflict often fail or backfire because of cognitive pitfalls that we are blind to. But all is not lost! In this talk, Dr, Emile Bruneau, Director of Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab, University of Pennsylvania, will explore how our brains are built for conflict, but also how they are built for change; and how with a little art, and a little science, we can rise above our tribalism. About the Speaker Emile Bruneau is a research associate and lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication and director of the Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab. Bruneau is also the lead scientist at the Beyond Conflict Innovation Lab(link is external). Prior to his formal training in neuroscience, Bruneau worked, traveled, and lived in a number of conflict regions: South Africa during the transition from Apartheid to Democracy, Sri Lanka during one of the largest Tamil Tiger strikes in that nation's history, Ireland during "The Troubles," Israel/Palestine around the Second Intifada. Bruneau is now working to bring the tools of science to bear on the problem of intergroup conflict by (1) building methods to better characterize the (often unconscious) cognitive biases that drive conflict using explicit, implicit and functional neuroimaging (fMRI) techniques, and (2) critically evaluating efforts aimed at transcending these biases. These efforts have focused on three psychological processes relevant to intergroup conflict: empathy, dehumanization, and motivated reasoning, and involve target groups that are embroiled in intractable conflict (e.g., Israelis and Palestinians), or subject to extreme hostility (e.g., Muslims in the U.S., the Roma in Europe).
at Center for Social Innovation – Atrium 192 Spadina Ave Toronto Canada – Add your South African Event here.
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