Walking has a number of surprising benefits that help to improve our health, posture and, most surprisingly, our mind. “Your brain is much more active when you’re sitting down”, said Shane O’Mara, a neuroscientist and professor of experimental brain research at the University of Dublin. Although walking is an activity that we often take for granted, there a number of surprising benefits that help to improve our health, posture and, most surprisingly, our mind. In this talk, moderated by Michael John Gorman, Founding Director of Biotopia, O’Mara and American academic Jeffrey Schnapp discussed how walking can impact creativity and why it defines us as human.
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Future of Walking
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Speakers
Michael John Gorman
Biotopia
Michael John Gorman is Founding Director of BIOTOPIA, a new life sciences museum for Bavaria planned for Nymphenburg Palace, and Professor (Chair) in Life Sciences in Society at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. Previously he was the CEO of Science Gallery International, dedicated to igniting creativity and discovery where science and art collide.
Shane O’Mara
Trinity College Dublin
Shane O’Mara is Professor of Experimental Brain Research at Trinity College Dublin – the University of Dublin. From 2009 to 2016, he was Director of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience. His research interests explore the brain systems supporting learning, memory, and cognition, and also the brain systems affected by stress and depression.
Jeffrey Schnapp
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Jeffrey Schnapp is the founder/faculty director of metaLAB (at) Harvard and holds the Carl A. Pescosolido Chair at Harvard University. A cultural historian by training, his work in the domains of knowledge design, digital media, and curatorial practice includes collaborations with the Triennale di Milano, the Wolfsonian-FIU, the Canadian Center for Architecture, and the Fondazione Cirulli.
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