We continue to make visible the work of little-known researchers. In “Spanish Neuroscience in 120 Seconds” I am going to talk about the neuroscientist Susana Martinez-Conde, who directs the “Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience”.
Neuro things, although cool, are sometimes unattractive to the general public from the outset: because let’s face it, so cold things like my thesis on the role of SNARE proteins in axonal guidance and tumor progression … dry, but everyone loves magic, illusionism! And Susana studies the neuroscience behind all these tricks.
His works on how our eyes see clearly only a small part of the image are very interesting and they are constantly moving quickly to create the illusion that we see everything clearly ; and he also studies the subject of attention a lot and, as a whole, how many things we see are not real, but approximate constructions that are the product of a brain that goes as far as it goes.
In addition, she brings science closer to the general public by disseminating: she is the co-author of several books and co-founder of a prize for scientific illusionism and her work has appeared in many media.
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About Neuropills:
Created, directed and presented by Pablo Barrecheguren (@pjbarrecheguren), Neuropíldoras (2018) is a scientific dissemination project made by Big Van Ciencia in collaboration with Muy Interesante and carried out with the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology – Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FECYT).
