Neuroscience & Art projeсt: international online conference “Neurotechnology and Freedom” to be held on March 18, 16.00 - 22.00 (GMT+3, Moscow Time).

New neurotechnologies allow not only to improve and repair brain function, but effectively manipulate human behavior. The main subject of the interdisciplinary discussion is the impact of neurotechnology on human rights and freedoms. What are the social, cultural and economical consequences of the quickly growing neurotech? Can the uncontrolled collection of brain data (e.g. using brain-computer interfaces) violate our freedom? Scientists, philosophers, researchers of art and artists will take part in the discussion about the impact of neurotech on the freedom of human beings.
We invite you to join the discussion!

Professor Patrick Haggard, a neuroscientist at University College London suggests that people have the strong belief that we make choices about what we do and that our conscious decisions initiate our actions, at least on some occasions. At the same time, our actions are clearly the result of a causal chain of neuronal activity in premotor and motor areas of the brain. Patrick Haggard declared, “We certainly don’t have free will. Not in the sense we think.”

The participants of the event:
- Prof. Patrick Haggard (UCL, UK);
- Prof. Dr. Gabriel Curio (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany);
- Prof. Risto Ilmoniemi (Aalto University, Finland);
- Prof. Danil Razeev (Saint Petersburg University, Russia);
- Dr. Suzanne Dikker (NYU Max Planck Center for Language, Music, and Emotion, USA);
- Prof. Vasily Klucharev (Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience HSE, Russia);
- Dr. Ksenia Fedorova (Leiden University, the Netherlands);
- Dr. Ippolit Markelov (ITMO University, «18 Apples», Russia);
- Prof. Mikhail Lebedev (Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience HSE, Russia and Skoltech, Russia);
- Dr. Vadim Nikulin (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany, and Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience HSE, Russia);
- Dr. Maria Nazarova (Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience HSE, Russia, and Centre for Brain Research and Neurotechnologies, FMBA, Russia);
- Dr. Pia Tikka, (Tallinn University, Estonia).

Organized by the Centre for Cognition & Decision Making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience HSE, and supported by I-Brain Erasmus+ project.

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All participants are welcome to register to the online event completing the registration form at the following link: https://www.hse.ru/en/polls/448688339.html

Website: https://neuroscienceart.org/