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MBB Distinguished Lecture 1, Professor Ernst Fehr, The Neurobiology of Human Altruism VIDEO

September 30, 2014

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

5pm

Northwest Building, B-103

The Neurobiology of Human Altruism
Human altruism shaped our evolutionary history and pervades social and political life. There are, however, enormous individual differences in altruism. Some people are almost completely selfish, while others display strong altruism, and the factors behind this heterogeneity are only poorly understood. We examine the neuroanatomical basis of these differences with voxel-based morphometry and show that gray...

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Congratulations to the MBB Class of 2013!

May 24, 2013

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Standing Committee on Mind/Brain/Behavior (MBB) recognized graduating seniors in a ceremony at the Harvard Faculty Club on May 29. Secondary field students had completed interdisciplinary coursework, and track students had completed concentration and interdisciplinary coursework plus a senior honors thesis. The event was hosted by committee co-chair Richard Wrangham, the Ruth B. Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, with remarks by Wrangham, Emily Fisher Landau Professor of Neurology and MBB Initiative Co-Director Albert Galaburda, George Packer Berry...

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June 2013 Deadlines

May 24, 2013

June 14th: Faculty Awards for 2013-2014 due - click here for details
June 14th: Faculty Interest Group Proposals for 2013-2014 due - click here for details