Brain Awareness Week, which this year is being held between Monday 13 and Friday 17 March, is a global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.
Monday 13 March
Malta Cafe Scientifique event
Open Lecture: Flavour in the Brain: the Roots of Neurogastronomy
Speaker: Prof. Fiorenzo Conti
Italian Culture Institute, Valletta
18:30
Tuesday 14 March
Lab visits
University of Malta
10:00 – 12:00
Open Lecture: The organization of the cortical motor system
Speaker: Prof. Giacomo Rizzolatti
Central Auditorium, Mater Dei Hospital
17:00
Wednesday 15 March
Lab visits
University of Malta
10:00 – 12:00
Open Lecture: Motivation and Control of Behaviour
Speaker: Professor Giuseppe Di Giovanni
Central Auditorium, Mater Dei Hospital
17:00
CineXjenza (special event)
Topic: The Human Brain
Speakers: Prof. Ian Thornton, Dr Christian Zammit, Dr Edward Duca, Mr Samuel Stanfield
Cinema Room, Spazju Kreattiv
19:00
Thursday 16 March
Open Lecture: From mirror neurons of the motor cortex to the 'mirror brain'
Speaker: Prof. Giacomo Rizzolatti
Central Auditorium, Mater Dei Hospital
17:00
Friday 17 March
Lecture/Discussion: Chronic Pain
Speakers: Dr Andrew Agius and Prof. Giuseppe Di Giovanni
Central Auditorium, Mater Dei Hospital
17:00