Pint of Science 2019 - Neuro-Calendar

Events by region and date

Greater London

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:00 - 21:30, The Bedford, London – Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy? Linking sleep, mental health and well being
  ‘“The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep,” a wise man once said’ – Dr Donna Littlewood
  ‘Sleep, well-being and health: myths and truths’ – Prof. Derk-Jan Dijk
• 19:30 - 21:30, Williamson's Tavern, London – Learn through your eyes
  ‘Cracking the visual code’ – Tom Shallcross
  ‘In order to see with your eyes, first learn to imagine with your mind’ – Ali Eslami
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Water Rats, London – Mind over matter
  ‘The Neural Fingerprints of a Missing Hand’ – Dr Tamar Makin
  ‘Hearing loss and dementia, from epidemiology to prevention trials’ – Dr. Sergi Costafreda
• 19:30 - 21:30, Sekforde Arms, London – Mind the body: How the brain perceives our bodies
  ‘Being Human! With a deep body in mind’ – Professor Manos Tsakiris
  ‘How do our brains perceive emotions?’ – Vasiliki Meletaki 
  'A Short Story About Brains, Bodies and Art’ – Beatriz Calvo-Merino, PhD
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Devereux, London – Highly Sensitive Minds: From Laughter to Challenge
  ‘Strong and funny: when fools make us laugh, that's how they cast a spell on us’ – Dr Maria Grazia Turri
  ‘Are some people more sensitive than others?’ – Dr Michael Pluess

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:00 - 21:30, The Water Rats, London – Speechless
  ‘Language - how it develops, and how we lose it’ – Dr Jonathan Rohrer
  ‘Losing speech - developing language impairment in frontotemporal dementia’ – Rhian Convery
  'The anatomy of progressive language problems' - Mollie Neason 
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Bedford, London – Depression and self-harm
  ‘Understanding self-harm' – Dr Martina Di Simplicio
  ‘Treatment-resistant depression: are psychedelics the answer?’ – Taylor Lyons
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Devereux, London – How to Reach the Ultimate Nirvana... Legally!
  ‘Benefits of getting some headspace: the science behind digital mindfulness’ – Charlotte Hilton
  ‘Breathing and relaxation: an evident relationship?’ – Dr Elke Vlemincx
• 19:30 - 21:30, Sekforde Arms, London – Fear, Focus and Fakery: Psychology and the Unexpected
  ‘Hearing the Light: Skipping Pylons and the Strange Sound of Silent Motion’ – Dr. Elliot Freeman
  ‘The persistence of Misinformation and Ineffectiveness of Corrections’ – Dr. Saoirse Connor Desai
  ‘Terrorism, Brexit, Donald Trump and Road Accidents: Effects of Emotions on Decisions’ – Professor Peter Ayton
• 19:30 - 21:30, Williamson's Tavern, London – Our Play-Doh brains
  ‘Separating the wheat from the chaff: Habituation as a foundation for cognition’ – Dr Sam Cooke
  ‘The brain in health and disease - how we are wired for change’ – Dr Stephanie Forkel 
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Stag, London – Getting on your Nerves!
  ‘Blood, circuits and maths’ – Eleanor Doman
  ‘Computational modelling of nerve regeneration’ – Simão Jacques 

Wednesday - 22nd May

• 19:00 - 21:30, The Bedford, London – Dimensions of dementia research: from labs to living rooms
  ‘AI and Technology for Dementia Care’ – Prof. Payam Barnaghi
  ‘Building a brain in a dish: how can stem cells help us understand dementia?’ – Dr Selina Wray
• 19:30 - 21:30, Williamson's Tavern, London – Now you see me, now you don't
  ‘Zombie neurons in fruit flies' – Dr Darren Williams
  ‘New neurons in the adult brain: Really? What are they for and how can I make some more?’ – Dr Sandrine Thuret 
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Griff Inn Bar & Kitchen, London – Stem Cells Getting on Your Nerves?
  ‘Out with the old, in with the new' – Dr Rickie Patani
  ‘The unprecedented power of human-derived stem cells’ – Dr Jacob Neeves
  ‘ALS: more than just a neuronal disease? The nervous system’s social network’ – Ben Clarke
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Devereux, London – I’m Losing Control! Help!!
  ‘Insides of a K-Hole: how to stop time and where is my Porsche?' – Dr Arturas Volianskis
  ‘Focusing on (tech) solutions not problems - treating chronic depression’ – Dr Sandrine Thuret 
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Water Rats, London – Brain, the organ that studies itself
  ‘Consequences of learning from our world' – Dr. Neil Garret
  ‘Do we know what we are about to do?' – Elisabeth Pares
  ‘Thinking meta: how to build a self-aware brain’ – Dr Steve Fleming
• 19:30 - 21:30, Sekforde Arms, London – The Complexities of the Mind in Social Interaction
  ‘How Not to Give Advice' – Dr. Andreas Kappes
  ‘How Our Body Experience Helps us to Understand Others' Actions’ – Sonia Abad Hernando
  ‘Contagious Yawning Across Species and From Robots Too!’ – Dr. Ramiro M. Joly-Mascheroni

South East

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:00, The Southsea Village, Portsmouth – Body vs Mind
  ‘First steps in forming the brain' – Dr Frank Schubert
  ‘No pain, no gain! What have we really gained from pain research?’ – Dr Miznah Al-Abbadey
  'Do You Remember Where You Were on 9/11? The Mystery of Flashbulb Memories' - Dr Jonathan Koppel
• 19:30 - 21:30, Walkabout Reading, Reading – From Language Learning to Loss
  ‘Learn languages for a healthy brain!’ – Dr Christos Pliatsikas
  'At a loss for words' - Willemijn Doedens
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Oxford Retreat, Oxford – Brain invaders
  ‘Brain Invaders’ – Calliope Dendrou
  ‘What happens when your brain’s pipes break?’ – Daniel Beard
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Stable, Southampton – I Sense, Therefore I Am
  ‘Searching for Targets in Real-World Tasks’ – Dr Hayward Godwin
  ‘Communicating in Noisy Places. How the Ear and Auditory Brain Process Sound and what Happens when it Goes Wrong’ – Alan Sanderson
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Weyside, Guildford – Amazing Brain
  ‘Autism and the Value of Autistic Friendship’ – Monique Botha 
  'How your brain creates disease/illness’ – Laura Carter 

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:00, The Southsea Village, Portsmouth – What You See Is Not What You Get
  ‘Hindsight bias: On being wise after the event’ – Dr Hartmut Blank
  'Mind games: trick or truth?' - Edward Morrison
  ''Star cells' and portraits of the brain' - Professor Arthur Butt
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Stable, Southampton – Self in Society
  ‘The Elusive Allure of Seeing Yourself Negatively: Fact or Fiction?’ – Dr Aiden P Gregg
  ‘Psychological factors in homelessness: Why do people sleep on the streets in 21st Century Britain?’ – Dr Nick Maguire
• 19:30 - 21:30, Juniper Berry, Southampton – Nerve cells, networks and Alzheimer's disease
  ‘Brain networks and precious plasticity’ – Lauren McNicholas
  ‘Nerve cells unplugged’ – Dr Katrin Deinhardt 
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Oxford Retreat, Oxford – Does technology threaten our survival?
  ‘Does technology threaten our survival?' – Anna Machin
• 19:30 - 21:30, Walkabout Reading, Reading – Brain Cells & Worms v. Dementia & Parkinson's!
  ‘Parkinson’s, DNA and…Microscopic Worms?’ – Rachael Chandler
  ‘Building a brain in a dish: how can stem cells help us understand dementia?’ – Dr Selina Wray

Wednesday - 22nd May

• 19:00, The Southsea Village, Portsmouth – What Speaks Louder Than Words?
  ‘Can you see what I am saying?’ – Eglantine Julle-Danière
  ‘Decoding baby cries’ – Dr Erik Gustafsson
  ‘What can we learn from macaques?’ – Jérôme Micheletta
• 19:00 - 21:30, Slug and Lettuce, Oxford – Glia and dementia - more than just the support act
  ‘Inflammation and Alzheimer’s disease: a search for new drug targets’ – Dr Emma Mead
  ‘Brain glue: sticking it to dementia’ – Dr Mark Dallas
• 19:30 - 21:30, House Bar, Oxford – Food for thought - our brain and our diet
  ‘How can your brain control your weight?’ – Prof Ana Domingos
  'The importance of eating your greens: how iron deficiency causes heart disease' - Prof Samira Lakhal-Littleton
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Oxford Retreat, Oxford – Mental illness and crime
  ‘Victims and perpetrators - born and made?’ – Prof Lucy Bowes
  'Mental illness and crime: from police arrest to Broadmoor' - Dr Howard Ryland
• 19:30 - 21:30, Walkabout Reading, Reading – Brain Control: Hormones to Computers
  ‘Why are we social animals? From hormones to behaviour' – Dr Nandini Vasudevan
  'Brain Computer Interfaces: fad or future?' - Professor Slawomir Nasuto
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Stable, Southampton – Mind Your Health
  ‘The Sanity of Madness' – Professor David Kingdon
  'Why cannabis is a bad idea if you are vulnerable to psychosis?' - Dr Katherine Newman-Taylor and Dr Tom Richardson
• 19:30 - 21:30, Ye Olde Ship Inn, Guildford – The truth is inside us
  ‘The impact of inclusion on children with autism – Dr Anna Cook
  'What should we believe? – telling apart fact from fiction in research' - Professor Jane Ogden

South West

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:00 - 21:00, The Four Horsemen Pub, Bournemouth - Topics in Forensic Psychology
  'Pupil dilation: A widow to the mind?' - Dr Janice Attard-Johnson
  'Do some people possess super-human face recognition skills?' - Dr Emma Portch
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Greenbank, Bristol - Sleep and Other Drugs
  'Sleep in your genes? Overnight brain waves in health and disease' - Matt Jones
  'Are drugs of abuse the solution to treating major depression?' - Emma Robinson
• 19:30 - 21:30, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Exeter - Illusions and Epilepsy
  'The science of illusions: What can illusions tell us about how we perceive the world?' - Dr Gavin Buckingham
  'A Fun Quiz does epilepsy' - John Terry

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:00 - 21:00, The Four Horsemen Pub, Bournemouth - Human Brain: it's role in reading, face-recognition and emotion 
  'How faces are special for the brain?' - Professor Changhong Liu
  'How to read worse' - Dr Bernhard Angele
  'Emotion and cognition in brain injury' - Dr Shanti Shanker
• 19:30 - 21:30, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Exeter - Depression and Dementia
  'Why do sudden improvements happen in psychological therapies for depression?' - Asha Ladwa
  'Going to the museum together: how museums can support people with dementia and carers' - Debbie Kinsey
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Greenbank, Bristol - Seeing is Believing?
  'The Wonder of Seeing' - Iain Gilchrist 
  'Disabling or Enabling a Digital World' - Greig Dickson and Ute Leonards

Wednesday - 22nd May

• 19:00 - 21:00, The Four Horsemen Pub, Bournemouth - All in your head? Topics on Mental health and wellbeing
  'Enhancing the well-being of older men with dementia' - Dr Ben Hicks
  'Uncertainty and Control: How people with obsessive-compulsive disorders cope with decision-making in gambling tasks?' - Dr Ellen Seiss
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Greenbank, Bristol - Addiction: Mind over matter?
  'Why do People Smoke?' - Marcus Munafò
  'What is the relationship between anxiety and alcohol use?' - Maddy Dyer
• 19:30 - 21:30, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Exeter - All you need is love
  'Brain rhythms controlling reproduction' - Margaritis Voliotis
  'Self-compassion: a new way to improve mental health in adolescents' - Mengya Zhao

Wales

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:00 - 21:00, No Sign Bar, Swansea – Food for thought
  ‘Eating a varied diet: the good, the bad and the ugly’ – Dr Laura Wilkinson
  ‘Can nutrition make you smarter?’ – Gang Han
• 19:30 - 21:30, Head of Steam, Cardiff – Tinder and Terror
  ‘Social Media, Smartphones and Sex’ – Dr Martin Graff
  ‘Ghosts, Ghouls and Talking to the Dead: A Critical Exploration of Spooky Phenomena’

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:00 - 21:30, Old Market Tavern, Cardiff – Delving into dementia
  ‘How can we use a computer to better understand dementia?’ – Dr Georgina Menzies
  ‘Unpicking risk genes’ – Dr Adele Pryce-Roberts
• 19:30 - 21:30, No Sign Bar, Swansea – The science of sleep
  ‘Myths about sleep’ – Dr Megan Crawford
  ‘Dream a little dream: Does dreaming have any function?’ – Prof Mark Blagrove
• 19:30 - 21:30, Head of Steam, Cardiff – Immunity and Trauma
  ‘Looking at causes for PTSD beyond trauma’ – Dr Chantelle Wiseman
  ‘The not-so-privileged brain’ – Dr Niels Haan

Wednesday - 22nd May 

• 19:00 - 21:00, No Sign Bar, Swansea – Decision making
  ‘Decisions... Decisions...’ – Lauren Burns
  ‘ACTing in society’ – Dr Darren Edwards
• 19:30 - 21:30, Head of Steam, Cardiff – Deciphering Dementia
  ‘Gene editing: the future for dementia treatments?’ – Professor Vincent Dion
  ‘Me, Myself and Fly’ – Dr Gaynor Smith and Dr Owen Peters

North West

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, Didsbury Sports Ground, Manchester – Breaking the stigma: discussing the taboo topics of today's society.
  ‘How can we help autism spectrum disorder (ASD)’ – Professor Jonathan Green
  ‘Beyond suicide awareness: research that saves lives’ – Dr Pauline Turnbull
  'The Schizophrenia ‘epidemic’ among people of African and Caribbean descent' - Dr Dawn Edge
• 19:30 - 21:30, Oh Me Oh My, Liverpool – Exploring the Moral Maze
  ‘The brand in the hand: What do young people think about being targeted in social media?’ – Dr Magdalena Muc Da Encarnacao
  ‘Beyond the birds and the bees: Searching for your relatives online by DNA linking' – Dr Lucy Frith
  ‘What happened when we tried to correct the record on 58 mis-reported clinical trials' – Dr Aaron Dale

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, Didsbury Sports Ground, Manchester – Remember Remember Alzheimer's and Dementia
  ‘What happens to the brain in Alzheimer's disease?’ – Dr Richard Unwin
  ‘Would you like to reduce your risk of developing dementia?’ – Professor Nigel Hooper
  'Dementia doesn’t discriminate but addressing it does' - Nadine Mirza
• 19:30 - 21:30, Oh Me Oh My, Liverpool – An Evening of Abnormal Eating, Pretend Drinking and Smelling Wee
  ‘Chris Deputy: Host for the evening’ – Chris Deputy 
  ‘Abnormal eating: The secret to being thin and healthy' – Dr Eric Robinson
  'I have drunk therefore I am - Intoxication without alcohol' - Dr Paul Christiansen
  'UR-INe Trouble: A history of urine in health & disease' - Dr Elinor Chapman

Wednesday - 22nd May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, Oh Me Oh My, Liverpool – A Journey to the Tropics
  ‘Beyond pills and tests: Addressing poverty to end tuberculosis’ – Dr Tom Wingfield
  ‘The enablers and challenges to providing maternity care in low-resource settings’ – Ms Terry Kana 
  'Border control: Housing, mosquitoes and malaria' - Ms Joanna Furnival-Adams
• 19:30 - 21:30, Didsbury Sports Ground, Manchester – "Don't fight blind! - treating problems with the wonders of neuroimaging"
  ‘Predicting the Impact of Brain Surgery Using Pseudo-Neurosurgery’ – Natalie Busby
  ‘Medical images as measurements of tissue function’ – Dr Ben Dickie
  ‘Myths and Facts about Alzheimer's disease’ – Dr Helen Beaumont

North East

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle Upon Tyne - Lost In Translation
  'House of Wax: Mysteries words solve… and create' - Dr. Lauren Ackerman
  'How easily are consumers persuaded?' - Dr. Joan Harvey
• 19:30 - 22:00, The Old Laundrette, Durham – Live well with Pain
  ‘Understanding and coping with chronic pain: drugs and beyond’ – Dr Frances Cole, Dr Paul Chazot, Ilona Obara and Joanna Quinlan

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle Upon Tyne - Space and Lies
  'To Mars and beyond' - Jonathan Laws
  'Lunar lies and the flat Earth' - Professor Nick Neaves
• 19:30 - 22:00, The Old Laundrette, Durham – Emotional communication in humans and great apes
  ‘How the brain enables us to interpret emotional body movements’ – Dr. Anthony Atkinson
  ‘Expressions of emotion and the evolution of empathy: Insights from our great ape relatives’ – Dr Zanna Clay

Wednesday - 22nd May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle Upon Tyne - Happy Healthy Minds
  'What is mindfulness, and what are its benefits?' - Michael Atkinson 
  'Emotion regulation and mania - Dr Alyson Dodd
• 19:30 - 22:00, The Old Laundrette, Durham – The developing brain
  ‘Learning how to make good decisions in an uncertain world?’ – Reny Kiryakova
  ‘Mind Your Step: Learning to Walk in Complex Environments’ – Rachel Mowbray
  ‘My virtual body: Using VR to understand own-body awareness’ – Sam Keenaghan 

Scotland

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, The Cuckoo's Nest, Edinburgh, Music and the Mind
  'The Beautiful, Musical Mind' - Dr Katie Overy 
  'Homeless singers: the mental & social benefits of choirs' - Shelley Coyne
• 19:30 - 22:00, Butterfly and Pig, Glasgow - Beyond A Beautiful Mind: What We Know About Schizophrenia
  'Smartphones for Schizophrenia, Seriously?' - Stephanie Allan
  'Schizophrenia Under a Microscope' - Ashleigh Willis

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, The Cuckoo's Nest, Edinburgh - Can we talk about depression?
  'Compassion and Depression' - Dr Stella Chan
  'The Gripless Grip: A Predictive Processing Take on Enlightenment' - Dr Mark Miller
• 19:30 - 22:00, Butterfly and Pig, Glasgow - The Odd One Out: Why do we treat some people differently?
  'Does genius come gift wrapped?' - Prof. Niamh Stack
  'First impressions, Faces and Culture' - Prof. Ben Jones
  'Family Matters' - Prof. Lisa DeBruine

Wednesday - 22nd May 

• 19:00 - 21:00, Inn at the Park, Aberdeen, Alzheimer`s and Obesity
  'Alzheimer’s disease and Type 2 Diabetes - what links the two?' - Ruta Dekeryte 
  'Blame it on science?' - Dr Annesha Sil
  'Alzheimer’s disease: the basic science and why finding a cure is taking so long' - Eline Dreesen
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Cuckoo's Nest, Edinburgh - Deconstructing Dementia
  'Unconventional Dementia Care' - Dr Azucena Guzman 
  'The Language of Dementia' - Brittany Blankinship

East Midlands

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, The Waterfront, Nottingham – Love and Other Drugs
  ‘Cannabis and the Brain: "It’s Complicated”’ – Steve Alexander
  ‘Love, Love Styles and Intimate Relationships' – Dr Maria Kontogianni
  'When Love Becomes Criminal' - Simon Duff
• 19:30 - 21:30, Spirits Bar, Leicester – Making Sense of the World
  ‘“Coulda, woulda, shoulda”: The link between your thoughts, actions and emotions’ – Dr Caren Frosch
  ‘Snapshots from the eyes: Using eye movements to understand how we read’ – Dr Ascen Pagan, Dr Kayleigh Warrington and Dr Sarah White
  'Bubbles of thought: How the brain communicates' - Dr Vincenzo Marra

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, The Waterfront, Nottingham – Mental Health and Me
  ‘Notts County Can Be Good For My Mental Health? Really!!?' – Alan Pringle and Nigel Plant
  ‘Bells and Smells : Predicting Psychosis Before the Symptoms’ – Dr Paula Moran
  'Better the Devil You Know: How Our Brain Responds to Rejection and Criticism' - Dr. Preethi Premkuma
• 19:30 - 21:30, Rough Trade, Nottingham – Of Mice and Men
  ‘Chrononutrition - Is When We Eat As Important As What We Eat?' – Fran Ebling
  ‘The Blockage of Stroke Research in Animals’ – Jewel Ahmed
  'Should We Label Medicines As Tested on Animals?' - Pru Hobson-West and Renelle McGlacken
• 19:30 - 21:30, Parliament Bar, Nottingham – Technology for the Mind: It’s a No Brainer!
  ‘NeuroCinema - adventures in brain controlled movies' – Richard Ramchurn
  ‘Virtual Reality Therapy to Improve Mental Health’ – Aislinn Bergin, Jen Martin, Mike Craven and Sue Brown
  'Quantum Sensing of Magnetic "Brain Waves"' - Elena Boto
• 19:30 - 21:30, Spirits Bar, Leicester – Sensory Overload
  ‘Smells like emotion: How odours change our world' – Dr Stephanie Cook
  ‘Social media and mental health’ – Dr Michelle O’Reilly
  'Why we eat the food we do: The neuroscience of feeding' - Dr. Jaime McCutcheon

Wednesday - 22nd May 

• 19:30 - 21:30, The Waterfront, Nottingham – Don’t Forget About Your Memory!
  ‘The More The Better? Increased Brain Activity Can Be Bad For Your Memory and Attention!' – Tobias Bast
  ‘Using Gaze to Understand Recognition’ – Dr Jasper Robinson
  ‘10 Things Everyone Should Know About Memory’ – Lucy Justice
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Herbert Kilpin, Nottingham – Language & Emotion
  ‘The Impact of Linguistic Reclamation on Taboo Language Processing' – Daniel Edmondson
  ‘Heroic Boys and Friendly Girls? A Comparison of How LEGO® CITY and LEGO® FRIENDS Represent the World and Children’s Place Within It’ – Emma Putland
  ‘Everybody’s Business: Understanding and Responding To Self-harm and Suicidality’ – Emma Nielsen
• 19:30 - 21:30, Spirits Bar, Leicester – Matter Over Mind
  ‘The forgetting machine' – Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
  ‘Can a pacemaker for the brain provide an escape from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)?’ – Dr Annemieke Apergis-Schoute
  ‘Brain puzzles: Understanding neurodegenerative diseases’ – Professor Flaviano Giorgini
• 19:30 - 21:30, Lion & Snake, Lincoln – From mind games to the Black Death
  ‘Messing with the mind – manipulating our body experiences' – Dr Kirsty Miller
  ‘Catching the Black Death – latest news and views on history’s biggest killer’ – Professor Carenza Lewis

West Midlands

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:00 - 21:00, Cherry's Red, Birmingham – Baby brains: a window on development
  ‘A blooming buzzing confusion? Origins of multisensory perception in human infancy’ – Dr Andy Bremner
  ‘Looking inside the developing brain with MEG’ – Dr Caroline Witton
• 19:30 - 21:30, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry – Daydream believer
  ‘Listen Carefully: Auditory Illusions and Tricks’ – Dr Cynthia Siew
  'The Importance of Sleep' - Dr Anna Joyce
  'Cognitive Science of Creativity and Imagination' - Dr Valerie Van Mulukom
• 19:30 - 21:30, Mellards, Stoke-on-Trent – Psychologically Speaking
  ‘The psychology of superheroes’ – Dr Yvonne Skipper
  'How creative are young children?' - Dr Sarah Rose
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Paul Pry, Worcester – Mental health and dementia: seeing the person
  ‘The happiest time of your life? Mental health in the perinatal period’ – Jo Johnson
  'Dementia: perceptions & realities' - Professor Tracey Williamson
  'Can do, if you’ll give me the chance: people with dementia and their families engaging in sport and physical activity, how this feels and what it means' - Chris Russell

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:00 - 20:15, The Paul Pry, Worcester – Parenting in the military family
  ‘Parenting challenges for military families: protecting parents' and young children's health and wellbeing’ – Dr Gabriela Misca, Professor Mary Nolan
• 19:00 - 21:00, Cherry Reds, Birmingham – Rhythmic brains: a window on neural oscillations
  ‘What brain rhythms can reveal about our resiliencies and vulnerabilities’ – Dr Ali Mazaheri 
  'Rhythm makes the world go round: How brain rhythms help us understand another’s perspective' - Professor Klaus Kessler 
• 19:30 - 21:30, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry – What ARE you thinking?
  ‘The gift of a dyslexic mind’ – Dr Rosa Kwok
  'If I change your mind: you might feel better!' - Ms Elaine Davies
  'Virtual Therapy - does it work in reality?' - Farah Elahi

Wednesday - 22nd May 

• 19:00 - 21:00, Cherry's Red, Birmingham – Talking brains: a window on language
  ‘Listening to learn: How do toddlers uncover what words mean?' – Dr Kate Messenger
  'Using language with an ageing brain: How exercise can help you recall words' - Dr Katrien Segaert 
• 19:00 - 21:00, The Church, Birmingham – Ageing Body, Ageing Mind
  ‘Disease models in a dish: Can tissue engineering allow us to study neurodegeneration?' – Dr Eric Hill
  'Healthy Ageing – Is it possible and how?' - Professor Janet Lord
• 19:30 - 21:30, Mellards, Stoke-on-Trent – Perception and Parkinson's
  ‘A dream within a dream? How the brain plays tricks on us' – Dr John Butcher
  'Can we build a brain in a dish?' - Professor Rosemary Fricker
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Paul Pry, Worcester – To attract or not to attract? A 21st century question
  ‘Do altruists attract?' – Dr Daniel Farrelly
  'Sexual orientation conversion therapy: rhetoric, rubbish or realism?' - Dr Béré Mahoney and Jimmy Couzens

Yorkshire and the Humber

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:00 - 21:30, The Bath Hotel, Sheffield – Thinking about thinking
  ‘Where are my keys? Have I lost my mind?’ – Laura Wright
  'Computation in the brain' - Dr Alejandro Jimenez Rodriguez
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Winning Post, York – Are We Truman? The Mind on Stage
  ‘The Pleasures of Perception’ – Dr. Jonathan Flavell
  ‘Big Brother is watching but is he really seeing? – Identification from CCTV’ – Dr. Mila Mileva
  ‘The science of mind reading’ – Dr. Sam Berens
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Tetley, Leeds – The Artificial Mind
  ‘Artificial Superintelligence: reality, possibility, or religion?’ – Michael Cannon
  ‘The Future of AI’ – Professor David Hogg

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:00 - 21:30, The Bath Hotel, Sheffield – Is it all in the mind?
  ‘Psychosomatic: the mind-body connection’ – Dr Isobel Williams
  'Does society cause mental illness?' - Professor Richard Bentall
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Tetley, Leeds – The Criminal Mind
  ‘I just lost it! Violence, violent crime and what makes violent criminals different’ – Professor Mitch Waterman
  ‘Psychopathy: a look into the minds of murderers’ – Megan Sharp

Wednesday - 22nd May 

• 19:00 - 21:30, The Bath Hotel, Sheffield – It's not personal, it's personality
  ‘The best recipe for tackling aggression’ – Laura Castillo-Eito
  'A perfect storm? Perfectionism as risk or resilience' - Dr Fuschia Sirois
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Winning Post, York – Social Norms: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 
  ‘Everybody’s doing it! How social pressure makes us helpful, and human’ – Dr. Bailey House
  ‘Selfie-Objectification: Beauty, Sex and Instagram’ – Dr. Beth Bell
  ‘'Just following orders?'’ – Dr. Stephen Gibson
• 19:30 - 21:30, The Tetley, Leeds – The Healthy Mind
  ‘Masculinity and male mental health: problems and possibilities’ – Professor Brendan Gough
  'Mindfulness – mad to be into it or mad to be out of it?' - Dr Siobhan Hugh-Jones

East of England

Monday - 20th May 

• 19:00 - 21:30, Thirsty Cambridge, Cambridge – Same drug, different story: repurposing drugs in mental health
  ‘Mental health disorders - anyone for aspirin?’ – Professor Peter Jones
  ‘Forget me not: new ways to improve memory problems in depression’ – Dr Muzaffer Kaser
  ‘Ketamine: a useful antidepressant or another epidemic in the making?’ – Professor Rupert McShane
  ‘Creative Reactions’ – Alan Rogerson, Malgosia Benham
• 19:30 - 21:30, Last Pub Standing, Norwich – Autism, The Brain, & The Blame Game
  ‘Finding The Rain Man In Each Of Us’ – Dr Teea Glia
  ‘Moral judgments: What makes us think something’s right or wrong?’ – Dr Gavin Nobes
• 19:30 - 22:00, V-Bar, Colchester – Culture Shock: Adapting to the Unknown
  ‘Humans as Animals: How we try to Study Human Behaviour from an Evolutionary Framework’ – Dr Rick O'Gorman
  ‘The Search for Meaning, In the Light of Death’ – Dr Philip Cozzolino
• 19:30 - 22:00, Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester – The Alternative Story of Mind and Body
  ‘Rose Tinted Glasses: The Role of Interpretation Bias in Anxiety’ – Dr Séraphine Clarke
  ‘Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed’ – Dr Matt Lodder

Tuesday - 21st May 

• 19:00 - 21:30, Thirsty Cambridge, Cambridge – Did I decide this? How social media influences our lives
  ‘The half-life of human altruism’ – Dr Sander Van der Linden
  ‘Did you just say Bot?!?’ – Dr Zafar Gilani
  ‘Big Data or Big Brother? The ethics of big data psychometrics' – Dr David Stillwell
• 19:30 - 21:30, Last Pub Standing, Norwich – Senses & Sensibility
  ‘Pupillometry: A Window into the Mind’s Eye’ – Dr Irene Sperandio
  ‘Your multisensory brain – feel what you hear and hear what you see’ – Kerri Bailey
• 19:30 - 22:00, V-Bar, Colchester – Computers: Science of the Future
  ‘Therapy Generation for Alzheimer’s Sufferers’ – Dr Faiyaz Doctor
  ‘Coral Reef Conservation with 3D Technology’ – Dr Jon Chamberlain
  ‘Enterprise Search: a World beyond Web Search’ – Professor Udo Kruschwitz

Wednesday - 22nd May

• 19:00 - 21:00, St Andrew's Brewhouse, Norwich – Sleep, navigation and dementia
  ‘Spatial navigation in dementia - are we there yet?' – Professor Michael Hornberger
  ‘Does slumber really matter? The role of sleep in dementia’ – Dr Alpar Lazar
• 19:00 - 21:30, Thirsty Cambridge, Cambridge – Forget what you know about memory
  ‘What did you just say? Why short term memory is important for classroom learning’ – Dr Joni Holmes
  ‘The mysterious life of memories: how our long-term memory functions and changes’ – Dr Andrea Greve 
  ‘The bright life of forgetting’ – Dr Maite Crespo-Garcia
  ‘Creative Reactions’ – Linda Bartlett, Loreto Valenzuela and Nick Tischler
• 19:30 - 21:30, Last Pub Standing, Norwich – Wanting To Be Normal, Reasonable, & Angry!
  ‘Biased perceptions of social attitudes and the brain: why do we project our own opinions on to others?’ – Dr Locke Welborn
  ‘What Are Emotions & How Can We Influence Them?’ – Dr Daniel Ravenpor
• 19:30 - 22:00, V-Bar, Colchester – Habits of Highly Memorable People
  ‘Science of Habits’ – Professor Sheina Orbell
  ‘Like a Fine Wine: The Science of Successful Ageing’ – Dr Vanessa Loaiza
• 19:30 - 22:00, Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester – Time to Change Your Body, or Perception?
  ‘Women’s Everyday Health in Britain, c. 1960-1980’ – Dr Tracey Loughran
  ‘Fast Thumbs but Slower Than Mum’ – Dr Gavin Sandercock
  ‘Bodies in the Mirror. Bodies in the Brain’ – Dr Katie Groves