Hannah Monyer

Description

What happens when a taste or a smell suddenly brings an entire past to light? In 'In Search of Lost Time', Marcel Proust describes memory not as a static archive, but as a malleable process. This literary anticipation aligns with what neuroscience can empirically confirm only today. Hannah Monyer combines Proust's precise observations of remembering with current findings in brain research and shows how literature and science explore the same questions and arrive at surprisingly similar conclusions. Prof. Dr. Hannah Monyer is a physician, neurobiologist, and one of Germany's most renowned brain researchers. She is a professor at the University of Heidelberg and heads the Department of Clinical Neurobiology at the University Hospital Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center. Her research focuses on the neural basis of learning, memory, and synaptic plasticity.

Highlights

• Lecture by Prof. Dr. Hannah Monyer
• Connection between literature and neuroscience
• Insights into memory and learning

General Information

Prof. Dr. Hannah Monyer's lecture explores the connection between Proust's literary observations and current neuroscientific findings. It takes place at the DAI Heidelberg and offers insights into the neural foundations of memory and learning.

Location

Sofienstraße 12, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany

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