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Nature, nurture and neuroplasticity, TEDx Talks by Anthony Hannan
Professor Anthony Hannan is head of the Neural Plasticity Laboratory, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health at the University of Melbourne. He is also currently an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, and has received awards for his research, including the British Council Eureka Prize (fitting) and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies Anniversary Prize.https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLsRNoUx8w3rN16xprcz5LPljXd9jMsHBd&v=Z6R5hGH9agA

In his talk, Professor Hannan will let us in on why doing neuroscience in the 21st century is like physics was at the start of the 20th century. There are th...