[bioundgrd] Fwd: Humor & the Brain Lecture - Nov 28th

[Janice Chang]

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>
>MIT Brain Trust will be holding a community-wide lecture on 
>Wednesday, November
>28th at 7pm on Humor & The Brain. Our panelists  are brain injury 
>survivors who
>have used humor & writing as part of their healing process.
>
>Humorist Suzy Becker will give a talk from "I Had Brain Surgery, What?s Your
>Excuse?"  her illustrated, irreverent account of her diagnosis with 
>and surgery
>to remove the mass in her head, followed by her struggle to reclaim her funny
>bone. Becker will also be signing copies of her bestseller "ALL I NEED TO KNOW
>I LEARNED FROM MY CAT (AND THEN SOME)". She states: "Special MIT 
>offer: Buy two
>or more books, feel the hole in Becker's head FREE."
>
>Louise Speck is a member of the MIT Brain Trust Buddies Program and 
>her work on
>humor focuses on the psychological aspect of neuroscience.
>
>Room: 3-133
>
>FREE DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED!! (from Boston Market)