[Mitworld] New: Kanwisher on Vision, BP's Browne on the Purpose of Business

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[THE NEUROLOGY OF VISION]

Kanwisher provides fascinating insights from her research on the brain's

organizational structure and how the development of functional MRI
technology is changing the field of brain research.

SPEAKER:
Nancy Kanwisher
Investigator, McGovern Institute
Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/366/>

[QUOTE]
"I don't think every mental function of interest happens in one little
bit of the brain. It doesn't make sense. The range of human experience
is too broad and varied to fit each into its own little patch."
--Nancy Kanwisher


EVENT HOST: Soap Box

<http://edcoord.mit.edu/soapbox/>

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[THE PURPOSE OF BUSINESS]

As crude oil futures reach record highs, BP's Browne stresses the need
for industry and government to make improvements in oil and gas
exploration that can "soothe markets" when disruptions--such has
hurricanes and terrorism--strike

SPEAKER:
John Browne
Group Chief Executive, BP p.l.c.
The Lord Browne of Madingley

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/365/>

[QUOTE]
"In developing the Caspian Project and BTC pipeline, we've had to be
involved in issues well beyond narrow technological and commercial
dimensions. We've had to deal with human rights, land ownership,
environmental impact at close detail, at every stage. For the people
running the project, those issues aren't add-ons."
--Lord John Browne


EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management

<http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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