November 1, 2006

Joseph LeDoux plus music by The Amygdaloids


A NIGHT OF MENTAL DISORDER

NYU neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux lectures on Fearful Brains in an Anxious World.
Followed by his band, The Amygdaloids, performing songs of mental disorder.
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/corefaculty/LeDoux.php
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/home/ledoux/

The Amygdaloids are:
Tyler Volk, Environmental Scientist (Lead Guitar)
Joe LeDoux, Neuroscientist (Guitar)
Nina Galbraith Curley, Psychologist(Bass)
Daniela Schiller, Neuroscientist (Drums)
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/home/ledoux/Amygdaloids/Amygdaloids.htm

Joseph LeDoux's 2 popular books are:
LeDoux, J.E. (1996) The Emotional Brain. New York, Simon and Schuster.
LeDoux J.E. (2002) Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are. New York, Viking.

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