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He is best known for his work on sensory substitution, time perception, brain plasticity, synesthesia, and neurolaw.<\/p>\n<p>Presentations by David Eagleman focus on such subjects as neuroscience, epidemics and the relationship between art and science. This material is drawn from his distinguished career as a researcher and scientist.<\/p>\n<p>Eagleman is a Guggenheim Fellow, a winner of the McGovern Award for Excellence in Biomedical Communication, a Next Generation Texas Fellow, Vice-Chair on the World Economic Forum&#8217;s Global Agenda Council on Neuroscience &amp; Behaviour, a research fellow in the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Chief Scientific Advisor for the Mind Science Foundation, and a board member of The Long Now Foundation. He is an academic editor for several scientific journals. He was named Science Educator of the Year by the Society for Neuroscience, and was featured as one of the year&#8217;s Brightest Idea Guys by Italy&#8217;s Style magazine. He is founder of the company BrainCheck, the scientific advisor for the television drama Perception, and has been profiled on the Colbert Report, NOVA Science Now, the New Yorker, CNN&#8217;s Next List, and many other venues. He appears regularly on radio and television to discuss literature and science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Themes: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exploring the Neuroscience of the Conscious Mind<\/li>\n<li>The Story of Brain Plasticity<\/li>\n<li>Innovation<\/li>\n<li>Human Creativity<\/li>\n<li>Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"video-block_9b9bd4e30ddd66b7c94d64b8e36d0fed\" class=\"block-video space-y-4 my-10\">\n  <div class=\"container-small\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative my-10 aspect-video embed\">\n      <div class=\"z-20\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can we create new senses for humans? | David Eagleman\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4c1lqFXHvqI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>      <\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6010,"menu_order":640,"template":"","profile_category":[329,312,313,159,153,143,111],"profile_tag":[171,483,186,165,472,478],"profile_language":[],"class_list":["post-9514","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-wellbeing-health-keynote-speakers","profile_category-digitalisation-technology-keynote-speakers","profile_category-attitude-change-keynote-speakers","profile_category-growth-development","profile_category-society-future","profile_category-creativity-innovation","profile_category-keynote-speakers","profile_tag-creativity-innovation","profile_tag-david-eagleman","profile_tag-growth-development","profile_tag-health-well-being","profile_tag-keynote-speaker","profile_tag-myspeaker"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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