Talking Progress: The Meeting of Hearts and Minds
- Progress Festival
- Alexander Theatre
The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts
Monash University Clayton Campus
FREE TICKETED EVENT
Past Event
Join our panel of experts and creative thinkers to explore the latest thinking around the connection between our hearts and our brains.
We have all asked ourselves at one point or another whether we should use our head or follow our heart but research is shedding light on just how closely our hearts and brains communicate with one another. Once simply thought to be a transactional interaction, each heart-beat pumping blood filled with oxygen to our brains, and our brain signalling back to our heart to control how fast it beats, we now know that the connection runs far deeper.
Join us as we bring together a panel spanning cardiology, psychology, health equity and the arts to discuss how intriguing and expansive the heart-mind connection is, how it impacts the health of our communities, and what the future of research looks like for this fascinating field.
Bring your curiosity, creativity, and a device to connect for some interactive discussion.
with
Prof Kim Cornish, Monash University, Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, Psychology.
Dr David Willams, leading Australian theatre practitioner, director and co-author of Grace Under Pressure.
Chaired by: Professor Stephen Nicholls, Director of Monash Heart, Monash Health and Professor of Cardiology, Monash University.
Image credit: The Public Health Image Library from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
