Name: Bang Your Heads Together!
Start: 2016-05-23T
End: 2016-05-23T
Location: The Green

Brain, what a marvellous organ. What goes on in our brains? We've all been there - sat across the table from each other on a first date. Have you ever wondered what the other was thinking? If they found you romantically attractive? Come join us to find out! We will be discussing the psychology of romance and romantic attraction. But it's not over yet, what happens if our brain is deprived of oxygen at birth? What can science do to help and avoid the dramatic consequences of neurotrauma?
During the event, there will be Pint of Science & Elsevier goodies to be won!

The Psychology of Romance and Romantic Attraction

Dr Martin Graff (Reader in Psychology )

Why attraction is important to us? What are the gender differences in attraction, and what features men and women find attractive?
I will also discuss how our levels of attractiveness are perceived to alter at certain times, in addition to covering the utility of studying attraction and the other positive features which are related to levels of attraction. The talk will also look at online dating, and give some research based advice on this. The session will conclude by considering differences between males and females in what they seek in a romantic partner.

Neurotrauma: can we save newborns with brain injuries?

Dr Ping Yip (Non-clinical Lecturer in Neurotrauma)

Newborn babies can suffer deprivation of oxygen and/or blood supply anytime during or before birth, often with no identifiable cause, resulting in disability or death in moderate to severe cases. This type of brain injury or neurotrauma can occur up to 4/1000 live births in western countries. Therefore, there is a desperate need understand brain injury for brain-saving treatments. Our research involves studying biological markers from a small amount of blood of brain-injured babies using the latest technologies to determine the level of damage in an injured newborn brain.

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