"Origins of behaviour",
Professor David Armstrong, Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King's College London
With recent advances in neuroscience the promise of a physical explanation for human behaviour seems to be getting closer. At the same time behaviour is increasingly seen as an important factor in maintaining health and treating disease. Throughout this engagement, however, the idea of ‘behaviour’ is very much taken-for-granted. This presentation will therefore explore, through an examination of contemporary medical journals, how behaviour emerged as a key problem for science and health care between the 19th and 21st centuries. It is argued that the origins of the concept/problem are relatively recent.
Tuesday 5 February at 5pm in Medawar G01 Lankester Lecture Theatre, University College London
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