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© Nicholas Irving

Oxford Neuroscience researchers feature widely in the festival programme.

Muscular Dystrophy in the new genomics era

Thursday 23 June  17:00 Museum of Natural History £7 (£5 conc)

Kay Davies

Can five-a-day keep dementia away?

Saturday 25 June 15:00 Story Museum £5 (£4 conc)

John Gallacher

Humans 2.0

Saturday 25 June 15:00 Town Hall Long Room £5 (£4 conc)

The Living Well Tales – Stroke

Sunday 26 June 17:30 Story Museum £5 (£4 conc)

Town Hall Programme  

Saturday 25 June 12:00–17:00

Sunday 26 June 13:00–17:00

  • Train Your Brain – Cognitive Neuropsychology Centre
  • The Brain Game – Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
  • The Psychscience Booth: A Window Into Psychological Research - Oxford Brookes
  • Get to Know your Brain – Oxford Neuroscience

Street Fair Programme (Broad Street and Cornmarket)                

Saturday 25 June 11:00–17:00

Sunday 26 June 13:00–17:00 

  • Train Your Brain – Cognitive Neuropsychology Centre
  • Tick-Tock Goes Your Body Clock – MRC Harwell
  • Rhythms of Life – Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute

 A very short introduction to: Severe Mental Illness

Monday 27 June  12.30-13.15 Blackwell’s Bookshop Free Drop-in

Tom Burns

A very short introduction to: Mental Health During Adolescence 

Tuesday 28 June  12.30-13.15 Blackwell’s Bookshop Free Drop-in

Belinda Lennox and Peter Smith

A very short introduction to: Drugs for Mental health

Wedneday 29 June 12.30-13.15 Blackwell’s Bookshop Free Drop-in

Les Iversen

A very short introduction to: Mental Health Services

Thursday 30 June 12.30-13.15 Blackwell’s Bookshop Free Drop-in

David Clark

The Neurococktail Bar 

Thursday 30 June 19.30 St Aldate's Tavern £5 (£4 conc)

Elizabeth Tunbridge

A very short introduction to: Sleep

Friday 1 July 12.30-13.15 Blackwell’s Bookshop Free Drop-in

Russell Foster

Templars Square Shopping Centre Programme

Saturday 2 July 11:00–17:00 

  • Stroke: Risks and Prevention
  • Train Your Brain
  • Rhythms of Life