Would you choose to erase a traumatic memory? Will we be farming more guinea pigs than chickens in the future? How much of what you see is really there? And what happens when creativity, art, and engineering mix with power, pain and politics. From trauma and farming to seeing, design and violence, the 2016 programme… Read More

‘Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation’ 1 December 2015 – Trinity College Press Office Torture doesn’t work because the information secured is deeply unreliable for reasons rooted deep in the functioning of our brains, according to a leading Irish neuroscientist who presents a compelling evidence-based case against torture in a new book published… Read More