CMBC LUNCH | Davor Vincze "Interdisciplinary Performance in Immersive & Interactive Environments"
Interdisciplinary Performance in Immersive & Interactive EnvironmentsIn this lecture, Vincze explores how contemporary artistic practices move beyond single disciplines to create experiences that are immersive, interactive, and integrative. Drawing on theoretical frameworks by Janet Murray (immersion and the fourth wall), Ronald Rowe (interactive systems), and Julie Thompson Klein (interdisciplinarity), he examines how these concepts operate in practice through three recent projects: Freedom Collective, an immersive and smartphone-interactive music theatre work; manτεία a multisensory, AI-driven guided exhibition where artworks interact with one another; and On the Other Earth, a large-scale stereoscopic choreographic installation that redefines the boundaries between dance, cinema, sound, and architecture. Together, these case studies show how composers and artists can design environments that balance structure and emergence, agency and framing, inviting audiences not only to observe but to inhabit and…
University Event Topic: Lectures & Meetings. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Music Department. Series: CMBC Lunch. Building/Room: Psychology Building. Speaker/Presenter: Davor Vincze
Guest Artist
Hong Kong Baptist University. Event Open To: Emory Community. Cost: Free. Registration / R.S.V.P. link: https://forms.gle/eXxpEzbhNQkcFFeK7.
Friday, February 27, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
CMBC Suite - PAIS 464.
Springs Faculty Mixer
Faculty are invited to discover what the CMBC has to offer, find new connections within our community, and meet colleagues who share similar areas of research, questions, and methods. Food & Beverages served.
University Event Topic: Community. Faculty. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Building/Room: Psychology Building. Event Open To: Faculty. Cost: Free. Registration / R.S.V.P. link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSez3ItLDnPsC8AHTe2XfS_otkF-FoINl1CQcVFZMbGBL7t0OA/viewform?usp=header. Contact Name: Tamara Beck. Contact Email: tamara.beck@emory.edu.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
CMBC - PAIS 464
(open to Emory Faculty).
CANCELLED - CMBC LECTURE / POSTPONED | Cynthia Moss, Psychological & Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University (lecture details forthcoming)
Co-sponsored with Frontiers in Neuroscience, POSTPONED.
University Event Topic: Lectures & Meetings. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Series: CMBC Lectures / Frontiers in Neuroscience. Building/Room: Whitehead Bldg. Speaker/Presenter: Cynthia Moss
Psychological & Brain Science
Johns Hopkins University. Cost: Free.
Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
CMBC LECTURE | Ken Paller "Sleep-based Memory Reactivation and Opportunities for Better Benefits from Sleep"
"Sleep-based Memory Reactivation and Opportunities for Better Benefits from Sleep"
Sleep is critical not only for its restorative benefits but also for its contributions to memory function. Memory reactivation occurs covertly during sleep. Corresponding changes in the brain move memory consolidation forward, enhancing the likelihood of later remembering and stoking creativity. Our habits of overnight memory reactivation—and the specific memories we reactivate each night—influence our daytime psychological well-being. What transpires in our brains after we fall asleep may seem beyond volitional control. To the contrary, it can be strategically modified to seek various benefits. We have developed methods to modify sleep-based memory reactivation using sensory stimulation, and studies with these methods have uncovered various facets of this covert processing, including dreaming. We’ve also sought insights through studies of the well-documented methods of contemplative sleep practices from Tibetan-Buddhist…
University Event Topic: Lectures & Meetings. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Series: CMBC Lectures. Building/Room: Atwood Chemistry Center. Speaker/Presenter: Ken Paller
Psychology
Northwestern University. Cost: Free.
Monday, March 23, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Atwood 360.
CMBC LECTURE | Chris Krupenye "The Social Minds of Humans and Other Apes"
"The Social Minds of Humans and Other Apes"
Co-sponsored by Emory Departments of Anthropology and Psychology.
University Event Topic: Lectures & Meetings. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Psychology Department. Series: CMBC Lectures. Building/Room: White Hall. Speaker/Presenter: Chris Krupenye
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Johns Hopkins University. Cost: Free.
Thursday, March 26, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
White Hall 205.
CMBC LECTURE | Raphaël Julliard "The Creative Engine and the Sense of Rightness"
“The Creative Engine and the Sense of Rightness”My research operates at the intersection of anthropology, the psychology of creativity, and micro-phenomenology. It is driven by a central question: in the uncertainty of the creative act, how do creators know when it works?
While traditional approaches often rely on retrospective reconstruction, my work focuses on the "creative engine": the real-time feedback loop between Action (what the maker does) and Affect (how the emerging form acts back upon the maker). I posit that creativity is not a cognitive planning process, but a navigational skill steered by a pre-reflective affective criterion—a felt sense of fitness we conceptualize as "Rightness"—guiding the artist between the risks. To study this, I have moved from historical analysis to experimental ethnography, developing a novel methodology—The Researcher-As-Obstacle (RAO)—designed to investigate the creative mind in action. My goal is to establish a rigorous anthropology of this navigational competence,…
University Event Topic: Lectures & Meetings. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Series: CMBC Lectures. Building/Room: Atwood Chemistry Center. Speaker/Presenter: Raphaël Julliard
Anthropology of the Creative Process | Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale, Ehess, Paris, France. Event Open To: Emory Community. Cost: Free.
Friday, April 3, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
PAIS 230.
CMBC WORKSHOP | "The Cognitive Science of Compassion" (details forthcoming)
Details forthcoming.
University Event Topic: Lectures & Meetings. A Year of Compassion. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Series: CMBC Workshop. Building/Room: Psychology Building. Event Open To: Private Event. Cost: Free.
Saturday, May 16, 2026 – Sunday, May 17, 2026.
By Invitation Only.