Wonderful Minds

Find out how illusions not only deceive our senses but reveal the inner workings of our minds, how fear works, and why irrationality makes up the greater part of human life and history.

The Magic of Numbers

Wednesday 5 June 2019 6pm
York Explore Library, Library Square, Museum Street

Discover more about the fascinating world of numbers with psychologist Silke Goebel of the University of York.

How the World Thinks

Wednesday 5 June 2019 8pm
Ron Cooke Hub, Campus East, University of York

Writer Julian Baggini presents a global overview of philosophy. Find out why all cultures are different and have diverse ways of thinking.

The Science of Sin: Why we do the things we know we shouldn't

Friday 7 June 2019 6.30pm
Ron Cooke Hub, Campus East, University of York

Why do we all tend to succumb to temptation from time to time, even when we know we shouldn’t? Join neurobiologist Jack Lewis.

The Gendered Brain: The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain

Tuesday 11 June 2019 8pm
Ron Cooke Hub, Campus East, University of York

Neuroscientist Gina Rippon of Aston University explodes the myth that there are differences between the male and female brain.

The Spectacle of Illusion: Magic, the paranormal and the complicity of the mind

Wednesday 12 June 2019 8pm
Ron Cooke Hub, Campus East, University of York

Professional magician-turned-psychologist Matthew L Tompkins investigates the arts of deception as practiced and popularised by mesmerists, magicians and psychics.