Jason Scott Robert 
Lincoln Associate Professor of Life Sciences, Director, Bioethics, Policy and Law Program,
Center for Biology and Society, School of Life Sciences, and Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, Arizona State University
Associate Professor of Basic Medical Sciences, The University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix, in partnership with Arizona State University
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What can we learn about human brains by studying non-human animals?
The human brain is fairly complicated, and studying the human brain and human behavior directly is often methodologically, epistemically, politically, and ethically fraught. There are many strategies to overcome these challenges, from many disciplinary perspectives. How much do we, and how much should we, rely on studies with non-human animals to understand our brains? What can we - and what can't we - learn about the human brain by studying non-human animals, whether in the mode of model organism-based research, or in a more comparative mode? This presentation will explore epistemological, methodological, and ethical dimensions of debates about the putative limits of studies with non-human animals in understanding our brains, our selves, and our place in nature.
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