Events

Past Event

Imagine This: Reflections on Human Imagination

April 9, 2025
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Columbia University, 609 West 129th Street, New York

Event Description 

Join an insightful conversation and interactive activity about human imagination and aphantasia, the inability to form mental images. Speakers will discuss diverse ways of thinking and imagining and invite you to explore what your mental image looks like. An activity will encourage participants to reflect on how they and others may perceive the world differently. 

Event Speakers

  • Tom Ebeyer, Founder of Aphantasia Network
  • Steve Fleming, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London
  • Sarah Shomstein, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at George Washington University
  • Moderated by Alfredo Spagna, Lecturer in Psychology at Columbia University

Event Information

Free and open to the public, registration required. Please visit the event wepbage or email [email protected] with any questions. 

Part of the Exploring Minds event. 

Hosted by the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University. Co-sponsored by the Wallach Art Gallery and Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience.