A Cultural History of the Vagus Nerve
Abstract From the Latin vagus, meaning wanderer or vagrant, the vagus nerve – also known as the vagal nerve – is the tenth cranial nerve. The vagus nerve is a […]
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Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Weaving Genetics with Silk in Japan – Lisa Onaga
Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaAbstract When the history of raw silk is traced by following the thread of commodity formation and trade, our capacity to fully grasp the interactions among the insects, plants, and […]
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If peer review is broken, what can fix it? Some suggestions from the repliCATS project (Collaborative Assessments for Trustworthy Science) – Prof Fiona Fidler
Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaAbstract In many scientific fields, post-publication surveys of the literature find that peer reviewers routinely overlook methodological flaws and statistical errors, avoid reporting suspected instances of fraud, and commonly reach […]
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A Defence of Minimal-Rewrite Counterfactuals in the History of Science – Prof Gregory Radick – University of Leeds
Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaAbstract: What if, at the 1927 Solvay conference, the causal interpretation of quantum mechanics had received a more sympathetic hearing? What if Charles Darwin had died on the Beagle voyage […]
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Quantifying the Human? – Dr Cristian Larroulet Philippi – The University of Melbourne
Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaAbstract: Quantitative measurement in the human sciences remains both widespread and controversial. Are depression scales, intelligence tests, etc. valid measurement instruments? Do they deliver quantitative or merely ordinal information? I […]
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GenAI and mental health – Elena Walsh – University of Wollongong
Michael Spence Building F23, Ground Floor, Auditorium 1, The University of Sydney, AustraliaHuman beings are social and dependent creatures. We rely on friends, romantic partners, family, communities, therapists, and other confidantes for support, insight, and understanding. And yet, we have recently entered […]
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The Ian Langham Memorial Lecture – Uncle Rob Cooley, Gamay Rangers
Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaBio: Uncle Rob Cooley is a saltwater man with connections to Gamay-Botany Bay and the NSW South Coast. Currently, Uncle Rob is Senior Ranger and Leader of the Gamay Rangers, a […]
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Planetary Health beyond Spaceship Earth? – Warwick Anderson
Carslaw Building Lecture Theatre 275 Carslaw Building (F07), Level 2, Room 275, The University of Sydney, NSW, AustraliaAbstract For more than ten years, concern about the impacts on human health of degradation of the earth’s life-support systems has been expressed in terms of ‘planetary health’. The current […]
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Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South
Carslaw Building 450 Carslaw Building (F07), Level 4, Room 450, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaAbstract: “Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South” documents the impact of racial segregation and the fight for medical civil rights in the state […]