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Come one, come all to the best decision you'll make. Listen to two talks about our brains: how we make decisions, and how alcohol can affect the cognition of babies. Test your trivia skills for mad prizes, and enjoy delish food at the same time.
Making decisions in the human mind
Claire Naughtin
(Senior Research Consultant, CSIRO's Data61)
I'll explore some of the science behind how humans make decisions. Why do we sometimes struggle to do two or more things at once? Can we 'train' ourselves to be better multi-taskers? I'll present some recent research that addresses these questions.
Frisky whisky and cheeky pints
Diana Lucia
(PhD Student, University of Queensland)
It's well established that alcohol consumption during pregnancy is not recommended, but what are the risks of drinking around conception and prior to pregnancy recognition when considering the long term health outcomes of the fetus?
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