BU academics will share听their research and knowledge in free public events running as part of the Soapbox Science initiative.
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Soapbox Science is a novel public outreach programme for promoting women scientists and the work they do, transforming public spaces into arenas for learning.
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天美传媒鈥檚 Shanti Shanker, Anna Bobak and Dr Rachel Moseley will run听separate events in locations across the country as part of Soapbox Science 2016.
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Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology Shanti Shanker will be in Exeter鈥檚 Princesshay Square on Saturday 11 June, between 1pm and 4pm. Her event Spotless mind: the science behind selective forgetting will explore the brain mechanisms involved in memory control and motivated forgetting.
Shanti said: 鈥淪oapbox Science is something which encourages women scientists to actually stand out on a podium, on a soapbox and talk about their science.听听
鈥淔or my talk I鈥檓 hoping to talk about the parts of the brain that are involved in memory processes and give a better understanding of the different mechanisms of forgetting and motivated forgetting.鈥�
BU Research Fellow Anna Bobak will be standing on a soapbox in Oxford on Saturday 18 June where she鈥檒l be talking about Face recognition - a very special super power. The Soapbox Science event will run in Cornmarket Street from 2pm 鈥� 5pm.
鈥淎t Soapbox Science in Oxford, I will be talking about unfamiliar face recognition and its challenges in everyday life,鈥� said Anna.
鈥淪tanding on a soapbox in a middle of a street is a fantastic opportunity to disseminate research to people who typically may not encounter science and if anyone takes one interesting 鈥渇ace fact鈥� with them on the day, then I see this as job well done!鈥�
Dr Rachel Moseley, a Lecturer in Psychology at BU, will be taking part in the Soapbox Science event in Bristol鈥檚 Broadmead Shopping Centre from 12pm 鈥� 3pm on Saturday 16 July.
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She will share her research into the parts of the brain involved in psychological processes and autism spectrum conditions during her talk, Amazing brains and the autism spectrum.
鈥淚鈥檒l be talking about the various amazing things that the brain does and my other big research focus, which is autism spectrum conditions,鈥� she said.
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Rachel added: 鈥淪cience is still a domain where people don鈥檛 really expect to see women 鈥� which is really shocking in 2016.
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鈥淪oapbox Science is really important because it鈥檚 challenging that and showing young girls that who might wish to go into science that this is a domain where they can do really well and they can bring really important things to the workforce.鈥澨�
