Events
Making Sense of Senses - Dr. Dan Bergman
Date and Time
Thursday, November 10, 2016 8:00 PM
Description
Dr. Daniel Bergman is an associate professor and chair of the Biomedical Sciences at Grand Valley State University. His doctorate is in Neuroscience from Bowling Green State University and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kentucky. His research is focused on sensory physiology and disorders and has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
Our sensory systems give us great insight into the world by acquiring stimuli and allowing our brains to synthesize the information into sensations and perceptions. Yet we know there is an immense amount of variability in normal functioning senses, to the point that our perceptions of the external world can be quite different from others’. In addition, differences and changes in our senses over time can be used to diagnose and even potentially treat or prevent various neurological disorders. In this Science on Tap, Dr. Bergman will explain how the senses work and conduct a variety of interactive demonstrations to reveal how each of our senses individually differ and what those differences mean.