31.10.2018Diagnosis zombie: What neuroplasticity and degenerative conditions can tell us about the brain

Dr. Stefanie Borowy, AG Neuroplastizität, Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, BG UK Bergmannsheil

This talk takes you on a tour through the human brain, based on the studies of Dr. Steven C. Schlozman, Harvard lecturer and science fiction author. The psychiatrist blurs the distinction between reality and fantasy and translates the idea of zombism into a fictional neurological disorder called “Ataxic Neurodegenerative Satiety Deficiency”-syndrome. Some symptoms of this disorder may very well derive from disturbances in specific areas of the brain – zombies can therefore serve as an interesting model for a number of neurodegenerative diseases. An excursion into the field of neuroparasitology is furthermore going to demonstrate that the concept of zombism is much closer to our reality than it might seem at first glance.