Curious Behavior

A Celebration of Undergraduate Research at UMBC

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

Date & Time

March 12, 2014, 7:00 pm8:30 pm

Description

Robert R. Provine, Research Professor and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at UMBC

Robert Provine's latest book, Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping, and Beyond, has received rave reviews. It won the PROSE Award 2012 as the best book in biomedicine and neuroscience and was selected as a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Professor Provine will reflect on his 39-year career at UMBC and discuss how undergraduate research can change the way we look at human behavior and solve ancient problems.

Sponsored by Social Sciences Forum. Co-sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities.