Patrick Haggard spoke at this event

Neurological basis of the bimanual coordination

Neurological basis of the bimanual coordination

Spoke at the 6th form philosophy conference organised by Cheltenham Ladies College.

Chaired the steering committee of the Department of Health-funded SCAMP study of children and mobile phones

Speaker at one-day masterclass

Is free will simply an illusion? Or are you the master of your own fate? Whether or not we control our destiny is an age old debate amongst philosophers, but modern neuroscience has weighed in with its own ideas on the matter. Philosopher Julian Baggini and neuroscientist Patrick Haggard ask: do we have free will?

UCL scientists find that crossing the fingers can confuse the way the brain processes sensations - reducing pain in some cases

Paul Broks tackles an age-old philosophical argument over whether humans have free will or whether all events are pre-determined. As a neuroscientist he is interested in the latest info on how our brains work. He also goes back to the 18th century French thinker Henry Poincare who argued that the universe was entirely mechanistic and that therefore all events in it are pre-ordained. Paul talks to researchers in the field including Professor Patrick Haggard of University College London to establish whether there is any place for human free will in a determined universe. This programme is part of a week of programmes looking at the history of ideas around Freedom.

Prof. Haggard gave a plenary lecture on "Brain timing and voluntary action" at the Genova Science Festival, Italy, on 1st November. The lecture was covered in the local press (attached), and will be featured on Swiss radio.