What makes us human? Us and other animals
St Petersburg University Representative Office in Barcelona invites you to the online lecture "What makes us human? Us and other animals", a part of the "Something human. Homo sapiens as a uniquely human species" online series. The lecture will be given by Daria Podvigina, candidate of psychology.
Homo sapiens — knowledgeable man — is fundamentally different from any other species on the planet. But what is it that makes us unique? Speech, intelligence, or consciousness? Empathy? Or perhaps a sense of humour or artistic ability? To a greater or lesser extent, all of the above qualities are inherent not only in humans, but also in animals. During our next meeting we will talk about a number of physical, social, biological and emotional qualities that make us human, many of which you may not have even realised.
Lecturer
Daria Podvigina graduated from the Faculty of Psychology at St Petersburg University in 2002 and started working at Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the same year. Since 2015, she has been Senior Research Associate at the Laboratory for Cognitive Studies at St Petersburg University (since 2020 — the Institute for Cognitive Studies at the University). Her main research interests are neurophysiological and psychophysiological mechanisms of visual perception and recognition of complex images. She is the author of more than 40 scholarly papers. In addition to her research activities, she teaches a number of courses at the Institute for Cognitive Studies and at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences at St Petersburg University (lecture courses "Introduction to Life Sciences", "Human: Evolution, Culture, Behaviour", and others).
The meeting will be held online in Russian with simultaneous interpreting into Spanish.