Suparna Choudhury
Research Scholar
Ph.D.
Funded by the Minerva Program of the Max Planck Society
Residence: September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2014
Profile
Suparna Choudhury is currently investigating the development of naturalized conceptions of adolescence through cognitive neuroscience as part of the Cerebral Subject project, which traces the historical development, topography and functioning of ‘brainhood’ in contemporary culture (http://www.brainhood.net). This follows from her postdoctoral research on cultural constructions of the brain at the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University and her PhD in Neuroscience on social cognitive development during adolescence at University College London. She is also developing an interdisciplinary project on Critical Neuroscience, which aims to open up new experimental and interpretive possibilities by connecting social and historical studies of neuroscience to experimental neuroscience, itself (http://www.critical-neuroscience.org).
Selected publications
Choudhury, S., Nagel, S.K., Slaby, J. "Critical Neuroscience: linking neuroscience and society through critical practice. . " BioSocieties 4 (01 2009)
Talks and presentations
January 2009
– Linking neuroscience and society through critical practice - Critical Neuroscience conference, UCLA
November 2008
– Critical Neuroscience: the example of the adolescent brain - Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabruck
July 2008
– Critical Neuroscience: idea and applications - Critical Neuroscience workshop, McGill University, Montreal
October 2007
– The social brain and its cultural context - Culture and Mental Health Research Meeting, McGill University, Montreal
June 2007
– Social cognitive development during adolescence - Lifespan Institute Social Cognition Think Tank, California
Teaching activities
November 2008
– Critical Neuroscience - Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabruck, Germany
February 2009
– Empathy - Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal
