Conference by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, followed by conversation with Norberto Paredes

What Makes us Human?

Cartagena 2025, Saturday 1 February 2025

Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (Argentina) is a physicist, mathematician and neuroscientist, as well as an authority on the neuronal mechanisms of visual perception and memory. In his latest publication, Cosas que nunca creerías. De la ciencia ficción a la neurociencia, the author explores the working of the brain. Quian Quiroga is the discoverer of “concept neurones”, sometimes known as “Grandmother cells”, and he investigates neurological advances that, in some cases, are bringing us close to possibilities that, until now, seemed to be from the realm of science fiction. Since 2019 he has been a member of the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences, and he currently lectures at the Hospital del Mar’s Research Institute in Barcelona. Rodrigo Quian Quiroga offers his conference What makes us Human?, followed by a Q&A session moderated by Norberto Paredes.