“Neuroscience and Videogames: what they can teach us about difficult decisions” is the theme of the next 6th Com Ciência, at Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos, scheduled for March 16, at 20:30. Roberto Medina, scientist, will be the guest of this conversation, which marks the Brain Week, which takes place between 12 and 16 March.
Roberto Medina is a mathematician who became a neuroscience student at the Champalimaud Foundation to finally work as a data analyst at a video game company.
The Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos says that “as part of his PhD work at the Champalimaud Foundation, Roberto Medina asked people to play simple video games, and observed how difficult choices can give rise to interesting behaviors”.
The scientist "has also developed a mathematical theory that explains people's behavior in the game and now uses similar statistical techniques to help mobile game company Miniclip create the best experiences for its users."
The Champalimaud Foundation, which is associated with the Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos in this initiative, will commemorate the Week of the Brain with contacts between its scientists, via Skype, with the general public, with the Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos being the only one where a scientist will visit .
The scientists from the Champalimaud Foundation will be in conversation with the Ciência Viva Centers of Aveiro, Alviela and the Open Science Platform of Barca D'Alva.
The Champalimaud Foundation and the Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos have maintained regular collaborations, namely with the participation of neuroscientists or the support that the Foundation provided to the Portuguese Congress of Science Communication, SciCom Pt 2015, held in
Lagos.
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