Tuesday, April 2, 2013
6:30 p.m.
River Oaks Country Club
Tickets start at $250
Tables start at $2,500

If the conscious mind – the part you consider to be you – is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?

Resonating with a Jungian perspective, this is the question that neuroscientist, New York Times best-selling author, and Guggenheim Fellow Dr. David Eagleman has spent years researching and the question that he will explore at The Jung Center’s 27th Annual Benefit Dinner.

Please join us for an intimate evening with Dr. Eagleman and discover why The New York Times called him “the kind of guy who really does make being a neuroscientist look like fun.”

The Jung Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing continuing education for the human spirit. Thanks to the support of students and donors, classes engage the intellect and capture the imagination in more than 200 events every year. The Spring Benefit is The Jung Center’s primary fundraiser each year. By attending or supporting the Benefit, you make the educational programs of The Jung Center possible.

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist, New York Times best-selling author and Guggenheim Fellow who holds joint appointments in the Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Eagleman's areas of research include time perception, vision, synesthesia, and the intersection of neuroscience and the legal system. He directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action, and is the Founder and Director of Baylor College of Medicine's initiative on Neuroscience and Law. Dr. Eagleman has written several neuroscience books, including Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia, and the upcoming LiveWired: How the Brain Reconfigures Itself. He has also written an internationally bestselling book of literary fiction, Sum, which has been translated into 27 languages, was named a Best Book of the Year by Barnes and Noble, New Scientist, and the Chicago Tribune, and was developed into an opera by Max Richter and the Royal Opera House. Dr. Eagleman has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, DISCOVER, Slate, Wired, and New Scientist, appears regularly on National Public Radio and BBC to discuss both science and literature, and has been profiled in The New Yorker.

For reservations: Contact Jen Wilkins at 713-524-8253 x16 or jwilkins@junghouston.org.