Special Guest | Sidarta Ribeiro

Sidarta Ribeiro is a Brazilian neuroscientist, writer, science communicator, and deputy director of the Brain Institute at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).

Bachelor in Biology from the University of Brasília (1993), Master in Biophysics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1994) and PhD in Animal Behavior from Rockefeller University (2000), with a postdoctoral degree in Neurophysiology from Duke University (2005). He has experience in neuroethology, molecular neurobiology and systems neurophysiology, with an interest in the following topics: memory, sleep and dreams; neuronal plasticity; vocal communication; symbolic competence in non-human animals; computational psychiatry; neuroeducation; medical cannabis; psychedelics and drug policy. Author of more than 100 scientific articles and 5 books, among them O Oracle da Noite (Objectiva)

Last Publication | Oracle of the Night
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