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SUMMARY:What's a brain for? A moving story - Dr Daniel Wolpert\, FRS [CBL\
 , Cambridge]
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CONTACT:Thomas Irving
DESCRIPTION:_The effortless ease with which humans move our arms\, our eye
 s\, even our lips when we speak masks the true complexity of the control p
 rocesses involved. This is evident when we try to build machines to perfor
 m human control tasks. While computers can now beat grandmasters at chess\
 , no computer can yet control a robot to manipulate a chess piece with the
  dexterity of a six-year-old child. A major factor that makes control hard
  is the uncertainty inherent in the world and in our own sensory and motor
  systems.  I will review our work that demonstrate that a key feature of s
 killed human motor performance is the ability of the brain to perform opti
 mally in the presence of uncertainty._\n\n\nThe talk is free for members o
 f BioSoc\, and £1 for everyone else.
LOCATION:Large Lecture Theater\, Department of Plant Sciences\, Downing Si
 te
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