Discover your brain at planète santé
© 2016 EPFL / Alain Herzog
What does it feel like to recover from brain damage? Have you ever tricked your senses into sensing one thing but experiencing something entirely different? Walk inside a huge inflatable brain and play with optical illusions. These are some of the experiments that you can try at Brain Days, De l’oeil au cerveau and Au delà du réel, three EPFL stands at planète santé, open to the general public from today November 24th until Sunday the 27th at the SwissTech Convention Center.
Experience what it’s like to learn how to draw again after damage to the brain. Try an experiment where you trick your mind into feeling as though your hand is being caressed by a feather. Have a taste test, or smell a series of strange odors, and learn how your brain interprets and learns these signals. Walk into a giant inflatable brain and learn about how the brain works, what causes a migraine and possible treatments. These are some of the things that you can learn at Brain Days, one of EPFL’s educational stands, about your own brain and its incredible ability to adapt.
De l’oeil au cerveau is the stand dedicated to optical illusions, where you can experience that there is indeed more than meets the eye. See how a play of perspective can distort your reality, and even take a picture of it as a souvenir.
Au delà du réel is where you will learn about immersive technology and how EPFL scientists are using this to treat chronic pain in a sensory-rich and personalized environment. Experience their technology and immerse yourself in Lake Geneva by wearing virtual reality glasses, and feel the lapping of the waves at your feet as you pretend to walk into the lake.
Salon planète santé is Switzerland’s health fair, from today November 24th until Sunday November 27th, with over 80 stands and more than 100 conferences with themes ranging from cancer on Friday, diabetes on Saturday and nutrition on Sunday. More information at http://www.planetesante.ch/
