26 - 28 OCT 2026 Utrecht Netherlands

Influencing the brain

Room 12Wed 28 Oct • 17:15–18:15Introductory and overview
In a humorous and energetic presentation, Paul Smit highlights various aspects of human behavior and the functioning of our brain. How does change work? What is the best way to be creative and to innovate? Why are we being influenced so easily? How can we stay flexible in times where everything around us is changing so rapidly? With a lot of humor and concrete examples, Paul gives answers to these questions.

About the speaker

Paul Smit

He gives interactive and humorous presentations about human behavior and the brain and talks about influence, change, innovation and collaboration. Paul Smit graduated with an essay on ’the evolution of human consciousness’. He wrote 14 books on philosophy, psychology and neuroscience. Paul works together with neuroscientist Ayca Szapora on supporting neuroscience research at Leiden University and Dresden.