Oliver Turnbull
@oliverturnbul15
Prof of Neuropsychology (mainly emotions). Herder of cats (mainly academic). Sometime painter, garden labourer and stargazer.
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05-07-2018 10:01:06
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And I was able to cut my lawn in January. Which is either an impressive gardening achievement, or a suggestion that there may be a bit of climate change going on? Prof. Christian Dunn
Bizarrely, last month, I cut my lawn in January. Today, I cut my lawn in February. Fortunately, this has nothing to do with climate change… Prof. Christian Dunn
A few hours teaching neuroanatomy on our Year 1 ‘Brain and Mind’ module. The Bangor Psychology offer is that every student gets to hold a real human brain. The Human Tissue Act (quite rightly) means I can’t show that brain. But here’s what I sketched while teaching…
🧠🧠🧠There is no substitute for the life-changing experience of holding a human brain in your own hands! For more information and to apply, please visit: visceralmind.bangor.ac.uk Oliver Turnbull Nils Muhlert
I’ve been working with Prof. Christian Dunn to collect wetlands material to analyse on my trip to the bottom of Africa. And the local golf course has impressive wetlands! But I discovered today that they also have these snake-themed signs at the edge of the rough…
For those worried about Prof. Christian Dunn saying that wetland snakes aren’t dangerous… this is not my swollen hand after a bite! It’s a prickly pear fruit. The fruit that the cheerful bear sings about in The Jungle Book. And (sorry Christian) I’m a long way from a wetland!
Yesterday I was able to collect the African leg of wetlands mud data for Prof. Christian Dunn. He wanted me to locate it with the ‘what3words’ app. Instead, my phone logged it by taking a picture from outer space… Are these the geolocation data you needed, Christian?
The first day of our @VisceralMind brain dissection summer school. Afterwards, I took our students on a tour of Bangor University architecture and art collection. Another wonderful connection between art and (neuro)anatomy.