BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY ROOM! Bill Hager has reserved “The Pine Room” at Orange Baptist Church. Enter a t the side door adjacent to the parking lot. Rotarian Pat McAloon intro duces us to Dennis Proffitt\, Commonwealth Professor of Psychology\, Emer itus\, at the University of Virginia. He has authored about two hundred r esearch publications\, mostly in the area of human visual perception\, an d a 2020 book with Drake Baer\, Perception: How our Bodies Shape our Mind s. During his 40-year tenure at the University\, Professor Proffitt Chai red the Department of Psychology\, founded and directed the Cognitive Sci ence Degree Program\, and received the University’s highest recognition f or teaching\, the Cavalier Distinguished Teaching Professorship. In 2021\ , he received the Thomas Jefferson Award for Excellence in Scholarship\, the highest honor given by the University to a faculty member. What our E yes tell Us about being Human Our eyes are not only windows on our world \, but they are also windows on our evolution and ways of life. When\, f or example\, the Revolutionary Commander at the Battle of Bunker Hill bel lowed\, “Don’t fire till you see the whites of their eyes\,” he was refer ring to the white outer layer of our eyes\, called the sclera. Humans ar e the only great ape to have white sclera\, which facilitates our social communication by making it easier to tell where other people are looking. Comparing human eyes to those of other animals tells us a great deal ab out human nature\, including such topics as the consequences of our havin g hands\, why our bodies are not covered in fur like most other mammals\, and the evolution of human skin color. This talk was first delivered as part of the University of Virginia undergraduate speaker series “Unforge ttable Lectures.” Website: https://uva.theopenscholar.com/dennis-proffitt / DTEND:20220906T130000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T054310Z DTSTART:20220906T120000Z LOCATION:ORANGE BAPTIST CHURCH OR https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2073950485?pwd =OFFlaGtUSXJsU2RNbUZjSkpsZklTQT09 SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Perception: How our Bodies Shape our Minds UID:b811d162-626e-4ae0-99a9-f5f5dfa61289 X-ALT-DESC:
NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF COMMUN ITY ROOM! Bill Hager has reserved &ldquo\;The Pine Room&rdquo\; at Orange Baptist Church. Enter at the side door adjacent to the parking lot.  \;
\n\nRotarian Pat McAloon introduces us to Dennis Proff itt\, Commonwealth Professor of Psychology\, Emeritus\, at the University of Virginia. He has authored about two hundred research publications\, m ostly in the area of human visual perception\, and a 2020 book with Drake Baer\, Perception: How our Bodies Shape our Minds.  \; During his 40-year tenure at the University\, Professor Proffitt Chair ed the Department of Psychology\, founded and directed the Cognitive Scie nce Degree Program\, and received the University&rsquo\;s highest recogni tion for teaching\, the Cavalier Distinguished Teaching Professorship. In 2021\, he received the Thomas Jefferson Award for Excellence in Scholars hip\, the highest honor given by the University to a faculty member.
\ n\nWhat our Eyes tell Us about being Human \; \;Our eyes are not only windows on our world\, but they are also windows on our evolution and ways of life. \; When\, for example\, the Revol utionary Commander at the Battle of Bunker Hill bellowed\, &ldquo\;Don&rs quo\;t fire till you see the whites of their eyes\,&rdquo\; he was referr ing to the white outer layer of our eyes\, called the sclera. \; Huma ns are the only great ape to have white sclera\, which facilitates our so cial communication by making it easier to tell where other people are loo king. \; Comparing human eyes to those of other animals tells us a gr eat deal about human nature\, including such topics as the consequences o f our having hands\, why our bodies are not covered in fur like most othe r mammals\, and the evolution of human skin color. \; This talk was f irst delivered as part of the University of Virginia undergraduate speake r series &ldquo\;Unforgettable Lectures.&rdquo\;
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