CARTA: Imagination: Lera Boroditsky - Building Complex Knowledge with Language and Imagination

This symposium explores the evolutionary origins of human imagination, its impact on the sciences and arts, the consequences of imagination impairment, and the fundamental genetic and neurological basis of human imagination. The ability to cognitively transcend the physical is one of the very hallmarks of human intelligence. Lera Boroditsky, UC San Diego. Recorded on 06/01/2018. [7/2018] [Show ID: 33812] CARTA: Imagination and Human Origins () Explore More Science & Technology on UCTV () Science and technology continue to change our lives. University of California scientists are tackling the important questions like climate change, evolution, oceanography, neuroscience and the potential of stem cells.