This keynote is a sweeping, poetic tour of what makes a self, blending neuroscience, evolution, memory, relationships and metaphor into a vivid portrait of human identity. Diane Ackerman explores how the brain constructs experience, how relationships shape our inner life, and how memory, emotion and imagination continually revise who we are. Participants are invited into a playful, profound meditation on consciousness, connection and the ever-changing mosaic of selves we carry through the world.
