Moran Cerf on “How the Brain Processes Risk”

The potential consequences of nuclear weapons use or climate change, to name two of the world’s leading threats, are undeniably terrifying – so why are these concerns not on the forefront of everyone’s minds? On December 12, 2018, Dr. Moran Cerf, professor of neuroscience and business at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, headlined the December installment of NTI’s Seminar Series to discuss how the brain processes risk, how risk is studied, and what influences risk perception – all of which have interesting implications for the field of catastrophic risk reduction.

The potential consequences of nuclear weapons use or climate change, to name two of the world’s leading threats, are undeniably terrifying – so why are these concerns not on the forefront of everyone’s minds? On December 12, 2018, Dr. Moran Cerf, professor of neuroscience and business at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, headlined the December installment of NTI’s Seminar Series to discuss how the brain processes risk, how risk is studied, and what influences risk perception – all of which have interesting implications for the field of catastrophic risk reduction.

Learn more about Cerf’s lecture on Atomic Pulse.