A stubbed toe, a paper cut, hitting your funny bone. Who hasn’t experienced these small pains before? But what happens when our aches won’t disappear even though their source is long gone?
Laura Bok, one of the original members of PainLab Munich, is fascinated by the human perception of pain. Most notably, she is on a mission to uncover the brain’s mechanisms surrounding the subjective nature of pain perception.
Go on a journey and experience this TEDxTUM Adventure with us!
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At a glance
| Date & Time |
18 May 2021, 7pm – 9pm (approx.) |
| Location |
Virtual (details will be sent out to attendees via e-mail) |
| Program |
Learn more about (chronic) pain and pain perception from Laura Bok, who will also be available for an individual round of discussion and Q&A. |
| Language | The official event language is English. |
| Term and Conditions | See our Terms & Conditions to learn about general rules and our cancellation policy |
| FAQ | Any questions? Check our FAQ‘s or send us an email to tickets@tedxtum.com |
Laura Bok
Nobody likes to feel pain – still, we all do. Most people don’t like to think or talk about it either – such an unpleasant topic at dinner parties. For Laura Bok, this is different. As a neuroscientist and pain researcher, her thoughts revolve around pain in the human brain – a lot.
As a member of PainLab Munich since the very beginning, Laura’s work centers around examining the spectrum of pain—and why we can perceive it so differently from one moment to the next. As a researcher, Laura’s goal is to make this sort of information accessible to thinkers at all levels—whether you’re well-versed in neurology or a scientific layman. Because what’s clear is this: we all feel pain, and we should all be able to understand it.
As Laura’s work continues, she carries out neuropsychological evaluations with patients at TUM’s Klinikum rechts an der Isar, and has recently completed her training as a behavioral therapist.
Tickets
Tickets will go on sale on 2 May, 4pm. Purchasing a ticket for “Discover Your Sense of Pain” also includes a TEDxTUM gift box containing goodies, ingredients and instructions for a collaborative activity during the adventure.
To make sure that your gift box arrives before the event, please purchase your ticket until 12 May. You will of course also get a gift box if you purchase your ticket after this date and you can also still attend the event without a gift box. All essential information will also be sent out via e-mail.
Please be aware that we can only send gift boxes to addresses in Germany.
To ensure a small group size, we are only selling a limited amount of tickets. So, don’t wait too long to grab your ticket.
If you can’t attend the adventure yourself, you can transfer your ticket to someone else, but please keep in mind that we are sending out gift boxes as part of the adventure. We cannot ensure that shipping addresses for boxes can also be changed later since we will send out the boxes soon after ticket purchase.
Please check our Terms & Conditions for more information.
FUTURE ADVENTURES
We will hopefully offer this adventure again. Stay tuned!
We are also planning adventures with different topics and speakers. Check our adventure page to see what is already planned.
