How does an accomplished neuroscientist and bestselling writer of fiction view issues of religion and conflict? Dr. David Eagleman, author of "Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain" and "SUM" presents a fresh take on these topics based on his award-winning research into the workings of the human mind. In a style all his own, Eagleman weaves science, philosophy, and art to address the existential questions that have galvanized thinkers for centuries. Eagleman directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action at the Baylor College of Medicine, where he also directs the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. He is best known for his work on time perception, synesthesia, brain plasticity, and neurolaw. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a winner of the McGovern Award for Excellence in Biomedical Communication, a Next Generation Texas Fellow, Vice-Chair on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Neuroscience & Behavior, a research fellow in the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Chief Scientific Advisor for the Mind Science Foundation, and a board member of The Long Now Foundation. He was named Science Educator of the Year by the Society for Neuroscience, and was featured as a Brightest Idea Guy on the cover of Italy's Style magazine. He has been profiled on the Colbert Report, NOVA Science Now, the New Yorker, and CNN's Next List. He appears regularly on radio and television to discuss literature and science, and he is the writer and host of the upcoming 6-hour PBS series, The Brain. Selected publications: > Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (2012) > SUM: 40 Tales of the Afterlives (2010) This lecture is supported by a grant from John Whiteman and is part of the Religion and Conflict: Alternative Visions lecture series. The series brings to ASU nationally and internationally recognized writers, scholars, and policy experts concerned with the dynamics of religion and conflict and strategies for resolution.