The organization of goal-directed behaviour in the brain - Professor John Duncan FBA FRS is Programme leader at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.

Monday, 26 October 2026, 17:30 at Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry - Our behaviour is characteristically organized in a hierarchical structure of goals and subgoals, with many fragments of behaviour contributing to an everyday activity such as making breakfast or attending a lecture.

Such goal-directed structures are often impaired following major damage to the frontal lobes of the brain. I shall describe …