Conference: “What lies behind synchronization: from neurons to individuals, between performance and pathology” Thursdays at UM

Thursday, April 5, 2018, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Institute of Botany – University of Montpellier
Tram line 1 – Albert 1er stop
Free admission

Conference hosted by Julien Lagarde, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Physical and Sports Activities (STAPS) – Euromov Laboratory – University of Montpellier.
When a ballet achieves this exquisite harmony, the movements seem to merge into a single wave and the dancers disappear. When the wave breaks, the individuals resume their courses and diverge, perhaps to come together again later. Here, spatial and temporal relationships come and go, discussing the famous duality between things and the relationships between things.
At the heart of this story lies synchronization, which refers to a temporal order (chronos: the god of time), its appearance, its disappearance, and a whole spectrum of rich variations. Synchronization is a subject that never ceases to intrigue. Physicists, chemists, biologists, urban planners, and architects regularly encounter it in their research. Mathematicians have isolated its fundamental ingredients. The latest result of this research has been named "chimera," again from Greek mythology, referring to a complex state that is half synchronization and half free electron.
This lecture will present synchronization in many states, in human movement sciences and other fields. The benefits and limitations of synchronization for good health will be discussed in particular.

UM Thursdays: a unique series of lectures

The University of Montpellier, with its eight faculties, two schools, and six institutes, boasts a wealth of teachers andProfessors a wide variety of fields of study. It wanted to showcase them and make them accessible to as many people as possible by offering a unique series of lectures, with one event per month from October 2017 to May 2018.