ONE of the world’s foremost experts on speech and the brain, Professor Sophie Scott, will join forces with BBC Radio 4 impressionist Duncan Wisbey to present The Farnham Society Memorial Lecture in the Great Hall of the Farnham Maltings on Friday, October 19.

The evening lecture ‘Talking Brains’, starting at 7.30pm, promises an entertaining and informative talk about how we formulate words, come by our accents and decode what is being said to us.

Neuroscientist Professor Scott is best known for her spell-binding Royal Institution lectures to young people on BBC4 last Christmas, and has recently returned from a world lecture tour.

Part of her research has been concerned with helping stroke patients recover their speech. By observing how impressionists, such as BBC Radio 4 Dead Ringers star Wisbey, use their brains to learn to mimic people she hopes to be able to help therapists develop new techniques for patients with communication problems.

Tickets cost £10 each, available from the Maltings’ box office on 01252 745444.