Serendip Studio

Serendip is an independent site partnering with faculty at multiple colleges and universities around the world. Happy exploring!

Twiki

Submitted by Geneva Tolliferreo on Tue, 07/10/2007 - 1:38pm

Let us begin this endless journey...

The initial purpose of this page was to explore and identify grant resources relative to a two fold study. One aspect of this study funding deals with our brain. The second focuses on diversity.

I. Brain Study Grants: Dana Organization, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grants, International Brain Research Organization, Parkinson Study Grants via Johns Hopkins University.

INTRODUCTION

Submitted by Teresa Albers on Tue, 07/10/2007 - 1:32pm

Brain and Behavior

K-16 Collaborations: Brain and Behavior

Welcome to the home page of the Brain and Behavior Institute at Bryn Mawr College for the year 2007.

Genes, Brains, and Being Social

Submitted by Brain Stories on Sat, 07/07/2007 - 3:28pm

The Gregarious Brain
David Dobbs
New York Times Magazine, July 8, 2007

(excerpts for discussion)

"If a person suffers the small genetic accident that creates Williams Syndrome, [s]he'll live with some fairly conventional cognitive deficits, like trouble with space and numbers, but also a strange set of traits that researchers call the Williams social phenotype or , less formally, the 'Williams personality': a love of company and conversation combined, often awkwardly, with a poor understanding of social dynamics and a lack of social inhibition.

Introducing Ourselves to a Sense of Place

Welcome to the on-line forum area for "Science and a Sense of Place: Locating Ourselves in the World," being held at Bryn Mawr College, July 23-August 3, 2007.

Living by the Stories We Believe

Serendip's Bookshelves

Thomas King, The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative.
University of Minnesota (2003).

Reviewed by Anne Dalke, Bryn Mawr College Department of English.

The Right User's Manual? Learning to Live with Uncertainty

Serendip's Bookshelves

Nassim Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.
Random House (2007).

Reviewed by Anne Dalke, Bryn Mawr College Department of English.

Standpoint Matters: Keeping the Play in Play

According to feminist standpoint theory, each of us views the world from a particular,
place that is both socially constructed and partial in the knowledge it allows us. We can all benefit from "having a standpoint" on our own standpoint.