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The Significance of Story in Brain and Mental Health

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 5:16pm

Background reading

Recent

  • Rachel Reiland, Get Me Out of Here, 2004
  • Pamela Spiro Wagner and Carolyn S. Spiro, Divided Minds, 2005
  • Daniel Tammet, Born on a Blue Day, 2006
  • John Elder Robison, Look Me in the Eye, 2007
  • Howard Dully and Charles Fleming, My Lobotomy, 2007
  • Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold, 2007
  • Richard Powers, The Echo Maker, 2006 (fiction)

Earlier

Neurobiology and Behavior Web Papers I

Students in Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College write web papers on topics of interest to themselves. These are made available via links from the index below to encourage further exploration by others having similar or related interests. All papers have associated on-line forums for continuing conversation.

Adam ZakheimDepression and the "I-Function"
Anna Dela CruzMalleability of the Mind
aybala50All In Your Head
bbaumThe Art of Following the Rules
BeccaB-CFood Choice: Selection as a Construction of the Mind?
BMCsoccer01 Physical Experiences as Constructs of the Mind: Looking Closer at Phantom Limb Pain and Severe Depression
Bo-Rin KimBilingualism and Stuttering
bpyensonThe Evolutionary Development of the Neocortex and its Implications for Evolutionary Cognition
Brie StarkMedical Ethics: Where do we draw the line?
ccSchizophrenia: What are the causes?
Crystal LeonardThe Relationship Between Chronic Stress and Poverty
ddlThe Role of Neuronal Activity In Affecting Physical and Mental Function
drichardCulture of Productivity: Cognitive Enhancement
eglaserNo Neocortex, no problem. An examination of intelligence in non mammalian species.
fquadriMusic to My Brain
hamsterjackyThe Disorder in ADHD Prevalence
hlee01Seasonal Affective Disorder
hopeZen Meditation
iljaDominance, handedness and lateralization in terms of individuality
jlustickA Reason to Cry
jrlewisThe Brain Without Behavior
jwiltseePsychological Factors and the Effect on the Memory
kdillardThe Chemicals Underlying Physical Attraction
kenglanderNeural Epiphanies
Leah BonnellLove is the Drug
Lisa B.Alzheimer’s Disease: The Role of Music Therapy in Symptom Palliation
Max86Science without Purpose: Suppressing the Teleological Instinct
mmgNot the ‘Right’ Way
nafisamMigraine: Beyond the Pain
Olufemi.NazsiraA BioChemical Approach to Love
OrganizedKhaosThe Halo Effect: Learned Behavior?
redminkInstinct to Die
Sam BeeboutThe Effect of Language on Learning to Read and the Implications of Cultural Differences in the Brain
SandraGandarezBrain Dead is Dead?
Sarah TabiThe Truth behind the Nightmare...
shikhaCan Meditation Change the Brain?
vcruzModern Synthesis versus Intellectual Design: science versus philosophy

 

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Evolution: What's the Problem? What Can We Do About It?

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 5:32pm

Notes for a discussion in the Cafe Scientifique at Bryn Mawr College on 23 February 2009

moderated by Paul Grobstein and Anne Dalke

 

Background (partial):

For discussion:

Mental Health and the Brain: Working Group

 

Mental Health and the Brain Working Group

 
Spring 2009

 

 

From biological evolution to emergence: meaning, culture, and esthetics II

From Biological Evolution to Meaning/Culture/Aesthetics, via Dennett?
24 Feb 2009 (PG)

 

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Darwin, Menopause, and Humans

Submitted by kgould on Sun, 02/15/2009 - 4:46pm
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The risks and potentials of thinking

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 02/15/2009 - 12:12pm

"Serendip is a gathering place for people who suspect that life's instructions are always ambiguous and incomplete ... an expanding forum and a continually developing set of resources to explore and support intellectual and social change ... in how one makes sense of life" .... Serendip home page

An interesting/satisfying Serendip couple of days ... 

From biological evolution to emergence: meaning, culture, and esthetics

From Biological Evolution to Meaning/Culture/Aesthetics
17 Feb 2009 (PG)

 

Biological evolution: Darwin and beyond

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Science and art, art and science, and .... life

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sat, 02/14/2009 - 12:26pm

My old colleague and friend Eric Raimy posted some interesting thoughts in Facebook recently.   Some excerpts for those who can't get there directly, followed by some thoughts of my own ...

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