Posts Tagged ‘consciousness studies’
altered states
Walter Freeman and the Order of William James
The Society for Mind Brain Sciences aims to quicken public and scientific interest in consciousness science. It is worth recalling that in the United States consciousness science was among the earliest topics considered in the ...
abnormal psych
Technology, Entertainment, Design Talks
TED Talks Has anyone not heard of TED Talks? Apparently, because I still often find people who respond to mention of TED Talks in a way that reminds me of the old joke about medical students: Why do medical students have hunche...
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WYSIWYG? – Not!
If anything can be said to exist, there is a philosopher prepared to debate its existence. Likewise in neuroscience, amusements become canonical, as in the website featuring the drawing above, and someone will step up to...
Sci2Art
The Evolving Third Culture
he Art|Sci Center is dedicated to pursuing and promoting the evolving “Third Culture” by facilitating the infinite potential of collaborations between (media) arts and (bio/nano) sciences. The center’s affiliation with th...
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Why Consciousness Science?
The study of consciousness is emerging from a century of scientific taboo. We suggest it is the key to respect for sentient beings and our shared humanity.
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Brain Info
BrainInfo helps one identify structures in the brain. One can either search by a structure name or locate the structure in a brain atlas and get information such as its location in the classical brain hierarchy, images of the s...
MBSci
Healing the ‘Split’ between science and the humanities.
It's high time to heal the split between the "Two Cultures."
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Changing of the Guard
Humans are in a continuous process of desensitization where, from a very young age, we learn how to limit different feelings that affect us; we learn how to restrain these feelings from disturbing our productivity and not how t...
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Serendipitous Discovery
Too much "learning" nowadays is focused on rote memorization of received wisdom. The environment is so controlled it all but eliminates the possibility of serendipitous discovery and equally serendipitous insight into the conne...
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