September 05

The Science, Art, And Experience Of Our Inner Lives: The Mind Project [Flash Player]

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The homepage for the Mind project presents two initial choices: a pile of burning wood next to the word "Ponder" and a cute looking cat-like creature next to the word "Play". Both sections help curious parties explore the world of our inner lives and thoughts as we interpret them through art, science, and ideas about the external world. In the "Play" area visitors can take in visually stimulating interactive activities that ask questions like "Do you know what you communicate with your body?" and "What makes something cute?" Moving on, the "Ponder" area contains explorations of topics like "Why do teens take risks?" and "Can science really study love and attraction?" One can imagine that these features could be used as supplementary activities in a psychology or neuroscience classroom, and others might just want to check them out as a conversation starter. [KMG] Scout Report

 

http://www.exploratorium.edu/mind/
March 05

The Human Mind

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The Human Mind
Robert Winston explores all aspects of the human mind - from how we learn, to how we're able to recognise faces and what makes one person 'click' with another.

http://www.open2.net/humanmind/index.html

March 05

The Emerging Mind, 2003 Reith Lectures, By Vilanyanur S. Ramachandran

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The subject of the 2003 Reith Lectures was The Emerging Mind. Vilanyanur S. Ramachandran, Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition at the University of California delves into the mysteries of the mind, exploring questions of neuroscience and philosophy.

http://www.open2.net/reith2003/index.html

March 08

Mind Matters - Scientific American Community

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Mind Matters - Scientific American Community
http://science-community.sciam.com/blog/Mind-Matters/300000977
An intriguing blog where "top researchers in neuroscience, psychology and psychiatry explain and discuss their fields." Among the topics: "Your Brain's Spam Filter," "How Stereotypes Affect Performance," "How Babies Know What You're Up To (or Not)," "Attention! How your brain manages its need to heed," "The Neurobiology of Dread," etc.

From: Neat New Stuff I Found This Week http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2008.

March 02

Can We Know Our Own Minds?

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Dan Dennett: Can we know our own minds?

This talk, given by the philosopher Dan Dennett at the US TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference in 2003, concerns the nature of consciousness. Dennett suggests that our minds are not capable of understanding themselves. The talk is 22 minutes in length and is viewable using the Adobe Flash plug-in. It may also be downloaded in audio MP3 and video MP4 format. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/102

February 22

Mind And Brain Portal, Wikipedia

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mind_and_Brain
August 15

Culture & The Mind

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Culture & the mind is a five-year interdisciplinary research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project seeks to "investigate the philosophical consequences of the impact of culture on the mind and the cognitive and evolutionary foundations of culture." The project has three main areas of investigation, each of which have short summaries on the website: 'Folk Psychology & Folk Epistemics'; 'Norms & Moral Psychology'; and 'Artefacts & Material Culture'. The website has profiles of the Project Director and members of the Organising Committee, and hyperlinks to their external websites. The project will run until 2009, and there are plans to place publications online on the website in future. http://www.philosophy.dept.shef.ac.uk/culture&mind/

From Intute.ac.uk