Index of projects
| SELECTED MATERIALS |
Laura Cyckowski
Listed here are materials and models found throughout Serendip that I've developed and/or collaborated on. All models on the pages linked to the left were created with NetLogo.
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| Exploring Mental Health | |
| A collection of materials and resources aimed to promote "productive interaction among people from diverse perspectives... and continual exploration of issues relating to mental health and broader issues relating to body/brain/mind/self..."; Organized around four topics: From The Inside, Neurobiology, Culture and Behavior, and Intersections. | |
| Models of Mental Health | |
| Models of Mental Health: A Critique and Prospectus - A collection of essays exploring the ways mental health and illness has been and could be better understood. | |
| The Three Doors of Serendip | |
| Making Sense of Understanding - An exhibit and models exploring unconscious/intuitive, conscious/observational, and concious/rational types of understanding through the Three Door Problem. | |
| Emergence in Ant Colonies | |
| Ant Colonies: Social Organization Without a Director? - An exhibit and set of models exploring the emergence of social behavior and organization in colonies of ants. | |
| Deterministic and Non-deterministic Emergence | |
| Ways of Making Sense of the World: From Primal Patterns to Deterministic and Non-deterministic Emergence - An exhibit and models using cellular automata to explore emergent behavior and, more broadly, different approaches to inquiry. | |
| Hofstadter's Road Sign |
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| "Reality": Construction, Deconstruction, and Reconstruction - An exhibit and associated model exploring how the brain constructs perceptions. | |
| Chance | |
| Chance in Life and the World - An exhibit and model examining chance, randomness, and statistical regularities. | |
| "Reality"?: Construction, Deconstruction, and Reconstruction | |
| A collection of exhibits involving perception, reality, and visual processing, including: Contrast/Color "Illusions", Spiral Illusion, Ball and Shadow Illusion, Figure Ground Reversal, Presumptions Underlying Contrast Illusions. | |
| Diffusion (in progress) | |
| From Random Motion to Order: Diffusion and Some of its Implications - An exhibit and model exploring diffusion. | |
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ADDITIONAL MATERIALS Mental Health and the Brain Working Group - A current discussion group (spring/summer 2009) revolving around the brain and it's implications for mental health, and vice versa. Includes summaries of conversations and on-line forums. Synesthesia and Perception: The Brain Constructing the World - A collaboration between Serendip and Painted Bride Art Center, associated with the Synesthesia exhibit; a virtual art exhibit with complementary Serendip materials. Exploring Disability: Images and Thoughts - An exhibit showcasing the digital artwork of David Alan Feingold. Ambiguous Figures and The Necker Cube - An exhibit exploring how the brain constructs perceptions. Making Sense of Depression - A synthesis of materials to understand depression from a variety of perspectives. A Coldness and Desertion of the Spirit - David Hume's Letter to a Physician, which describes his experience of depression. Exploring Mental Health: A Working Group - Archives/links from the 2007 discussion group. Individuals and Culture - An organization of materials exploring the relationships between individuals and their culture. Introduction to NetLogo - A brief tutorial for K-12 science teachers on using NetLogo to create educational materials. |
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