biology
Welcome to Brain Stories
Submitted by Brain Stories on Sat, 06/16/2007 - 11:25am.
Curious about the brain? About behavior and experiences/feelings, your own and other people's? There's lots on Serendip to help you think about such things, and to encourage you to develop new understandings and new questions about them, including a whole section on Brain and Behavior and another on Mental Health. And, of course, there are new observations being made all of the time, reported in professional journals, newspapers, magazines, books, and on the web.
Brain and Behavior Resources
An evolving list to update other materials on Serendip, including Brain and Behavior Web Resources. Begun July, 2008. Suggestions for additions welcome in the on-line forum area below or by email to Paul Grobstein.
Brains as Scientists
Brains as Scientists
Notes for a discussion with students in the Bryn Mawr College Science for College program
Paul Grobstein, 24 June 2008
From the Reflex Brain to the Exporatory Input/Output/Input Brain: The Inside/Outside Loop
Creativity, Brain, Indeterminacy
Creativity, the Mind, and the Brain:
From Van Gogh to Indeterminacy and Beyond
Geetanjali Vaidya
December 2007
This paper was prepared as a senior thesis in
biology at Bryn Mawr College, and is made available to encourage
continuing explorations of the nature and significance of of
creativity. Comments and continuing discussion are welcome in the on-line forum at the end of this paper.
I'm in UR Internetz, Revolutionizin' UR Genres
Submitted by M. Gallagher on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 12:30pm.I'm in UR Internetz, Revolutionizin' UR Genres
“How many telegrams did you send when you had to dictate them over the phone to a
Western Union operator? How many emails do you send now that you can clatter them
Existence with the Volume Down
Submitted by heather on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 12:06pm.
The Incident:
On a Friday afternoon, not too long ago, I experienced a new level of perception. This occurred during an episode of nausea and acute pain that the doctor wrote off as “a bad reaction to an antibiotic”. It was the neurological symptoms I experienced during that time which generated a valuable experience:
Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved – A Book Review
Submitted by heather on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 12:03pm.Frans de Waal’s Primates and Philosophers is an intriguing exploration of animal and human behavior, and a fierce attempt to link them intrinsically and inseparably. De Waal attacks the notion that morality is a uniquely human trait – opposing those who believe that homo sapiens is a loner in ethics, and that our species rose magnificent out of the barbaric and uncomplicated ashes of our ancestors.
East vs. West: A book commentary on "The Geography of Thought"
Submitted by Mahvish Qureshi on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 11:51am.The Tale of a Writer's Overactive "I" Function
Submitted by merry2e on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 11:27pm.A Writer’s Tale of the Overactive “I” Function
