Author Archives: Dean G. Blevins

Developing Child and University of Washington’s I-LABS, the film explores the parallels between a child’s brain development and the development of the global brain of Internet, offering insights into the best ways to shape both. Made through a new crowd-sourcing … Continue reading →

Farah closed with a discussion on readings and resources to continue research Organizations The Society for Neuroscience http://www.sfn.org (some meetings include up to 35,000 participants) also includes outreach resources for educators including brain awareness week or brain week (with the … Continue reading →

Farah provided a closing overview of the new ways neuroscience is interacting with society including examples of current and near-term applications of neuroscience in our lives through manipulating brain function and measuring brain function. And closed with a discussion of … Continue reading →

I was away from the computer for a really helpful presentation that I may try to report later but I did want to note some other really helpful resources from other members in the group. See the Lisa Sansom’s Blog … Continue reading →

Dr. Joseph Kable provided an overview of different approaches to studying personality in Neuroscience. I will only touch on one since the others were a little unclear to me. One approach was using fMRI/BOLD studies of the brain correlated to … Continue reading →

Dr. Wolk returned to discuss Aging. Basic concerns with this area surface when you consider the data that we are seeing a Significant increases in proportion of elderly in developed countries due to reduced birth rates; increased longevity so that … Continue reading →

Interesting morning on developmental considerations with Martha Farah which should resonate with most of my students. Primarily the opening theme addressed the idea that development is both nature and nurture beginning with behavioral genetics studies in heritability (both adoption studies … Continue reading →