Author Archives: Dean G. Blevins

About Dean G. Blevins

Dr. Dean G. Blevins currently serves as Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Discipleship at Nazarene Theological Seminary as well as Director of Nurturing Care with Children through Worship and Prayer. An ordained elder, Dean has ministered in diverse settings and currently also serves at the USA Regional Education Coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene. A prolific author, Dr. Blevins recently co-wrote the textbook Discovering Discipleship and edits Didache: Faithful Teaching, a journal for Wesleyan Education.

Reading and Dyslexia

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

Important to remember that reading is a cultural phenomena. Not all cultures developed reading in the same way which raises issues concerning the next cognitive disorder. Chatterjee presented a case where an subject learned to read a second language in … Continue reading →

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Pathologies of Cognition

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

Afternoon presentation focuses on pathologies of cognition with Dr. Anjan Chatterjee. Session opened with definitions for dementia and Alzheimer disease. One indicator is patient/relative ratio rule of thumb (when patient concerned but not relative then depression, when relative concerned but … Continue reading →

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While some disorders from last week seem to be associated with specific areas of the brain it is amazing how some disorders involve several brain functions. For instance Schizophrenia involves a number of areas with generally less neural activity in … Continue reading →

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Social and Affective Disorders and Neuroscience

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

Starting a new day with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Seth Gillihan.The focus will be on the Neuroscience in Social and Affective Disorders. After reviewing the disorders I suspect the neuroscience will be particularly fascinating in regards to OCD, PTSD, etc. Gilihan’s … Continue reading →

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Emotion and the Brain

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

A long but beneficial day studying emotion and the brain. Dr. Joseph Kable  provided three lectures that started with the basics of neural correlates to emotion (regions involved),  the nature of motivation including specific issues involved in addiction, the place … Continue reading →

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New Classrooms Can Change Children’s Brains

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

New Classrooms Can Change Children’s Brains

Yesterday’s opening presentation over Executive Function caused this article title to jump out at me. Have not read it yet but seems to be indicative of how popular science is using the material in regards to education (same edition also has digital dating). 

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Great presentations

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

A day of great presentations as well as visits to the labs. Morning lectures by Wolk focused more on role and contribution of technology and raised the possibilities of Deep Brain Stimulation in the future (including possibly with Alzheimers) but … Continue reading →

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