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 served as the USA Regional Education Coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene. A prolific author, Dr. Blevins co-wrote Discovering Discipleship and authored The Disciples: A BIble Study. Dr. Blevins also served 25 years as editor of the online academic journal Didache: Faithful Teaching.

Aging

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

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 →

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Nature and Nurture

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

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 →

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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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