Art and the Limits of Neuroscience By ALVA NOë Why does art move us? Why does it matter? The answers are not likely to be found by studying the brain.
Archive of posts tagged neuroscience
Exhibition: “Fundamentally Human: Contemporary Art & Neuroscience”
“Fundamentally Human: Contemporary Art & Neuroscience” Pera Museum, Istanbul April 7 – July 3, 2011 Curator: Suzanne Anker Pera Museum is presenting Fundamentally Human: Contemporary Art and Neuroscience, an exhibition highlighting the relationship of visual art and neuroscience. Curated by Suzanne Anker, the exhibition includes works by seven contemporary artists Suzanne Anker (USA), Andrew Carnie [...]
Article: Call It a Reversible Coma, Not Sleep
Interesting interview here on anesthesia with Dr. Emery Neal Brown, a professor of computational neuroscience at M.I.T. and a practicing physician. He heads a laboratory seeking to unravel one of medicine’s big questions: how anesthesia works.
Exhibition: Brain: The Inside Story
November 20, 2010 – August 14, 2011 The human brain—the result of millions of years of evolutionary history—uses molecular, chemical, and electrical signals to interpret information, weigh decisions, and learn at every stage of life. Drawing on 21st-century research and technology, Brain: The Inside Story offers visitors a new perspective and keen insight into their [...]
Perceptual Psychology, not Neuroscience?
Tyler Burge argues that advances in perceptual psychology, not neuroscience, should be grabbing headlines. The article is here.
Portraits of the Human Brain
Carl Schoonover’s article/Photos of the Human Brain on The Huffington Post reminded me of how much I am looking forward to reading his book Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century“Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century which looks at the fascinating history [...]
Visual Illusion Sampling
Scientific American has a fun slide show and some related links here.
Lecture: Leonardo da Vinci’s Science, Technology, and Art
The Getty Center | Harold M. Williams Auditorium | Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010 | Time: 3:00 p.m. | Admission: Free; reservations required. Call (310) 440-7300 or “Make Reservation” here. Jonathan Pevsner, professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and scientific consultant to the Discovery Channel’s Doing DaVinci series, explores Leonardo’s wide-ranging [...]
