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Biology 202 2008 - Book Commentaries

Biology 202, Fall 2008, Bryn Mawr College

Book Commentaries

 

Students in Biology 202 write commentaries on books relevant to brain and behavior. These are made available to encourage continuing exploration by others with similar or related interests.

 

akkA Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
Allison ZLanguage and the human mind
Angel DesaiBrain and Culture: The Crossroads Between Humanity and Biology
Anna G.Book Commentary of Proust was a Neuroscientist
asavannahDo Neurological Differences between Women and Men Exist?
Caitlin JeschkeA Book Review--Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses by Richard E. Cytowic, M.D.
Caroline FeldmanBook Commentary: Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
cheffernanThis is your Brain on Music Book Commentary
eambashComputing The Creative Mind: How Margaret Boden Sails, then Scales, the Psyche
EB Ver HoeveThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Book Review
Emily AlspectorThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly
evanstiegelBook Commentary: Freud for Beginners
gflahertyOn Intelligence
heatherPrimates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved – A Book Review
Isabelle WinerThe Melding of Senses
Jackie MaranoBook Commentary: Levitin's 'This is Your Brain on Music'
jchung01@brynmawr.eduA Girl's Experience
Jen BensonThe Adaptive Unconscious: Commentary on Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink"
Jessica KruegerThe Tangled Wing and Bio 202: Cause for Wonder in Understanding
Jessica VarneyThe Synaptic Self: A Book Commentary
jriedersAn Anthropologist on Mars
jwongThe Geography of Thought: Asian and Western Minds at Work
KendraThe Accidental Mind
Lyndsey CKnocking on New Doors :A Review of Mind Wide Open
maggie_simonThe Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are
Mahvish QureshiEast vs. West: A book commentary on "The Geography of Thought"
Margaux KearneyBaboon Metaphysics
MarieSagerBauby's Story
mcrepeauThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly and the Oceans of the Mind: A Book Commentary of Jean-Dominique Bauby’s The Diving Bell and th
merry2eBook Commentary on Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath
Mimi N.Little Things Make A Big Difference
mkhiljiThe Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
Molly PieriBook Report: "Blink" and the Role of the Unconscious in Thought
nasabereExplorations in Neuroscience, Pyschology, and Religion – A Commentary
Paige SafyerThe Language Instinct
Paul BManic Depression and Creativity – A Book Review
ptongPlugged In
Rica Dela CruzThe Geography of Thought- Book Commentary
Simone ShaneMean Genes Book Commentary
Skye HarmonyA Self-Help Guide to the Female Brain
Sophie FThe Cure Within: A Book Commentary
Zoe Fuller-YoungThe Tipping Point: telling us what we want to hear, or changing the way we see the world?

 

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Biology 202 2008 - Web Paper 3

Biology 202, Fall 2008, Bryn Mawr College

Third Set of Web Papers

 

Students in Biology 202 write web papers on topics of interest to themselves. These are made available to encourage continuing exploration by others with similar or related interests.

 

akkBeautiful People, Ghosts and Deceased Relatives: The Nervous System and Perception
Allison ZTelevision and the Brain
Angel DesaiThe reality of Reality
Anna G.Soaking the Brain in Different Chemical Baths; By Religious Experience
asavannahPhobias: More then just a Fear
Caitlin JeschkeLiving With Fear
Caroline FeldmanTell Me if it Hurts: Investigating Whether Animals Feel Pain
cheffernanTwo Brains?
eambashBrain Fuzz: Can Brain Scans Provide a Space-Out Way Out?
EB Ver HoeveChange Becomes You
Emily AlspectorAutism: A New Look at Consciousness
evanstiegelHuman Specialness: Challenged by Our Own Intelligence
gflahertyThe Effects of Music on Athletic Performance
heatherExistence with the Volume Down
Isabelle WinerThe Advantage of Forgetting
Jackie MaranoWhat Your Nose Knows: Smelling is Believing...or Deceiving?
jchung01@brynmawr.eduDiagnosis of Meanness
Jen BensonSmoking and The Neurobiology of Quitting
Jessica KruegerTrusting Vision: Language’s Influence on Perception
Jessica VarneyThe Neuroscience of Tasting Sweet
jriedersCultural Cognition Theory
jwongBecoming British Overnight: the Foreign Accent Syndrome
KendraResponses to Pain: What accounts for certain differences?
llamprouSociopathy
Lyndsey COur Brains Have Chemistry: What’s Love Got to Do, Got to Do With It?
Madina G.Facial Recognition: A Phenomenon of Our Emotions
maggie_simonA meditation on the brain’s duality: the influence of meditation on the brain and the mind
Mahvish QureshiHypnosis, more than just a magic trick
Margaux KearneyRSD: Unraveling the Puzzle of Pain
MarieSagerGive Me My Meds
mcrepeauCreatures in the Night and Miracles in Clouds: A Discourse on the Plausibility and Indistinct Nature of Group Hallucinations and
merry2eThe Tale of a Writer's Overactive "I" Function
Mimi N.Unnatural Causes
mkhiljiDoes our I-function sleepwalk?
Molly PieriThe Implications of a Theory of Mind-Body Unity for Doctor-Patient Relations in Medicine
nasabereMemory Distortion and its Connection to Reality
Nelly KhaselevRemarkably Human, isn’t it?
Paige SafyerYour Mind on Music
Paul BSeasonal Affective Disorder Treatment – A New Approach to Treating Psychiatric Disorders?
ptongMotivated to Play
Rica Dela CruzPost Traumatic Stress Disorder Associated With War Veterans and Victims
Simone ShaneThe calming effect of music
Skye HarmonyTheory of Mind: Comparing Bird Brain, Monkey Brain and Human Brain
Sophie FA Bitter Pill
Zoe Fuller-YoungBreastfeeding Limitations: Are some women incapable of breastfeeding? Are formula mothers neglectful?

 

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Reflections: brain and behavior

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 7:03am.

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. You're welcome to post here any thoughts that have arisen during the course this week (and to respond to thoughts others have posted)

So, what has changed (or not changed) in your thinking about the brain, behavior, and/or the relation between them in our semester?  If you need some help reflecting, go back to your thoughts at the beginning of the semester and use those as a starting point.  


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From the I-function to the story teller

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 7:37am.

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. You're welcome to post here any thoughts that have arisen during the course this week (and to respond to thoughts others have posted)


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Seeing, reality, ambiguity, and the I-function

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 9:02am.

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. You're welcome to post here any thoughts that have arisen during the course this week (and to respond to thoughts others have posted)


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Nervous system architecture: from the input side

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 5:01pm.

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. You're welcome to post here any thoughts that have arisen during the course this week (and to respond to thoughts others have posted)

Among the issues that have come up this week is the affect that imaging has on our conception of "reality" and explorations of retinal structure suggesting that we did indeed see things both without input, and without intending to.


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Biology 202 2008 - Web Paper 2

Biology 202, Fall 2008, Bryn Mawr College

Second Set of Web Papers

 

Students in Biology 202 write web papers on topics of interest to themselves. These are made available to encourage continuing exploration by others with similar or related interests.

 

akkPhantom Limbs and Acupuncture
Allison ZObediency and group mentality
Angel DesaiConquering the I-function
Anna G.Emotions: the key to rational thought?
asavannahIn the mind of a person with Dyslexia
Caitlin JeschkeSynesthesia and Cross-Modal Perception
Caroline FeldmanA Not So Pleasant Fairy Tale: Investigating Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
cheffernanConcussions: It’s Only Your Brain
eambashDrawing Conclusions about Withdrawal: Antidepressants and Dangerous Discontinuation
EB Ver HoeveDon't Cross Mama Bear: A Central Pattern Generator in Maternal Aggression
Emily AlspectorRisk-Taking and the I-Function
evanstiegelScent Marketing: Does it Work? Who Nose…
gflahertyInto Thin Air...
heatherAffected, or Merely Effected?
Jackie MaranoThe Tones of Tinnitus: Are Those 'Sounds' That You 'Hear'?
jchung01@brynmawr.eduRunner's High, Endorphins and Questions
Jen BensonDog Breeding: Canine Evolutionary History and Implications for Human Genetics
Jessica KruegerThe End of Man: Myth or Delightful Truth?
Jessica VarneyNinety Percent of the Game... Imagery and Athletic Performance
jriedersConfucius vs Aristotle
jwongThere And Back Again... Re-Entering Reality
K. SmytheNeurotheology: Interpretation of Reality or Creation of Religion
KendraSo, I'm really, really afraid of spiders: Phobias and the Brain
llamprouAre There Two (or More) Consciousnesses?
Lyndsey CA New Pitch on ALS: Striking Out Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Madina G.Mind and Body Possessed: Schizophrenia and Rapid Eye Movement Behavioral Disorder
maggie_simonAn Overview of Pain Perception
Mahvish QureshiWhy the Male Voice Dominates Auditory Hallucinations
Margaux KearneyChildren of a Greater God
MarieSagerWhen Panic Attacks
mcrepeauCalling Down the Gods and Invoking the Spirit: Entertaining the Possibility of Ritual Possession as Discreet Behavior versus Abj
merry2eConscious Children: A Brief Look at Hydranencephaly
Mimi N.Insomnia and the Mechanisms of Sleep
mkhiljiThe Role of Nervous System Architecture in Language Acquisition
Molly PieriMind-Body Dualism/Unity in Medicine
nasabereLessons Learned from Haitian Voodoo: Zombification and the Altered Consciousness Experience
Nelly KhaselevLearning
Paige SafyerEvil on the Brain
Paul BThe Language and the I-Function: Are they Mutually Exclusive?
ptongA Teaspoon of Laughter
Rica Dela CruzLove: More Complicated Than Chemistry
Simone ShaneMirroring Emotions: The Role of Mirror Neurons in Empathy
Skye HarmonyThe Truth Is in There (the Brain, That Is): Sleep, Memory and Alien Abductions
Sophie FIt's Not a Feminist Thing
Tara RajuThe Biological and Behavioral Exploration of Why Politicians Cheat
Zoe Fuller-YoungQuestioning Moral Behavior: how should we interpret innate evil?

 

Corollary discharge, I-function, personal resonsibility

Biology 202
Neurobiology and Behavior
Spring 2008

Course Notes

 

Class discussion - 1 April

Corollary discharge signals (CDS): what else might they be used for?


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Nervous system architecture: output III, input 1

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 8:40pm.

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. You're welcome to post here any thoughts that have arisen during the course this week (and to respond to thoughts others have posted).

We've added an ability to learn without the I-function and ... an I-function.  And started in on the reality questions.   How do  these things help make sense of behavior?  What new questions do they in turn raise?


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Nervous system architecture: from the output side II

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 8:29am.

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. You're welcome to post here any thoughts that have arisen during the course this week (and to respond to thoughts others have posted).


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