/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ The field of neurotechnology, the focus of this blog, encompasses advances in brain science (neurons), information technology (bits) and bioengineering (genes). Up for discussion and analysis: the political, economic, ethical, and social forces that will shape the future of what will be one of the most important and fascinating stories of the coming decades. en-us zack@neuroinsights.com 2007-10-31T17:10:33-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2007/10/31/a_scary_illusion_mr_angry_and_ms_calm.php If you look at the above images from your seat in front of the computer, Mr. Angry is on the left, and Ms.Calm is on the right. Now, get up from your seat, and move back 10 or 12... 72826@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Culture & the Brain 2007-10-31T17:10:33-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2006/08/09/the_female_brain_live.php Earlier this year I previewed the release of Dr. Louann Brizendine's book "The Female Brain" (here) which explains how the female brain works, what women are thinking, and the difference in the way they process thoughts compared with the way... 63425@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Culture & the Brain 2006-08-09T11:30:50-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2006/05/02/mapping_the_emotions_of_a_city_psychogeography_googlized.php Mindhack's dug up a very interesting use of using Google Earth to plot psychogeographic information about cities - or - emotion maps: "By combining a hand-held global positioning system with a galvanic skin response sensor (that measures the sweatiness of... 57049@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Culture & the Brain 2006-05-02T19:05:53-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2006/01/24/the_female_brain_revealed_this_august.php While doing research as a medical student at Yale and then as a resident and faculty member at Harvard, Louann Brizendine discovered that almost all of the clinical data in existence on neurology, psychology, and neurobiology focused exclusively on males.... 46988@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Culture & the Brain 2006-01-24T12:18:36-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2005/11/02/intention_perceptions_and_beliefs.php I just got around to reading the October 7th Science and found this interesting tidbit: What is the relation between intention, choice, and introspection? Researchers used a card trick in a simple decision task to identify a dissociation between awareness... 36889@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Culture & the Brain 2005-11-02T10:23:06-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2005/08/17/god_neurons_neurotheology.php Neurotheology seeks to understand the biological basis of spirituality. In an effort to improve the conversation between science and spirituality, the Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, is to give a lecture to at the Society for Neuroscience conference to... 4490@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Culture & the Brain 2005-08-17T13:14:15-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2004/08/27/blade_runner_voted_best_movie_ever.php The BBC reports that a recent poll of 60 eminent world scientists have voted Ridley Scott's Blade Runner the best science fiction film to date. The 1982 movie which takes place in 2019 is loosely based on the Philip K.... 4282@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Culture & the Brain 2004-08-27T02:00:49-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2004/02/13/the_final_cut_robin_williams_and_mira_sorvino.php The arts have always been at the cutting edge of cultural consciousness. The recent rise of neurotechnology related themes in movies highlights the increasing public interest and fascination with neuroculture issues. In addition to the recent thriller Paycheck starring Ben... 4113@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Culture & the Brain 2004-02-13T11:26:37-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2003/09/16/jim_carrey_and_kate_winslet_to_erase_bad_memories.php 4002@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Culture & the Brain 2003-09-16T21:47:23-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2003/07/29/quirky_flexible_redundant_the_being_and_becoming_of_play.php By Pat Kane In my investigations into the sources for a possible ""play ethic", I've found a schema from the Pennsylvanian educational psychologist Brian Sutton-Smith to be outstandingly productive. The blurb from his 1997 book, The Ambiguity of Play, sets... 3973@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Culture & the Brain 2003-07-29T18:24:35-05:00