"Your daily dose of neuroscience, skepticism and critical thinking" http://theness.com/neurologicablog/ by Steven Novella "Dr. Novella is an academic clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine. He is the president and co-founder of the New England Skeptical Society. He is the host and producer of the popular weekly science podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the … Continue reading Neurologica blog
Tag: Psychology
046 – Inbetweenisode 11 – Steven Novella
https://soundcloud.com/youarenotsosmart/046-inbetweenisode-11-steven-novella In this inbetweenisode you will hear an excerpt from a lecture I gave at DragonCon2014 and an interview with neurologist and host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Steven Novella who discusses the psychology and neuroscience behind conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists.
Extended Mind
I'm really enjoying the Extended Mind (Ed. Menary) and Supersizing the Mind (Clark) collections of essays. Thinking about object based learning for my workshops led me to this territory and it is remarkable how much it all resonates with my reading of James, Dewey and Mead and how it has influenced my thinking about creative … Continue reading Extended Mind
Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NNnIGh9g6fA (March 29, 2010) Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky gave the opening lecture of the course entitled Human Behavioral Biology and explains the basic premise of the course and how he aims to avoid categorical thinking