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Revisiting Concerns About Cultural Neuroscience
Cultural neuroscience is a young field that suddenly seemed to flower following publication of Joan Chiao and Nalini Ambady’s paper (“Cultural Neuroscience: Parsing Universality and Diversity Across...
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“Seeing is Being”
The possibility of reducing twins to a single fetus at the end of the first trimester is becoming part of the medical conversation, particularly during an IVF pregnancy. For “Jenny” (below) who opted...
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History’s Fundamental Contribution to STS
The collective blog Somatosphere, always a terrific source, has just posted about and embedded video from a public conference last Spring sponsored by Harvard’s Program on Science, Technology, and...
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Note on UCLA Social Neuroscience Lab re Genetic Underpinnings of...
Below is the abstract and link to online publication. One of the research programs of this lab is the integration of genetics, development, psychology, and socioemotional functioning. Shimon...
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Toward an Anthropological Theory of Mind (AToM) – Stanford Workshop Summary
This is the first in a series of posts covering cross-disciplinary research on theory of mind. Last weekend a small, international gathering of twenty-seven anthropologists and psychologists took place...
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“Up-tight laid-back and jumpy monkeys” (NICHD Stephen Suomi, 2007 video)
Stephen Suomi, who will be speaking at the 2011 Society for Social Neuroscience conference on Nov 10–11, 2011 (which I’m attending and will be blogging about here), “discusse[s] his work examining...
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Sampling the great posters (!) at 11/11 Soc for Social Neuroscience meeting
I’ll be blogging at the 2011 Society for Social Neuroscience conference on Nov 10–11, 2011, for an interdisciplinary audience. I’m excited about this; I’d like to think of the next ten years as a...
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Joan Chiao and Shinobu Kitayama Announce International Cultural Neuroscience...
We are pleased to announce the development of the international cultural neuroscience consortium (ICNC). The goal of the ICNC is to build an interdisciplinary, international research network in...
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Toward an Anthropological Theory of Mind (AToM): Selves (Part 2)
Last month a small, international gathering of twenty-seven anthropologists and psychologists took place at the Stanford Humanities Center, organized by Stanford anthropology professor Tanya Luhrmann...
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Call for Proposals – From NeuroSelves to NeuroSocieties: Cross-Disciplinary...
Laura Sizer, Dean of the School of Cognitive Science and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hampshire College, is organizing a small conference next summer to explore “issues at the intersections of...
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@bradleyvoytek: My (off the cuff) view on the “most interesting” neuroscience papers from 2011: b.qr.ae/uz0zKw (on @Quora)Filed under: challenges of interdisciplinary research, future of neuroscience
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Beyond DSM-5: Levels of explanation in psychiatry (the “fuzzy set” approach)
Daniel Lende of Neuroanthropology has listed a lot of interesting reading re the DSM-5 process that basically boils down to whether this discussion and debate should be open to the public. I think it...
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Call for Proposals: Cross-Disciplinary Conversations Around the Neurosciences
From NeuroSelves to NeuroSocieties: Cross-disciplinary Conversations around the Neurosciences June 11th & 12th, 2012 An interdisciplinary conference hosted by Hampshire College, Amherst MA and the...
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CMB 2012 hot topic: “Functional and Clinical Neuroanatomy of Morality”
Alberto Priori of Università degli Studi di Milano, has just sent me an advanced copy of his co-authored review on morality for Brain. (This was in response to our email blast about the FPR-UCLA 2012...
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Tom Weisner: “Mixed Methods Should Be a Valued Practice in Anthropology”
This week Anthropology News is featuring a must-read post by UCLA anthropologist Tom Weisner: Mixed Methods Should Be a Valued Practice in Anthropology. This is in addition to several thoughtful posts...
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Lessons from Ten Years of Mixed Methods Graduate Training at UCLA
A few weeks ago I went to the 10th reunion of the the FPR-UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Developmen, which was founded in 2002 to foster interdisciplinary research and training at the graduate and...
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3×5: Culture, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry Weekly Roundup (May 14)
My five favorite reads for week of 7–14 May 2012 (organized by date of publication): Psychiatry NYT 5/8/12: “Psychiatry manual drafters back down on diagnoses“ Sciam blog by Edward Shorter 5/9/12:...
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3×5: Culture, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry Weekly Roundup (May 21)
My five favorite reads for week of 14–21 May 2012: Culture 1. Greg Downey of Neuroanthropology: “Not Allowed to Have a Small Heart: Tourette Syndrome.” May 15 – June 15 is Tourette Syndrome Awareness...
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3×5: Culture, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry Weekly Roundup (May 29)
Culture 1. Stephen Levinson’s editorial “Kinship and Human Thought” and Charles Kemp and Terry Regier’s report, “Kinship Categories Across Languages Reflect General Communication Principles” in 5/25/12...
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3×5: Culture, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry Weekly Roundup (June 5)
Culture 1. “What Makes Something Ethnographic?” Carole McGranahan’s 5/31/12 post on Savage Minds summarizes her experience teaching a new undergraduate course. (The group eventually came up with their...
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