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Brain, Behavior, and Human Well-Being

Senior Seminar in Neural and Behavioral Sciences
Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges
Spring 2008

 

"research on the brain, like nuclear physics and molecular genetics, creates both opportunities and risks for humanity sufficiently great so that special attention needs to be paid to them, both by researchers and by the public at large"

 

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A compilation of my posts this semester

Submitted by ashaffer on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 9:58pm
Here are just a few thoughts I've had this semester.  Most could use to be fleshed out and further explored and revised.  Still, it's not a bad jumping off point.
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If there can be no single definitive description of reality, nor of beauty, nor of virtue ...

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Fri, 12/07/2007 - 10:05am
What then is the business of inquiry? of education? Notes for a talk along these lines ("Empirical Inquiry: Limitations and Possibilities")  is available is available here. Thoughts triggered by the talk/notes are, of course, more than welcome. Same for a second version of this talk ("Inquiry as Emergence: Product and Contributor") aimed at a more "empirical" audience (the first was aimed at a more general audience, including those already predisposed to recognizing the value of stories).

Instructions for Preparing Your Final Portfolio

College Seminar I
Bryn Mawr College
Fall 2007

Questions, Intuitions, Revisions:
Storytelling as Inquiry

Anne Dalke (English House, ext. 5308, adalke@brynmawr.edu)
Paul Grobstein (Park Science Building,
ext. 5098, pgrobste.edu)

Instructions for Preparing your Final Portfolio

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Brain Research: Improving Global Harmony

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 1:31pm
Introductory Remarks
Paul Grobstein
16 November 2007
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The Brain and Social Well-Being

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 5:23pm
The Brain as a Learner/Inquirer/Creator:
Some Implications of its Organization for Individual and Social Well Being

 

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Risk and Innovation

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 11:08am

Living a Life of Risk, and Why:
Encouraging Innovation in Individuals and Communities

Paul Grobstein
24 October 2007

From prior discussions

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