Cortical subcortical integration and decisions: A prefrontal cortex – nucleus accumbens neural circuit case study Vanessa Nyblom UA ’25 and Jim Stellar In our last blog, we consider the prefrontal cortex (PFC) interactions with the amygdala as part of the … Continued
Seeking experiential education in undergraduate research after transferring to a new university Isabella Bertolami BU’23 and Jim Stellar Isabella is the daughter of a former undergraduate student of Jim’s in his neuroscience laboratory at Northeastern. She is now an undergraduate … Continued
By Rachel Orenstein UA ’24 and Jim Stellar This blog is fundamentally about how experiential education activities reshape and enhance the classical college experience of courses and majors. Recently, Jim had a business administration major, Rachel, take one of his … Continued
Cortical subcortical integration and decisions: An amygdala-prefrontal cortex neural circuit case study Vanessa Nyblom UA ’25 and Jim Stellar In experiential education, college students integrate the limbic or emotional logic of a direct experience, such as an internship, with their … Continued
Genuine feedback is critical for growth, particularly for a new supervisor. Lindsay Jacobs QC’10 and Jim Stellar Lindsay and Jim met at Queens College when she was a student, and he was a provost. They stayed in touch through the … Continued
Presence in Experiential Education, Montessori school teaching, and the role of hands-on learning By Stephanie Ortiz and Jim Stellar After our last blog on Stephanie’s experience with hands-on learning in a Montessori elementary school and how that applies to the … Continued
Pathways between prefrontal cortex and the amygdala and accumbens: Implications for the neuroscience of experiential education from anxiety/fear to pleasure/reward mechanisms. Mecca Brooks UA’22 and Jim Stellar This blog follows up on a very recent blog from our group on … Continued
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and cognitive-emotional integration: Application to Experiential Education Rachel Dolowich, Kathleen Larsen, Jim Stellar This blog continues the topic of our last blog. There we brought thinking from clinical psychology to experiential education, … Continued
Sympathetic Intelligence and the call to action of a Montessori School By Stephanie Ortiz and Jim Stellar Ten years ago, Stephanie and I wrote a blog about her starting a non-profit as an undergraduate at Queens College, CUNY, and then … Continued
Mindfulness and Emotional Regulation in Patients: Lessons Learned for Experiential Education in College Rachel Dolowich UA ‘22, Kathleen Laursen UA ‘21, Jim Stellar Consider a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or other patient with a serious fear reaction whose prefrontal cortex … Continued