Neurobargining – Ex Ed brain circuits in action? Alexandra Hilbert QC 13 and Jim Stellar We have been reading this 9/19/10 on-line paper with the title “Neural signatures of strategic types in a two-person bargaining game.” The paper … Continued
Experience comes with years Shalini Singh CC’13 and Jim Stellar Shalini took a neuroscience-based large general education course that I co-taught last spring to about 240 students. She sat in the middle about 3 rows back from the … Continued
Social Neuroeconomics – Over bidding Raphael Spiro QC 12 and Jim Stellar Raph has been reading a bit of the literature on neuroecomomics, something we have written about before in this blog. We’d like to propose that the … Continued
We experience so that we may learn. Jungyo Kim QC’13 and Jim Stellar From my perspective (JS) the story begins when JK took a class I co-taught last spring (PSY282) and we connected over an idea for a new … Continued
Refining a long term passion in the academy Michaela Tralli QC’12 and Jim Stellar Michaela took a course I co-taught last spring. We began to talk about how one finds one’s field and her field looks like it … Continued
Sensemaking – something one learns from experience Luisa Melo NU’00 and Jim Stellar Luisa was an undergraduate who worked on a senior honors project with me in behavioral neuroscience. After graduation she worked in academic biochemistry research for years, pursued … Continued
The Undergraduate Experiential Education of an MBA Corinne Freeman D’Ambrosio NU 02 and Jim Stellar Corinne was a major in Anthropology with an Education minor who went into business after graduation and just received her MBA degree (congratulations!). … Continued
Bird Brains: A model for Expanding the Human Mind in College? Shoshana Korman QC’12 and Jim Stellar Shoshana works in the laboratory of Dr. Carolyn Pytte who comes out of the bird song neuroscience tradition. Shoshana and I … Continued
Flow Eric Miller QC ‘12 and Jim Stellar In his book “Drive,” on intrinsic motivation in the workplace, Daniel Pink mentions Mihayl Csikszentmihalyi and discusses the concept of “Flow.” To begin with Csikszentmihalyi, he was born in Hungary … Continued
What is student leadership? Andrew DeMasters QC12 and Jim Stellar I (JS) remain interested in student leadership as a form of experiential learning right on campus. But the question is what is a student leader? And what makes … Continued