29
Jun
Secret computations of the hidden brain 3: Dopamine and learning by Brandy Eggan and Jim Stellar This post is the third and final one of our “Hidden Brain Series” that focuses on the role of dopamine in … Continued
10
Apr
Emergent Property – The Mind in Action in Higher Education Sheina Leboeuf SD’17 and Jim Stellar Sheina is a Sophie Davis CUNY combined BS-MD degree program student who transferred there from Queens College, a fairly rare event at … Continued
03
Apr
A freshman approaches Law School Mala Singh UA’19 and Jim Stellar I met Mala when she was a receptionist at the Career Service office at UA as a freshman. We began to talk and wanted now to … Continued
27
Jul
Internships and growth – one student’s story Rachel Eager UA’18 and Jim Stellar This is Rachel’s story. We work together this summer in a small group doing literature research into how experiential education activities can promote the development of women … Continued
30
Jul
Reinforcement history, unconscious-decision making, and learning from experience Ciara Sanchez QC ’15 and Jim Stellar Ciara was a student in a class I taught last year. We had many follow-up conversations about the neuroscience of unconscious decision-making, operant … Continued
10
Mar
Magic Myelin Lauren Blachorsky QC ’15 and Jim Stellar Lauren and I share a large interdisciplinary class that investigates how the brain mechanisms of pleasure and pain might work in a larger society. She also works in a professor’s laboratory … Continued
29
Nov
Fear motivation – from PTSD to experiential education Michaela Tralli ‘QC 12 and Jim Stellar We wrote a previous post on fear associated with panic attacks and what they have to tell us about experiential education – the … Continued
24
Nov
The power of reflection – a story from Greece Adrienne Dooley NU’12 and Jim Stellar Our last blog (8/21/12) focused on the bonding that occurred in a study abroad trip to Greece in the fall of 2011. This … Continued
01
Sep
Blogging …and a positive impact on the other lobe Laura Pinzon QC ’13 and Jim Stellar Laura took my Gen Ed class last spring and that inspired a conversation about this blog I write and how blogging can … Continued
23
Apr
Taking Ex Ed into international relations Lara Porter QC’14 and Jim Stellar LP is an economics and political science major who works in the Queens College Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding (CERRU) as well as participates in … Continued