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Feb
Heart/Mind, Art Antonella Mason QC’ 11 and Jim Stellar AM was a student with whom JS interacted after meeting at a student art show. While AM was in Italy she sent the following statement in an e-mail. I was … Continued
04
Feb
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
30
Jan
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
16
Jan
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
30
Dec
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
14
Nov
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
17
Oct
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
30
Sep
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
22
Aug
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
14
Aug
Undergraduate research can happen to anyone Maryam Waheed QC’11 and Jim Stellar There is probably no student at Queens whose undergraduate research topic is closer to the area of neuroscience that I studied (dopamine brain basis of cocaine … Continued