Author Archives: Jason Tougaw

Dolphin Bioacoustics

In class on Tuesday, we talked a little about species-specific perception and consciousness. Heather Spence, a Ph.D. student in Psychology at the GC, has done some interesting research on “dolphin bioacoustics.” She’s working with the New Media Lab to create and … Continue reading

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Michael Gazzaniga on the Radio

Neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga was on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer show today. He called “the explanatory gap”–between neural physiology and subjective experience–“the scientific question of our time.” The show just finished, but it should go online here shortly. Gazzaniga is well … Continue reading

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Damasio’s Terms

Antonio Damasio’s theories of consciousness and the self are complicated and can get bewildering on a first reading. This is partly because he builds the theory through the explanation of relationships among a pretty large number of parts. The good … Continue reading

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Harvey’s Elements for Week 2

Thesis: David, Berni Motive: Venita, Cheryl Evidence: Justin Analysis: Liz Keyterms: Jeff Structure: Jen Stitching: Dag Sources: Julia Reflecting: Amber Orienting: Yael Stance: Andrew Style: Mari

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Library Workshops

Hi everybody. The library at the GC is offering some great workshops in February. Introduction to Library Resources (2/3 @ 1-2pm and 2/11 @ 4:15-5:15pm) Introduction to Grants Resources and Grant Writing (2/11 @ 3-5pm) Introduction to Zotero for Citation … Continue reading

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Welcome

This site will be the online home for our course. You will find our course readings, calendar, and requirements here. Each week, half the students in the course will post discussion questions about assigned readings to our course blog; the other … Continue reading

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