My project involves how addictive behaviors are developed. I have worked in neuropharmacology for a while and there are a few schools of thought that exist. My collaborator and I look at how the presence of a drug in an … Continue reading →

It looks like my topic (practice elevator pitch: “The excluded self and the anti-narrative impulse in the gay memoir”? Needs work) has some overlap with both Berni’s (identification/empathy between the reader’s self and the selves of fictional characters) and Mari’s (narrative psychology). … Continue reading →

The hypothesis for my research project is the possibly that there exist a major contradiction In Antonio’s Damasio’s work regarding the human biological body-brain as the sole source of self and consciousness; because this ‘self’ once generated in the mind … Continue reading →

Prompt #1: LIEBERMAN AND DAMASIO (mirror neurons, mentalizing, as-if body loop, empathy, body-minded brain, self) Lieberman/Social: pp. 149-150: “Being able to see a series of body movements as a coherent coordinated action that can be characterized in a few words is … Continue reading →

I think Yael and I have  a similar aesthetic  and interest in the impact of naming on the self.

My planned research topic looks at how the Self blurs with the identities of fictional characters when reading a novel. A good story compels readers to suspend their Self as they become another person. A group of boys and girls … Continue reading →

1. Find an idea or claim that Lieberman can only make in response to a source. Describe how he uses the source, using Mark Gaipa’s categories: Lieberman cites Friedrich Nietzsche as saying that: “Whatever they may think and say about … Continue reading →

Take a look at other students’ responses to Prompt #2. Look for projects that seem to overlap with yours–in terms of sources, questions, topics, or methods. Note these similarities and some ways that you and these other students might be … Continue reading →

Describe how your research topic builds on or contributes to some conversation about the origins, meanings, or functions of selfhood. What other thinkers, scholars, or writers are part of this conversation?

I was born at4:30 am, July 9th I love driving on the Northern State Parkway much more than the LIE I had a Narc car. I love bacon and my Mom’s pork chops, yet I always wanted a mini pot … Continue reading →