In this weeks lectures we learned about neuroscience and art. This ranged from categories about the nervous system to memory and cognitive recognition. Neuroculture as Giovanni and Suzanne would describe as "the interaction between art and science that offers opportunity to make the scientific community and the public aware of the social and ethical implications of scientific advances in neuroscience" (Giovanni, Suzanne 2009). One particular video I thought was interesting Ramachandaran's Ted Talk video where he explained the different parts of the brain and how brain damage damages the individual (Ramachandaran 2007). In particular, he explained how damages to the brain can cause you to actually forget people's faces. Opposed to not being able to control your brain, Christopher deCharms' Ted Talk explained how people can now control their own brains and reduce chronic pain (deCharms 2008). This not only was shockingly interesting information but opened a lot of scientific advances as preposed by Giovanni and Suzanne's article. As doing some research on Neuroculture, I found Batenburg's artwork of humans neurons growing (Batenburg 2019). This piece shows colorful human neurons growing which is remarkably artistic. I believe pieces like this promote Neuroculture and art pieces simultaneously. One particular intresting article was about the fruit fly brain and how a part of its brain is used to navigate the flying routes (Brouillette 2022).
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Brouillette, Monique. “Mapping the Brain to Understand the Mind” Scientific American 2022. Sourced from: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mapping-the-brain- to-understand-the-mind/ |
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| deCharms, Christopher. “A Look Inside The Brain Real Time” Ted Talks 2008 |
References
Anker, Sizanne. Frazzetto, Giovanni. “Neuroculture” Science and Society Vol 10 2009
Brouillette, Monique. “Mapping the Brain to Understand the Mind” Scientific American 2022. Sourced
from: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mapping-the-brain- to-understand-the-mind/
deCharms, Christopher. “A Look Inside The Brain Real Time” Ted Talks 2008
Ramachandran, Vilayanur. “3 Clues to Understanding Your Brain” Ted Talks 2007
Leman, Jennifer. Tormed, Liz. “The Brain Images: Top Entries of the Art of Neurscience”
Scientific America 2019. Sourced from: https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic le/the-brain-in-images-top-entries-in-the-art-of-neuroscience1/
What up Big Blog Guy. First of all, I really like the layout of your blog. Many people haven't customized their template yet and it is nice to have a break from that drab, beige color. I found your blog post pretty compelling--thanks for linking the TED talk video. It's pretty amazing to think about the idea of pain, and if we can truly control it with our own conscious. People can build up their pain tolerance and maybe try to distract themselves, but eventually I think every person has a point where they feel like it's too much to handle. I know there are some diseases where people cannot feel pain, but this is dangerous too. We can relate this to the idea of stoicism, which is like having such a strong control over your conscious that you do not let anything in life affect you--good or bad. I personally am not at that point yet. I don't know if I want to be though, because I like feeling happy when good things happen. I wouldn't give up the happy feeling to not feel the bad feelings. I wonder what a guy with a Big Blog thinks. My Blog is not as big as yours, so maybe that's why I feel this way. I'd say medium.
ReplyDeleteI like what you said here Big Blog Guy. I guess you really are a big blog guy since your blog is nicely laid out. It is crazy how the brain works and how crazy brain injuries are, like you discussed in this post. It is really weird how memory loss works. Like what you talked about, if someone obtains a brain injury they could not remember faces, but remember everything else, but if they got hit with a little bit more force or a centimeter in another direction, they forget something else and remember faces. Crazy!
ReplyDeleteI thoroughly enjoyed reading your input on the relationship between neuroscience and art. I particularly found interest in your commentary on Christopher deCharms' Ted Talk . Your choice of highlighting how people can now control their own brains and reduce chronic pain perfectly captivated the relationship between the two disciplines. Looking at Batenburg's artwork of humans neurons growing I was intrigued by how complex our existence is.
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