Inter-Disciplinary.Net Home Page. nter-Disciplinary.Net is a forum for the exchange and interaction of ideas, research and points of view that bear on a wide range of issues of concern and interest in the contemporary world. We promote and sponsor inter- and multi-disciplinary encounters by bringing people together from differing contexts, disciplines, professions, and vocations, with … More Inter-Disciplinary.Net Home Page
Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research | Video on TED.com.
Excerpt from Epigenetics – How Grandma’s Health Affects Your Child’s. Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance — or epigenetics, for short — doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Yet this idea that environmental factors (such as diet, lifestyle choices and behaviors, and stress) can change the health not only of the people who are exposed to them, but … More Epigenetics – How Grandma’s Health Affects Your Child’s
Would We be Smart if We Did Not Have Bodies? on Vimeo on Vimeo Would We be Smart if We Did Not Have Bodies? from Justin Matthews on Vimeo. via Would We be Smart if We Did Not Have Bodies? on Vimeo.
The cold shoulder. A heavy topic. A heroic white knight. We regularly use concrete, sensory-rich metaphors like these to express abstract ideas and complicated emotions. But a growing body of research is suggesting that these metaphors are more than just colorful literary devices — there may be an underlying neural basis that literally embodies these … More APS Observer – The Body of Knowledge: Understanding Embodied Cognition
Cognition is embodied when it is deeply dependent upon features of the physical body of an agent, that is, when aspects of the agent’s body beyond the brain play a significant causal or physically constitutive role in cognitive processing. In general, dominant views in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science have considered the body … More Embodied Cognition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
The emerging viewpoint of embodied cognition holds that cognitive processes are deeply rooted in the body’s interactions with the world. This position actually houses a number of distinct claims, some of which are more controversial than others. This paper distinguishes and evaluates the following six claims: 1) cognition is situated; 2) cognition is time-pressured; 3) … More Six Views of Embodied Cognition
The Making of Arduino – IEEE Spectrum.
Generally speaking, past research has shown that children who are highly sensitive to stress tend to be at higher risk for health and behavioral problems compared with their less delicate peers. Yet, a new study finds that sensitivity in of itself may not necessarily be what primes children for struggles. According to new research published … More For kids, high sensitivity to stress isn’t necessarily bad – TIME Healthland
In February 2006, on the initiative of the municipal administration of Reggio Emilia in collaboration with Reggio Children, the Istituzione of Preschools and Infant-toddler Centres, and the Friends of Reggio Children Association – a plurality of identities generated by the same culture of childhood strongly rooted in the city of Reggio Emilia – the Loris … More Reggio Children | About
Excerpt from NPR’s Asperger’s FAIL « The Biology Files. NPR’s “All Things Considered” ran a piece today on the difficulties in defining “mental disorders.” Based on what is posted on their site regarding the piece, they essentially report the opinion of one man, Allen Frances, who has taken it upon himself to do two selfish … More NPR’s Asperger’s FAIL « The Biology Files
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