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Last month, I posted an excellent interview with Jaak Panksepp conducted by Dr. Ginger Campbell, over at her always outstanding Brain Science Podcast. I re-listened to the interview yesterday (there's a lot of material to integrate in this episode), and was caught by this passage. [You can download the transcript here.]

Dr. Campbell: I wanted to talk a little bit more about the importance of recognizing that if we’re studying any kind of brain process—be it consciousness, or emotions, or whatever—we have different levels of analysis, and we need to keep these straight. Could you talk a little bit about that?

Dr. Panksepp: Absolutely. I think we have had so many controversies across the last couple of centuries on these topics that it’s a veritable and conceptual jungle out there.

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Great discussion.

Changing the brain: Mind over matter?

You wait ages for a neuroscience-themed dress to appear (and believe me, I have) and then two come along at once.

After my discovery of neuro streetwear for the female fashonista last week, comes a brain themed tutu dress for the riotgrrl neuroscientist.

The description is actually quite poetic:

Brain skulls on the front, splatters on front and back. Distressed style: Imagery has unique cracks, splatters, smears, asymmetry, fading. Adjustable halter straps tie behind your neck for customizable fit. Shredded cotton ruffles underneath tulle ruffles to prevent see-through look. All garment edges raw (hemless) for a deconstructed / shredded look. Shredded cotton bust ruffles.

I have no idea what 'shredded cotton bust ruffles' are but surely a great name for an all-girl indie band.

Link to Brianskull tutu dress.

Another great two-part video from Slow TV (at Blip.tv).

What can neuroscience tell us about the nature of consciousness? Professor Jason Mattingley is a neuroscientist and neuropsychologist from the Queensland Brain Institute and the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. In this lecture he looks at the nature of consciousness. Is it simply when we are fully awake? Is it the mental process that underpins thinking and learning? What happens when we are rendered unconscious? Mattingley looks at the different understandings of consciousness and what the field of neuroscience can add to our collective understanding of how the mind works. La Trobe University, October 2009

Part one:

Part two:

Neurogenesis is a hot topic in neuroscience research, and it has been for a few years now. Yet there are still people, in our field, who know nothing about it (including a teacher I had last year). This is a good introduction for those who may want to know more about this emerging element of brain science.

Stem cells and brain tales

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It's time for neuroscience to catch up with other professions and pledge not to support aggressive war and torture, says Curtis Bell

Awesome lecture, from the Slow TV collection of videos, which is featuring the Mind and its Potential conference lectures. Found this awesome collection through Neuroanthropology - a great blog if you have not seen it before.

Interpersonal neurobiology is the cutting edge of a new integral psychology, combing the material/biological with the interpersonal/intersubjective to generate the intrapersonal/psychologiucal realm of consciousness and experience. I will be looking at this more closely in the suggestions for a post-integral integral theory.

We feel, therefore we learn: The neuroscience of social emotion. Daniel Siegel