Week 7: Neursci + Art

I found Jean Piaget's section of "Art, Mind, and Brain" to be really insightful for this week's topics. Talking about mental development intrigued me because the way the brain works has always been really interesting to me. The neuroscience that is related to this week's topics was shown through Piaget's work as he concluded studies on children's minds and within the reading we read about dividends found such as sensorimotor intelligence. These studies were to prove that "actions could eventually occur "within the head" -- in fact, such "mental operations" form the "mainsprings" of what is usually called thought" (8).  

(Sensorimotor Stage of Children: Britannica)

Reading through "The Embodied Mind" the idea of art and neuroscience together outlined how these are "self-organizing" (96) and consist of two different stages. STM and LTM processes of retaining information and recalling it. This is fascinating because it goes for everyday life, especially when it comes to being in a lecture and taking an exam or quiz based on that lecture or the past few weeks. ART, known as adaptive resonance theory is within these processes of short and long-term memory. 

(PTSD and Short term memory loss)

EEG technology is a form of art through watching and recording brain activity. I personally think this type of art and science has to be my favorite because the brain controls everything we do and has always fascinated me in numerous ways. 

(EEG technology)


Photos:

Hollowood, Tia. “PTSD and Short Term Memory Loss .” HealthyPlace, 24 Jan. 2018, www.healthyplace.com/blogs/traumaptsdblog/2018/01/posttraumatic-stress-disorder-and-short-term-memory-loss.

Milton, Author Mia. “‘New EEG Technology Makes for Better Brain Reading.’” Digital 2020, 13 Sept. 2019, sites.temple.edu/mmilton/2019/09/13/new-eeg-technology-makes-for-better-brain-reading/.

“Sensorimotor Stage.” Encyclopædia Britannica, www.britannica.com/science/sensorimotor-stage.


 Sources:

Albu, Cristina. “Cristina Albu.” CMA Journal - Simon Fraser University, www.sfu.ca/cmajournal/issues/issue-ten--enchantment--disenchantment--reenchantment/cristina-albu.html?fbclid=IwAR1twyrqbeKqNrJSUXSihLVGvX_D9ARndxDv3USnw2pTENE_iXHJtIo8v54.

Bateson, Gregory. Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity. United Kingdom, Bantam Books, 1988.

Gardner, Howard. “Art, Mind, and Brain.” Google Books, 1982, books.google.com/books?id=2BMDYRRF1WcC&dq=gardner%2B%22art%2Bmind%2Band%2Bbrain%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=DYaIMCGy4j&sig=8yrvOMWISopSrN_fNXsYqUPJCgw&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false.

JW, Britton, and Frey LC. Edited by St. Louis EK and Frey LC, Introduction - Electroencephalography (EEG): An Introductory Text And ..., 2016, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK390346/.

Rosch, Eleanor, et al. The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience. United States, MIT Press, 1992.


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  1. AnonymousMay 20, 2023 at 3:44 PM

    Mental development also intrigues me especially when discussing younger people as they are so vulnerable, and it is important to cultivate their minds. EEG technology is fascinating and is one of the most prolific tools I have seen this week concerning the intersection of art and nueroscience.

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