Category Archives: Neurosciences
Language and the Mind Revisited
UC Berkeley presents the The Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lecture series, featuring linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky. Chomsky examines biolinguistics – the study of relations between physiology and speech.
Series: “UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures” [7/2003] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7412]
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Neurology and the Passion for Art
Why is it that great works of art seem to have a universal appeal, transcending cultural and geographic boundaries? V.S. Ramachandran, director of UCSD’s Center for Brain and Cognition has studied how the brain perceives works of art and thinks he may know the answer to this intriguing question. Series: “40/40 Vision Lectures (UCSD Faculty Lecture Series)” [11/2000] [Science] [Show ID: 5224]
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