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Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor: Embodiment and Interconnectedness

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on May 1, 2008 at 6:00pm
http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.
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Do you Know what a "meme" is? replicating ideas?

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on June 3, 2008 at 5:30pm
From TED: Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves, passing from brain to brain like a physical virus. At TED2008, Blackmore makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new category of meme, the "teme," which spreads itself via technology -- and invents brand-new ways to keep itself alive. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 19:28.) Do you know of anybody researching "memes" and movement? are dance styles "memes"?
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