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Cognitive Science Month!
I feel there is not enough awareness around cog sci in academics.
One of the biggest job markets for psychology majors today is business marketing, advertising, and public relations.
Entertainment is ran by liberal arts and sold by scientific analysis. This is the very real situation of today's global marketing. Knowing what sells takes knowing how the human mind gets attracted.
To me, in my opinion this is troublesome. Consider all the subliminal messaging that our kids are subjected to consistently during their everyday lives. The ads, the commercials, the bill boards, etc etc with people designing them, that know more about what you find appealing than you do.
So, Cog Sci Mon! should be about sharing your knowledge of the human mind.
A key note to make about the term "Cognitive science" is that there is not ONE cog sci. There are cognitive sciences that tend to take two or more major fiends of study and combine precision sciences to establish facts.
"Philosophy of cognitive science" is a major part of a large number of subsets. Neuroethics is a developing field of law and has a lot practical usage in education. Perhaps a continued combination of law and cog sci would prove dominating in future job markets.
I just see cognitive science usage in everything in the future. I mean even religions and education systems. How we are going to teach kids at max capacity is psychologically orientated. Which is BLOWING up because of the cognitive science(s) advancements!
We need awareness of these fields of study!
I know a lot of TEDsters have cog sci in their profiles as interest. This topic is only going to reappear over and over again, but it may not be on the main stream, it may just be in the science communities. Which is not right.
Post; videos, articles, comments and concerns.
Or start another more specific conversation related to the cognitive sciences.
A lot can be learned and a lot can be said, the point is to share.
"Mimesis" is a favorite.
Sharon McCann 10+
Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
But what if a drug was developed to achieve this emotional recognized state of mind - your striving points. Would that be ethical to do without the meditation, citical thinking, artisitic mindset, that is involved in achieving this mental state. Would that be acceptable to consume if it was available? I believe that this information is relative to achieving such a goal.
Why do you need all the thinking if you can just be satisfied with everything with a pill? This is a very real concern for the future. So I appreciate the topic bring up.:-)
Its a little scary to think. But Also I think people generalize religion too much. A lot of people practice naturalist-humanist, no matter their religious beliefs. The differences relay to the details of dogmas, scapegoats, and rivalry performed intrinsicly by everyone and cultures. These details are cause of wars. We should be upset with religions not religion. Even without fundamental religious practice there still will be groups and/communities gathered under common beliefs; religion.
Sharon McCann 10+
Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
Sharon McCann 10+
Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
Sharon McCann 10+
Debra Smith 200+
Debra Smith 200+
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Persinger
Here is a short video which documents experiences achieved with the stimulation of the limbic system and the temporal lobes. This effect is called the God Effect and he uses a helmet to administer the stimulus. Take a look at the experience here:
http://youtu.be/8YPOTaUyvA0
Was this what you were referring to?
Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
Buddhism keeps the creator question open in their religion. This seems wise, no? Because even if there is a God, s/he/it has no direct physical affect/effect on us, that is obvious by a matter of science, but no science can disprove the existence of a God as gnosticism proposes. By no means is Buddhism like any Abraham religion, this is the common flaw of the western atheist, especially the neo-atheist. Also all the three of those religions, foundational (at the core) are naturalistic, over the course of time (Romans, Catholic Church) they became extremely fundamental.
Historically there are far more natural religions with fewer certainties than that of the modern Abrahamics.
Kabbalah, for example, the foundation of Judaism. Had the consideration, God is in the brain and is the left or right side in a sense. That we have the inner knowledge of being what Buddhism would considered "enlightened."
http://www.logoi.com/pastimages/img/god_4.jpg Michelangelo's painting... Curiously looks like a brain... All over the Sistine Chapel has angels and men forming Kabbalah symbols with their bodies.. The want for naturalism is not a new idea, nor is the idea our minds have more to them than we can know without premeditation.
Religion will always be here, it is part of nature we humans need to gather to be humane and grow together.
Religion is just a word, we may not use that word anymore one day but it will still be the same principles.
Religion is here to stay, I would recommend learning a little about them all, instead of throwing them in a pile together.
Humans naturally have metaphysical longings - emotions - mindsets, which we interpret as spirituality.
This is what cognitive science has taught me along with my studies of humanities, religion and anthropology. Cog sci needs to be illuminated more to help enlighten the world.
Sorry to digress. Thanks for the comment!
Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/vs_ramachandran_the_neurons_that_shaped_civilization.html
MY response: This idea of "mimesis" is an ancient one. How we (consciously and unconsciously) mimic, copy, and mirror our environments is ultimately who we become.
http://seedmagazine.com/content/print/buddhism_and_the_brain/
Buddhism is a big topic in science communities today, due to the parallels between scientific fact and Buddhism philosophies. A great article to help explain why.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thinking-about-kids/201009/what-middle-school-parents-should-know-part-2-adolescents-are-lawyer
A look inside the developing teenage mind.
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/002183.html
Our mind on love!
Books;
"The Female Brain" by Louann Brizendine
"The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who You are" by Daniel Siegel
http://www.questia.com/library/book/societies-of-brains-a-study-in-the-neuroscience-of-love-and-hate-by-walter-j-freeman.jsp (Title - author in link + book)
I lost my old bookmarks (I can find more), but this is a small list of cog sci related articles that are very entertaining and informative, enjoy!
Debra Smith 200+
Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
Also, neuroscience is a cognitive science, not mutual topics, just a subset.
Debra Smith 200+
Emotions and consciousness
http://youtu.be/Aw2yaozi0Gg
http://youtu.be/KbacW1HVZVk
http://youtu.be/Q_25uUpippE
http://youtu.be/0GF10uYEr40
Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
Without neuroscience there would be no cog sci. Cog sci is too broad to one subject manner but they both use one another interdependently. I mean consciousness and thinking processes are so vague!
Great videos!