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I'm passionate about

Literature, reading, evolution, brain, cognition, philosophy, science, ethology, learning, pugs, lgbt, poetry, language, thought, psychopathology, clinical and neuropsychology.

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Evolution, brain, psychology, motivation, learning, cognition, perception, attitudes, lgbt, thought, language, technology, literature, poetry, human development, science, cognition, natural selection.

My TED Story

I discovered TED by attending a thought and language class and since then I couldn't stop watching TED Talks everyday and it has changed the way I approach to knowledge, I feel that my ideas flow better thanks to these talks and I show this webpage to everybody when I have the opprotunity to do so. I also see TED as a great way to acquire knowledge for free and from the best thinkers around the globe. TED just amazes me and gives me more tools to convey ideas that do worth spreading.

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• A comment on Talk: Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius

  Apr 28 2013: http://meinlibronegro.blogspot.com/
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  A comment on Talk: iO Tillett Wright: Fifty shades of gay

  Jan 31 2013: Excellent talk! I loved it, everybody should watch it. Share share share!
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  A comment on Talk: Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist

  Jan 11 2013: This talk is really inspiring, I was about to cry. What a beautiful life experience. Thanks for sharing it.

• A comment on Talk: Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

  Oct 1 2012: It reminds me of my own proccess of becoming a good speaker, I felt that same "I'm-not-supposed-to-be-here-feeling when giving my first talk at school because I couldn't even stand the idea of being in front of my classmates speaking up and now it's natural to me to give talks about my research or participating during my classes and currently I'm one of the top students of my faculty. This talk also reminds me of Brene Brown's about the power of vulnerability.

• A reply on Conversation: What is Your BIG IDEA in just 6 WORDS?

  Jul 20 2012: I recently reviewed the Spanish translation of http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/es/wolfgang_kessling_how_to_air_condition_outdoor_spaces.html and the last one I translated myself was http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/fr/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illness.html into French. =)

• A reply on Conversation: What is Your BIG IDEA in just 6 WORDS?

  Jul 18 2012: That's a really hard question...Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery is one of my loved ones. Currently, I'm reading Ulysses by James Joyce is one of the greatest, very hard to read but once I got the rythm, I can't stop. Cien Anos de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude) is also a great book I have reread a bunch of times. A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare is a really beautiful book, as well as The Odyssey and The Iliad by Homer.
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  A reply on Conversation: What is Your BIG IDEA in just 6 WORDS?

  Jul 14 2012: Today I learned that we have new fascinating ways to see music, thanks to Jared Ficklin on http://www.ted.com/talks/jared_ficklin_new_ways_to_see_music_with_color_and_fire.html
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  A comment on Conversation: What is Your BIG IDEA in just 6 WORDS?

  Jul 13 2012: Reading is just cheap and delicious.
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  A comment on Conversation: What is Your BIG IDEA in just 6 WORDS?

  Jul 13 2012: You Can Learn Something From Anybody.
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  A comment on Conversation: What is Your BIG IDEA in just 6 WORDS?

  Jul 12 2012: If You Want To Write, Write!