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Eric Kandel Documentary screening at Annual Meeting
Conference attendees will have an opportunity to view the film documentary In Search of Memory, an autobiographical account of Nobel Prize Neuroscientist Eric Kandel. The Petra Seeger film has been well received in showings in Germany and the United States. Media information includes the following: “IN SEARCH OF MEMORY is a compelling blend of autobiography…
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Podcast explores Arts and Neuroscience
Marc Steiner Podcast interview with Dr. Charles Limb and Dr. Mariale Hardiman, John Hopkins University faculty and advocates in the field of neuro-education. The interview addresses the relationship between neuroscience and the arts and its importance for education. See also the accompanying news article “This is Your Brain on Art.”
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Post-Star story: Empathy can be the difference between bully, nice kid
New York Post-Star online story recounting the work of Mary Gordon’s organization, Roots of Empathy, and its relationship to research in mirror-neurons. The article includes the following statement: “The goal is to prevent children from becoming bullies and turn them into empathetic members of the community. The program’s approach, she (Gordon) said, is based on…