while browsing the web for claude levi strauss posts i stumbled upon a great site cognition and culture . it is run by international cognition culture institute an initiative of the department of anthropology of the london school of economics and political science. from their selfdescription scholars in the emerging crossdisciplinary field of cognition and culture studies are......
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five examples from just one day in a rss feed one of the greatest productivity tools available for the curious generalist. the way you see yourself can influence your perception of pain here internet communities around mental disorder here price perception on wine tasting here processing novelty in the brain here blind people are better at spacial navigation here re....
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the american anthropological associations annual meeting is over here a quick roundup of the conference coverage on the web. anthropology and the military was a hot topic this year as well as inside higher ed informs in three articles according to the article anthropological engagement for good and for bad the debates were generally civil but at times pointed.......
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while much of its blog work actually takes place on savage minds and elsewhere i have a sense that oa advocates interested in what is happening in anthropology may occasionally check in here or have an rss feed here. for such folks i can note briefly the results of the recent savage minds oa awards spearheaded by chris kelty and announced to a crowd of real life human beings in the lobby of t......
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what are the best anthropology websites last night at the annual meeting of the american anthropology association in san francisco the savage minds awards were handed out. in the category most excellent blog antropologi.info was voted second best behind my favorite culture matters. thanks a lot for voting for antropologi.info unfortunaltely i could not be there. here......
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things ive seen around the web recently include digging digitally a digital challenges notes from the hellenic ministry of cultures recent conference notes from a recent conference on digital dissemination with links to other peoples views on the subject. where o where has comet boethin gone the case of the missing comet a the transient sky comets asteroids......
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the time has come to talk of many things of shoesand shipsand sealingwax of the 53rd edition of the four stone hearth the webs most amazing only anthropolo gyencompa ssing blog carnival. the last edition as you might remember was held over at archaeoporn on election night. for those of you as enthralled with anthropology as i and you know who you are......
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with less than a week to go until the start of the aaa and no time to properly pull this off i hereby announce that we will be annoucing the winners of the 1st annual savage minds awarding of teh excellents contest on saturday evening at 6pm in the lobby of the hilton. well also make sure to announce where the party is at that point. which means its time to vote i......
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two years ago the blog bibliodyssey posted a set of fanciful phrenological maps of the brain. these are not the standard spurzheim combe or fowler diagrams that one sees in textbooks accompanying the section on phrenology. these are much more intricate and creative sharing as much in common with the mystical renaissance speculations of robert fludd image as with t......
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on veterans day. a lesbian and gay group in utah attempts to leverage church of jesus christ of latterday saints vocal support for proposition 8 into an argument to expand rights for gay and lesbian couples in utah. but leaders of the rights group here equality utah said statements made by mormon leaders in defense of their actions in california that the church was not ant......
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you may have missed it.a it was kind of buried in all the news about the start of the nba season but there was an election last week.a yes an election in the good ol united states. obama won.a he ran for president. interestingly on wednesday i got the following email dear dr. rob i have been gunning for this job for over four years and just landed it this week.a i am real e......
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...discussion. updatea my mistake.a you can leave comments after articles.a but all in all a great contribution to discussing minerva. check it out. its a sin. daniel lende at neuroanthr opology.ne t has a great thought piece on studying vice the natureculture mindbody dichotomies that persist inside academia and outside of it and the ambiguous and sometimes dangerous relationship betw...
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scientific american minds mind matters blog has a great interview with neuroanthropologist daniel lende who discusses why we need an understanding of both culture and neuroscience to get a fully integrated account of human thought and behaviour. lende discusses his work on integrating cultural factors and the neuroscience of the dopamine reward system in a study of addiction in col......
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the longer version of the title might have been how many anthropologies does the west need to produce before they become world anthropolo gies8217 the tradition of anthropomorphizing inanimate objects and abstract ideas has all of the shortcomings that we already know. like cultural extinction which suggests that cultures as ideas and practices can die 8221......
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when why and how are individuals moved by a piece of art in a museum or gallery how can art change peoples lives anthropologist sandra dudley and neuroscientist rodrigo quian quiroga will develop a new interdisciplinary approach to the perception of gallery art according to a press release . the anthropologist explains what were studying is a basic level of human ......
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quick links from the past week in mind and brain news mind apples is a site that aims to share and develop ways of maintaining mental health in innovative ways. a communitybased knowledge sharing community focused on mental wellbeing. yay to the bunkers scientific america has a piece on how one research team are trying to personify evil in an ai programme. technology re......
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genetic variation in dopamine response and blunted dopamine reactions to a chocolate milkshake while in an fmri scanner do certain people want more but get less pleasure and does that affect weight gain gmfree food news by unknown......
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welcome to the 57th edition of the encephalon psychology and neuroscience writing carnival where we have the honour of hosting the best in the last fortnights mind and brain writing here on mind hacks. we start off with two great interviews. the first is a video interview with pioneering neuroscientist rodolfo llinas known for his radical ideas on consciousness picked up by cha......
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quick links from the past week in mind and brain news being altruistic makes you hot finds new research covered by medical news today . neuronarrative is a highquality new mind and brain blog . highly recommended. the san franciso chronicle has an excellent piece on the place of brain scans in the courtroom. in light of the recent controversy over a murder conviction ......
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obama links of the day rolling stone cover story and humorous obama speech at al smith dinner . commonweal says theres nothing like the church to bring people together . and the republic of t. proposes a cast for a hypothetical obama biopic . and kenyans follow obamas fortunes nervously. john quiggin of crooked timber on asset price bubbles . and paul krugma......
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quick links from the past week in mind and brain news the waves of mu art project is reviewed by the neurocritic . looks as beautiful as it sounds. bbc news says internet use good for the brain the scientific article has not yet appeared and the guy has a book out on er how good the internet is for your brain. i remain suspicious until i see the hard data. ......
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first a sad but hopeful good bye to a sbling blogger dr. karen ventii of science to life will be leaving scienceblogs.com to engage in other things. please drop by and say bye last post see an interview with karen ventii. ive always thought that some sort of bird flu especially one carried by geese would be an excellent biological weapon and the theater for it......
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