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CORPOREALITIES: Disembodied ponytails, tumor sculptures and more!

Come check out the art exhibit in room 5307! Corporealities refers to the fact that human beings and other organisms are not merely thinking things but are also embodied in myriad ways. In conjunction with a seminar on embodiment supported by the Mellon Foundation, The Committee on Interdisciplinary Science Studies is hosting an exhibition featuring artists whose work deals with body parts,body modification, beauty, disease, sexuality, and biological processes. [Read More…]

Victoria Pitts-Taylor on the mysterious mirror neurons

Is empathy biologically derived? Are social behaviors hardwired in the brain? Victoria Pitts-Taylor explores the many sociological implications of mirror neurons. First described in the 1990s, mirror neurons are neurons that fire when an animal is either acting or observing that same act. Having written two books already on the body, Victoria began to [Read More…]