http://www.otherlobe.com A Blog About Experiential Education, Social Media, and the Brain... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:41:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Neurobargining – Ex Ed brain circuits in action?   Alexandra Hilbert QC 13 and Jim Stellar   We have been reading this 9/19/10 on-line paper with the title “Neural signatures of strategic types in a two-person bargaining game.” The paper aims to get at what the authors call “The management and manipulation of our ... http://www.otherlobe.com/2012/02/neurobargining-%e2%80%93-ex-ed-brain-circuits-in-action/ Experience comes with years         Shalini Singh CC’13 and Jim Stellar   Shalini took a neuroscience-based large general education course that I co-taught last spring to about 240 students.  She sat in the middle about 3 rows back from the front.  Because she was attentive in class I asked her a brief question ... http://www.otherlobe.com/2012/01/experience-comes-with-years/ Social Neuroeconomics – Over bidding            Raphael Spiro QC 12 and Jim Stellar   Raph has been reading a bit of the literature on neuroecomomics, something we have written about before in this blog.  We’d like to propose that the same brain areas that are involved in making decisions about purchases made with ... http://www.otherlobe.com/2012/01/social-neuroeconomics-%e2%80%93-over-bidding/ We experience so that we may learn. Jungyo Kim QC’13 and Jim Stellar   From my perspective (JS) the story begins when JK took a class I co-taught last spring (PSY282) and we connected over an idea for a new club she is starting to promote emotional, mental, and physical health, on ... http://www.otherlobe.com/2011/12/we-experience-so-that-we-may-learn/ Refining a long term passion in the academy   Michaela Tralli QC’12 and Jim Stellar   Michaela took a course I co-taught last spring.  We began to talk about how one finds one’s field and her field looks like it will be direct patient care in clinical psychology.  Often in this blog we write ... http://www.otherlobe.com/2011/11/refining-a-long-term-passion-in-the-academy/ Sensemaking – something one learns from experience Luisa Melo NU’00 and Jim Stellar Luisa was an undergraduate who worked on a senior honors project with me in behavioral neuroscience.  After graduation she worked in academic biochemistry research for years, pursued a Master’s in International Relations at the Fletcher School and has wound ... http://www.otherlobe.com/2011/11/sensemaking-%e2%80%93-something-one-learns-from-experience/ The Undergraduate Experiential Education of an MBA   Corinne Freeman D'Ambrosio NU 02 and Jim Stellar   Corinne was a major in Anthropology with an Education minor who went into business after graduation and just received her MBA degree (congratulations!).  She also was head of the College of Arts and Sciences Student Advisory Council ... http://www.otherlobe.com/2011/10/the-undergraduate-experiential-education-of-an-mba/ Bird Brains: A model for Expanding the Human Mind in College?   Shoshana Korman QC’12 and Jim Stellar   Shoshana works in the laboratory of Dr. Carolyn Pytte who comes out of the bird song neuroscience tradition.  Shoshana and I agreed to write this blog with two intertwined themes: Neuroscience of brain plasticity and ... http://www.otherlobe.com/2011/10/412/ Flow   Eric Miller QC ‘12 and Jim Stellar   In his book “Drive,” on intrinsic motivation in the workplace, Daniel Pink mentions Mihayl Csikszentmihalyi and discusses the concept of “Flow.”  To begin with Csikszentmihalyi, he was born in Hungary in 1935 during the most volatile period of the 20th century; World War II ... http://www.otherlobe.com/2011/09/flow/ What is student leadership?   Andrew DeMasters QC12 and Jim Stellar   I (JS) remain interested in student leadership as a form of experiential learning right on campus.  But the question is what is a student leader? And what makes him or her tick?  To address those questions, I thought I would talk to ... http://www.otherlobe.com/2011/08/what-is-student-leadership/