Science Fiction Comes Alive as Researchers Grow Organs in Lab. Book Review: Incognito. University of Wisconsin Professor Richard Davidson to Speak on “Happiness is a Skill” Richard J.
Davidson Richard J. Davidson, the William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and founder and chair of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin's Waisman Center will present the next lecture in Washington and Lee’s yearlong “Questioning the Good Life” interdisciplinary seminar series. His talk will be Tuesday, March 19, at 5:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.
The title of Davidson’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is “Happiness is a Skill.” “This talk will present an overview of recent research in contemplative neuroscience that frames the application of mental training to cultivate positive attributes of mind from the perspective of neuroplasticity,” said Davidson. Director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior and the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience, Davidson is a pioneer in the field of affective neuroscience. - StumbleUpon. Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., Lab Director. Richard J.
Davidson Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry Ph.D. 1976, Harvard University Brodgen Office: 318 Waisman Center Office: T-225 Phone: 608.265.8189 Email: rjdavids@wisc.edu Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging & BehaviorCenter for Investigating Healthy Minds Dr. Plato on Rhetoric and Poetry. First published Mon Dec 22, 2003; substantive revision Mon Jan 30, 2012 Plato's discussions of rhetoric and poetry are both extensive and influential.
As in so many other cases, he sets the agenda for the subsequent tradition. And yet understanding his remarks about each of these topics—rhetoric and poetry—presents us with significant philosophical and interpretive challenges. Further, it is not initially clear why he links the two topics together so closely (he suggests that poetry is a kind of rhetoric). Plato certainly thought that matters of the greatest importance hang in the balance, as is clear from the famous statement that “there is an old quarrel between philosophy and poetry” (Republic, 607b5–6). 1. “A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him.” David Foster Wallace on Life and Work. 6 Simple Rituals To Reach Your Potential Every Day.
It’s Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. Two San Francisco entrepreneurs are pitching their ventures to potential investors today. They’d both agree that this is one of the most important days of their lives. This is the story of Jane and Joe... Jane was up until 4 a.m. putting the final touches on her deck. In fact, she spent the entire weekend fixed in her apartment, preparing the presentation. Joe, on the other hand, went to sleep last night at 11 p.m., as he does most nights of the week. Which entrepreneur would you bet on? And, which entrepreneur most closely resembles you? Jane and Joe are fictional characters but having been immersed in the world of startups in both New York and San Francisco, I see a lot of Janes.
This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak with my friend Mike Del Ponte, who resembles the character of Joe. "Every day I need physical energy, mental clarity, and emotional balance to tackle everything that comes my way," Mike said. - StumbleUpon. TED: Ideas worth spreading. Quote by Marcus Aurelius: Live a good life. If there are gods and they ar... A Theological View of ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Daniel Dennett: Consciousness and Free Will. Solitude and Leadership. Essays - Spring 2010 Print If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts By William Deresiewicz The lecture below was delivered to the plebe class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in October 2009.
My title must seem like a contradiction. Leadership is what you are here to learn—the qualities of character and mind that will make you fit to command a platoon, and beyond that, perhaps, a company, a battalion, or, if you leave the military, a corporation, a foundation, a department of government. We need to begin by talking about what leadership really means.
So I began to wonder, as I taught at Yale, what leadership really consists of. See, things have changed since I went to college in the ’80s. So what I saw around me were great kids who had been trained to be world-class hoop jumpers. That is exactly what places like Yale mean when they talk about training leaders. Mufasa.