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What Does It Mean to Be Musical?
Music can be seen as a model system for understanding gene x environment interactions and how these can influence neurocognitive development. The concept of musicality, however, is underspecified and not well understood. Here, I propose a framework for defining musicality to provide a foundation for studying the contributions of biological and environmental factors.
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The Art of University Dress Codes
An examination of the university dress code in the context of aesthetics.
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Critical Neuroscience: Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience
Multi-disciplinary scholars from around the world explore key social, historical and philosophical studies of neuroscience.
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Produce First, Sharpen Second: What Dylan’s Vomit Teaches Us About The Creative Process
Good ideas and work arise from one's ability to recognize good, mediocre or bad things. Some recent research gives us a strategy to accomplish this.
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Conversation with Prodigious Savant Daniel Tammet
Wide-ranging conversation with prodigious savant Daniel Tammet about how his mind works, nature and nurture, intelligence, creativity, and his personal transformation.
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Conversation with Prodigious Savant Daniel Tammet- Part V, Creativity, Mind, and the Brain
Daniel Tammet on creativity, late bloomers, intuition, love, and information.
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Conversation with Prodigious Savant Daniel Tammet- Part IV, IQ and Human Intelligence
Daniel Tammet on the limits of IQ testing.
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Conversation with Prodigious Savant Daniel Tammet- Part VI, Personal Transformation
Daniel Tammet on his personal journey, future goals, and lessons learned.
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Conversation with Prodigious Savant Daniel Tammet - Part II, How a Prodigious Savant’s Mind Works
Daniel Tammet on how his mind works.
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Conversation with Prodigious Savant Daniel Tammet - Postscript, My Candid Reflections
My reflections on my conversation with Daniel Tammet.