Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Elaine H. Kim is an American writer, editor and professor emerita in Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. [1] Kim retired from teaching in 2015. [ 2 ] Her academic interests and research areas included Asian American cultural studies, art, literature, Asian diaspora studies, and Asian American ...
A. Kimberley McAllister [1] (born June 30, 1966) is an American cellular and molecular neuroscientist who specializes in synapse biology and neuroimmunology.She is director of a center for Neuroscience [2] and a Professor of Neurology [3] and Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior [4] and the UC Davis Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics.
Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics or embellishment. Every culture has its own narratives, ...
Catherine Woolley (born 1965), neuroendocrinologist studying cellular and molecular neuroscience in relation to the brain and behaviour; Sarah M. N. Woolley (fl. 2000s), neuroscientist studying the neuroscience of communication, using songbirds to understand how the brain learns and understands vocal communication
Neurocinema or neurocinematics is the science of how watching movies, or particular scenes from movies affect our brains, and the response the human brain gives to any given movie or scene. [1]
Ellen Lumpkin and her team discovered the specialization of Merkel cells involved in encoding different aspects of the sensation of touch. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] Her team discovered that Merkel cells have fast, mechanically activated ion channels, they are capable of sending information to activate sensory neurons, and the activity of Merkel cells is ...
The novelist Andre Dubus III tutored Hoel on writing when he was 13. [11]Hoel has published essays in The Atlantic [12] and The Baffler, [13] among others. [14]The Revelations. In 2021, Hoel published The Revelations, a mystery novel set at New York University concerning a fictional scholarship program that brings together eight young consciousness researchers, one of whom is murdered. [15]
Soon thereafter, Smith began contemplating a storytelling festival. He wanted to save the old, traditional stories of the Southern Appalachians for future generations, and he wanted to join other residents of Jonesborough who wanted to save the dying town and rebuild its economy. Smith hoped a storytelling festival could help accomplish both. [3]