11/06/06 Just some light reading… if you are interested in the brain.
Hello,
Last week in the Brain class, Professor Davidson did some ’show and tell’ about what he had discovered about the brain through reading. He brought in almost 30 books that discussed different elements of the brain. We are currently working on developing our own projects that will be completed by the end of the semester. So, Professor Davidson wanted to give us the opportunity to see all the different topics we could explore further. And that many people are just as fascinated by the brain as we are. Here is the list of the books:
- Transforming Stress - Doc Childre, Deborah Rozman
- A Celebration of Neurons - Robert Sylwester
- The Scientific American Book of the Brain - Antonio Damasio
- Introduction to the Musical Brain - Don G. Campbell
- Change Your Brain Change Your Life - Daniel G. Amen
- Music and Memory - Bob Snyder
- The Feeling of What Happens - Antonio Damasio
- Descartes’ Error - Antonio Damasio
- The Emotional Brain - Joseph LeDoux
- Searching for Memory - Daniel L. Schacter
- Magic Trees of the Mind - Marian Diamond, Janet Hobson
- A Mind at a Time - Mel Levine
- Memory Slips - Linda Katherine Cutting
- The 3-Pound Universe - Judith Hooper, Dick Teresi
- The Biology of Transcendence - Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Minds, Brains, and Learning - James Byrnes
- Teaching with the Brain in Mind - Eric Jensen
- The Right Mind - Robert Ornstein
- Inside the Brain - Ronald Kotulak
- Brain-Based Strategies to Reach Every Learner - Diane Connell
- Learning and Memory: The Brain in Action - Marilee Sprenger
- The Mind and the Brain - Schwartz, Begley
- Brain Lock - Schwartz, Beyette
- Music, Mind, & Brain - Clynes
- Neuroscience: Fundamentals for Rehabilitation - Laurie Lundy-Ekman
- Left Brain Right Brain - Springer, Deutsch
- The High-Performance Mind - Wise
- The Seven Sins of Memory - Daniel L. Schacter
~Brynn
Brynn Rector is a first year graduate student studying trumpet performance. She is currently the Teaching Assistant for Larry Scripp’s “Graduate Seminar for Music-in-Education,” and is conducting a Guided Internship in the MIE Research Center on music and brain development.
November 6th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
Thanks for posting this list! I agree, it’s a great start for anyone interested in learning about how the brain functions. In fact, I have some of these books in the MIE Office, in case anyone is interested in reading sometime. Stop on by!
November 8th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Great! I’ll drop by tomorrow!
December 13th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
I’m not sure if this article is posted somewhere else or im just not seeing it, but “The Teaching Artist and the Artistry of Teaching” by Eric Booth was one that we have spent some time discussing in the Intro to MIE class. If it isn’t posted yet, it is certainly worth putting up. I was especially interested in the way that Eric Booth works with activities in the arts and teaching using connections and associations. In re-reading this article several times, I am realizing more and more that his rationale for the arts in education is very similar to my ideas. This article has helped me to find a focused rationale for myself.
Eric Booth does not exclude anyone, and gives everyone a chance to explore. A quote from his article reads “we look at a variety of ways people make connections.” I love the message this sends. It suggests that no matter who you are, you can become a part of the arts simply by having the ability to associate. There are no right or wrong ways to do this. I would imagine that kids like the way Eric Booth teaches. Kids are told so often in the classroom that the answer is “this”, or the right way is “that.” To be a participater in something where you are always right, not only builds confidence, btu also encourages creative thinking in all situations.
Above all, the message of participation and enthusiasm and team work shows throught this article. It has made me realize that my own rationale of music as communication has so many possiblities with all age groups.
February 25th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
This list is a great starter for someone like myself who is just starting to get into neuroscience and its connection with arts. There are also a couple of journals that deal with these topics like “Child Development” in an article by Zernicke and Schneider on Biomechanics and Developmental Neuromotor Control. I think that anyone in the arts field should be required to learn more about these areas of research and development as a foundation for understanding (and then more clearly working with) the growing work of students!