tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post1800952357929904033..comments2024-03-15T03:05:36.948-07:00Comments on eScienceCommons: A novel look at how stories may change the braineScienceCommonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07669694248203452186noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-2410764655682641622014-12-01T11:18:37.520-08:002014-12-01T11:18:37.520-08:00You can read the full study here: http://online.li...You can read the full study here: http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/brain.2013.0166eScienceCommonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669694248203452186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-48587902746939646712014-11-29T20:35:36.634-08:002014-11-29T20:35:36.634-08:00Wait. So there was no control? Just baseline activ...Wait. So there was no control? Just baseline activity compared to activity the morning after reading? So maybe watching porn would have had the same effect. Or maybe just staring at your thumb. Please tell me there was more to the research than what was reported.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-32937853666813258102014-11-29T11:55:22.637-08:002014-11-29T11:55:22.637-08:00This research, supported by DARPA, took place at t...This research, supported by DARPA, took place at the same time that Emory College was instituting significant cuts across the humanities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-60402583087193931152014-05-30T07:46:45.477-07:002014-05-30T07:46:45.477-07:00How cool is this? Even more reason to curl up with...How cool is this? Even more reason to curl up with a fantastic book.Omaha Public Libraryhttp://omahalibrary.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-3803827903291122792014-01-07T10:00:36.892-08:002014-01-07T10:00:36.892-08:00Could be really interesting to see if other types ...Could be really interesting to see if other types of novels produce the same effects, and if so we know the changes can't last that long- I doubt that Pompeii is the first novel the students have ever read!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936038869469978882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-60057973349026271352014-01-07T06:59:48.783-08:002014-01-07T06:59:48.783-08:00This quote from the article, “Stories shape our li...This quote from the article, “Stories shape our lives and in some cases help define a person,” says neuroscientist Gregory Berns, lead author of the study and the director of Emory’s Center for Neuropolicy. “We want to understand how stories get into your brain, and what they do to it.” has me wondering if the results of this study would be the same for listening to a story - as in oral traditions - as they are for reading a story.Tracy Rosenhttp://tracyrosen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-55616603949457961182014-01-06T20:47:04.839-08:002014-01-06T20:47:04.839-08:00They say: Leaders are Readers . . . They say: Leaders are Readers . . . Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12773914216879100692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-23479175935366787902013-12-28T07:02:15.055-08:002013-12-28T07:02:15.055-08:00This is really cool stuff. It suggests that those...This is really cool stuff. It suggests that those old grade school teachers may have had it right, reading does make you smarter, at least for a while. Mike Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753327891817266131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-78472796138003207432013-12-27T05:22:12.977-08:002013-12-27T05:22:12.977-08:00In other words stories are drugs - no wonder huma...In other words stories are drugs - no wonder humans are addicted to them. A lot safer than chemically induced feelings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040113575463753432noreply@blogger.com