The session on “selves” in many ways revisited some classic questions in psychological anthropology: “To what extent are selves culturally constituted? If selves are only partially constituted by culture, what other factors play a part in their makeup?
http://thefpr.org/wp-content/uploads/theory-of-mind.jpg555550Constance Cummingshttp://thefpr.org/wp-content/uploads/fpr-text-only3.jpgConstance Cummings2014-10-13 19:50:482015-05-01 20:37:02Toward an Anthropological Theory of Mind: Selves
Today’s talk, which was richly illustrated with film clips from his documentary series Afflictions, focused on three areas: diagnosis and healing, illness experience, and outcome (see also Lemelson & Tucker, in press-a; and Lemelson & Tucker, in press-b, for more on the making of Afflictions).
Last weekend, the FPR-CBDMH program held its inaugural winter workshop for CBDMH students and affiliated faculty at UCLA, bringing together an informal group to share research and perspectives on a topic of general interest: “Rethinking Psychosis: Culture, Brain, and Context.”
This is just a brief note that Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 2013; 15(3) focuses on Static and Dynamic Imaging: Clinical and Therapeutic Implications. The issue includes an overview by Olaf Sporns, author of Networks of the Brain (MIT, 2010) and Discovering the Human Connectome (MIT, 2012). In particular, three papers might be of particular interest to this […]
Some of the speakers at our forthcoming winter workshop on psychosis for CBD/CBDMH affiliated faculty and students will be talking about, or have an active research interest in the brain’s resting state activity, including Steve Lopez and Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Georg Northoff, and Suparna Choudhury. I thought I’d post two videos (a very short, fun intro […]
In May 2012 I attended the 10th reunion of the the FPR-UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development, which was founded in 2002 to foster interdisciplinary research and training at the graduate and postdoctoral level at the intersection of culture, social environment, and human brain development. The meeting included CBD alumni and current trainees as well as CBD faculty, […]
Constance Cummingshttp://thefpr.org/wp-content/uploads/fpr-text-only3.jpgConstance Cummings2013-12-18 17:46:462013-12-18 17:46:46Lessons from Ten Years of Mixed Methods Graduate Training at UCLA
Toward an Anthropological Theory of Mind: Selves
/0 Comments/in Psychological Anthropology, theory of mind /by Constance CummingsThe session on “selves” in many ways revisited some classic questions in psychological anthropology: “To what extent are selves culturally constituted? If selves are only partially constituted by culture, what other factors play a part in their makeup?
CBDMH Psychosis Workshop Summary, Pt. 2
/0 Comments/in Psychosis /by Constance CummingsToday’s talk, which was richly illustrated with film clips from his documentary series Afflictions, focused on three areas: diagnosis and healing, illness experience, and outcome (see also Lemelson & Tucker, in press-a; and Lemelson & Tucker, in press-b, for more on the making of Afflictions).
CBDMH Psychosis Workshop Summary, Pt. 1
/0 Comments/in Cultural Psychiatry, Default Mode Network, Psychosis /by Constance CummingsLast weekend, the FPR-CBDMH program held its inaugural winter workshop for CBDMH students and affiliated faculty at UCLA, bringing together an informal group to share research and perspectives on a topic of general interest: “Rethinking Psychosis: Culture, Brain, and Context.”
Is Schizophrenia a Network Disorder? Researchers Weigh in …
/0 Comments/in Connectome, Default Mode Network, Psychosis, Resting-State Activity, Schizophrenia /by Constance CummingsThis is just a brief note that Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 2013; 15(3) focuses on Static and Dynamic Imaging: Clinical and Therapeutic Implications. The issue includes an overview by Olaf Sporns, author of Networks of the Brain (MIT, 2010) and Discovering the Human Connectome (MIT, 2012). In particular, three papers might be of particular interest to this […]
A Very Brief Introduction: Resting-State Brain Connectivity
/0 Comments/in Connectome, Consciousness, Default Mode Network, Networks, Resting-State Activity /by Constance CummingsSome of the speakers at our forthcoming winter workshop on psychosis for CBD/CBDMH affiliated faculty and students will be talking about, or have an active research interest in the brain’s resting state activity, including Steve Lopez and Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Georg Northoff, and Suparna Choudhury. I thought I’d post two videos (a very short, fun intro […]
Lessons from Ten Years of Mixed Methods Graduate Training at UCLA
/0 Comments/in Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research /by Constance CummingsIn May 2012 I attended the 10th reunion of the the FPR-UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development, which was founded in 2002 to foster interdisciplinary research and training at the graduate and postdoctoral level at the intersection of culture, social environment, and human brain development. The meeting included CBD alumni and current trainees as well as CBD faculty, […]