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Toward an Anthropological Theory of Mind: Introduction

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In October 2011, a small, international gathering of twenty-seven anthropologists and psychologists took place at the Stanford Humanities Center, organized by Stanford anthropology professor Tanya Luhrmann and Culture and Mind postdoctoral fellows Julia Cassaniti, and Jocelyn Marrow.
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Toward an Anthropological Theory of Mind: Selves

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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?
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CBDMH Psychosis Workshop Summary, Pt. 2

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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).
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CBDMH Psychosis Workshop Summary, Pt. 1

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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.”
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"More than a Brain: Human Mindscapes" (Review)

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Lambros Malafouris, who is Johnson Research and Teaching Fellow…
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DSM-5 Recap: The "Eight Dimensions" of Psychosis

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Psychiatric Times recaps changes in DSM-5 re psychotic disorders. But see also a terrific article in 2010 Nature ("The Environment and Schizophrenia") by van Os et al. for a much less reductionistic examination of environment.
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Andreas Roepstorff on Interacting Minds

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Andreas Roepstorff of the Interacting Minds Centre (Aarhus U…
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A Conversation with Karen Nakamura

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[This interview is cross-posted at somatosphere.net and the fpr…
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Listen to Russell Poldrack on UT's Neuroscientists Talk Shop

Russell Poldrack of UT Austin talks about cognitive neuroscience,…
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