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...show that even when your eyes are closed, visual mental imagery activates visual areas [of the brain]," said Dr. Stephen M. Kosslyn, lead researcher of the study, in an e-mail message. "And it activates them in different ways, depending on the size of the visualized object--in a manner that is similar to what occurs in vision proper [normal sight...
Other working groups have addressed issues such as addiction, inter-group violence, and pain and suffering. Professor of Psychology Stephen M. Kosslyn, co-chair of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Standing Committee on Neuroscience, says of the initiative, "It's a real case of trying to make the whole more than the sum of its parts...
...Kosslyn, who studies visual imagery, says MBB gives the "lone stars" of Harvard's faculty the chance to explore areas outside their respective specialties...
...four new MBB undergraduate tracks, however, are the result of the combined efforts of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Standing Committee on Neuroscience (which initially existed independently of MBB) and the MBB Curriculum Committee. According to Kosslyn, the Standing Committee, which Kosslyn co-chairs with Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences John E. Dowling, grew out of the faculty's desire to advance development of the neurosciences at Harvard, particularly in the psychology and biology departments...
...wish there was a way to offer this popularcourse, but intro to psych is the beginning of thesequence so it has to be taught," Kosslyn said...