Neuroscience it seems, can help us understand magic This compelling post from mindhacks reminds us that magic can help us understand neuroscience and offer it new directions.
I believe this is instructive for re-imagining the relationship between education and neuroscience. Yes, neuroscience can inform help guide education. But what can education teach us about the brain?
I love using Illusions when I run workshops. I am always trying to collect good illusions online. Here is a really nice set of online illusions.
Building in Australia designed to show the "Cafe Illusion"
There are a ton of online brain gyms out there. Brain software made 225 million dollars last year. First, its not clear to me if this stuff is any good. More importantly its not clear to me that its any fun. My guess is there are game developers out there that are already ahead of the curve in interesting games. Curious if anyone knows of any that are good.
An exploration of anger at the Rubin Museum of Himalyan Art. Sad I missed this. I actually really like Lewis Black. BTW, this posted on the great “One City” the Blog of the Interdependence Project. I strongly recommend checking them out if you are in New York.