While hearing Bevil Conway’s thoughts on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary careers and interests I was slightly disheartened. I was expecting to hear about someone who is happily working in the field of science and art and completely integrating the two together, … Continue reading
Sorry I’m transferring this over so late! As recently as yesterday afternoon, an art installation was placed in the middle of Munger Meadow. This installation was a sculpture of a very realist-looking man. Yet seeing a man staged in the … Continue reading
As a first year, I have to take a writing class at some point. I am actually enrolled in Reading and Writing Culture: Thinking and Writing like an Anthropologist, given by Professor Armstrong. Today during a class discussion, the professor … Continue reading
Enrolling in the class late, I wasn’t able to attend the first lecture. However, I am really excited about this class and how it is able to combine two very different disciplines. I believe that all disciplines are connected in … Continue reading
Over the weekend I visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston, for an assignment in my art history class. We were to compare and contrast biblical works, one by Giotto and a work by Raphael, the Raphael showing the Pietà and … Continue reading
I am sure you all saw the news about Professor Conway’s radioshow on Wellesley’s News Page! Just wanted to share this with everyone. Bevil Conway spoke with BBC Radio 4 about the role of neuroscience in art appreciation Associate … Continue reading
During Professor Conway’s lecture, I realized that my home base is in economics, despite the fact that it does not come naturally to me. What I have learned through my economic studies affects the way I see and approach the … Continue reading
Conway’s two articles regarding neural perception of color brought to the surface the elusive and intangible quality of “color.” Color perception can change drastically depending on so many innumerable factors, such as the intensity of the light shining on it, … Continue reading
I found myself compelled to answer the scientific question in the pre-class questionnaire rigorously, which first of all proved to be challenging because I am not familiar with many biological and chemical compounds, and secondly, the way in which I … Continue reading
In the light of the readings that we have done over the past weeks, the concept of synesthesia fascinates me. As a neurological phenomenon, synesthesia varies among people. Some people might find the condition is abnormal, but it has in … Continue reading