Hopetoun Falls, Australia: Example here of savant pianist Derek Paravicini is fascinating re thinking about the brain as computer, Great model also of sociality in my thinking, and very English, (less so Italian re his last name), and his sociality and warmth are also examples to aspire to, Piano, Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Brain Computer Interface wiki subjects at WUaS, The language and culture of psychology is opening ... and possibly liberating ... Oliver Sacks' "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For His Hat," Derek's brain differentiates music and counting and friendliness and connection with his piano tutor, nearly lifelong, in unique ways that provide a basis for understanding brain processes in human behavior, Derek seems very very happy, (In a way this is a model for a quality, or code even, of loving bliss for me), Another fascinating thing is his sociality, How to incorporate this sociality, and happiness too, into online piano learning? "Playing/Practicing a musical instrument" and "Loving Bliss" wiki subjects, Prof. Alia Crum at Stanford and Prof. Ed Boyden at MIT

Hi M,

"The Man Who Mistook His Wife For His Hat" (1985) is interesting in video (below) and story by neurologist and creative researcher Oliver Sacks ... and opens up the language and culture of psychology, psychiatry and even brain studies for me in new ways ... 

Saw this English piano-playing savant along somehow related brain-studies' lines earlier today ... Derek Paravicini ...

Derek Paravicini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak2jxmhCH1M (from 2010 from 60 Minutes).

I think the example here of Derek is fascinating re thinking about the brain as computer ... and British savant Derek Paravicini is also wonderful and warm as a person and pianist, and all vis-a-vis -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Piano ...

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Brain_and_Cognitive_Sciences ...

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Brain_Computer_Interface

Derek above is a great model also of sociality in my thinking, and very English, (less so Italian re his last name), and his sociality and warmth are also examples for me to aspire to - but/and is specific to his British-ness too) ... 

Ah the language and culture of psychology is opening ... and possibly liberating ...

Watch "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For His Hat" - and re your own brain questions, as well as vis-a-vis beginning to conceive of understanding what's happening in Derek's brain +

L, Scott

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Here's the "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For His Hat" in video ...

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

 

Twitch Ling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxoMi1s_TJk

Focusing one's brain (and re Derek Paravicini too - whose brain focuses in very specific ways, and doesn't in other ways at all) ... raises questions of agency (action or intentional causation for me).

In what ways could neural nets, placed on the head like a hat, be used to make a complete "read" of Derek's brain for, for example, what circuits do what musically and counting-wise, since he can't hold up the number of fingers he's asked to (after some decades)? Derek's brain differentiates music and counting and friendliness and connection with his piano tutor, nearly lifelong, in unique ways that provide a basis for understanding brain processes in human behavior.

Curious too where Reed College students would go with understanding and studying brain questions re Derek, in the context of a course on the brain. 

Just trying to express some of this in language, and wondering how WUaS's students around the world could eventually study related questions for the comfort of their homes?

How to get further into benefits of the freedom of talking engaging psychology and psychological language? 

scottmacleod.com
worlduniversityandschool.org

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And re Stanford Prof Alia Crum and MIT Prof Ed Boyden's research ...

Sandhill crane: Great talk this morning by Dr. Alia Crum at Stanford Medicine's Grand Rounds 

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2016/11/sandhill-crane-great-talk-this-morning.html

Koala bear: I found Stanford Professor Alia Crum's 

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2016/11/koala-bear-i-found-stanford-professor.html

Jaldapara National Park: How to set mind on eliciting 

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2016/11/jaldapara-national-park-how-to-set-mind.html

... and MIT Prof Ed Boyden's research (see, for example)...

Yellow-winged darter: Very small nano and neuronal DIAPERS for brain research at the Google Street View level

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2016/06/yellow-winged-darter-very-small-nano.html


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One interesting thing about Derek Paravicini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak2jxmhCH1M (from 2010 from 60 Minutes) - have you had time to see this fascinating video clip? - is that 

1) he seems very very happy, in the views of his life we see. 

(In a way this is a model for a quality, or code even, of loving bliss for me).

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Loving_Bliss_(eliciting_this_neurophysiology)

Another fascinating thing is 

2) his connection with his social tutor / teacher who seems to have been working with him since around age 5 or so. Derek has wonderful uniquely British social support - and this sociality and happiness are models for me in thinking about practicing. 

These are part of the codes of his brain, complementing the piano playing.

How to incorporate this sociality, and happiness too, into online piano learning?  

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Practicing_-_Playing_a_Musical_Instrument

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopetoun_Falls

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