Toward a Community Neuroscience
Suzanne Dikker, Ph.D.,
NYU
Abstract: How do we build common ground with the people around us in our daily lives? Does human interaction mediated by technological interfaces help or hamper communication? Do students learn better when they 'click' with their teachers? To answer these questions, I use an interdisciplinary community neuroscience approach: I work with scientists, artists, and educators to bring human neuroscience research out of the lab, into real-world social contexts such as classrooms and museums. Across projects, we use biofeedback to embody the elusive notion of 'being on the same wavelength' with another person through visualizing and sonifying the interpersonal (de)synchronization of brainwaves and movements in real time. Together, we hope to advance the scientific understanding of the brain basis of human social interaction, while at the same time building a model for a more inclusive neuroscience ecosystem.
ORGANIZERS
David C. Johnson, The Graduate Center and York College, CUNY
Dina Lipkind, The Graduate Center and York College, CUNY