Hampshire College

STUDENT FUNDING PROPOSALS DUE APRIL 2. Questions? Contact Laura Sizer, program director.

Public Lecture April13. Antoine Lutz, associate scientist at the  Waisman Lab for Brain Imaging and Behavior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present Exploring the potential influences of meditation on brain and behavior.  Franklin Patterson Hall Main Lecture Hall at 6:00 p.m.

Public Lecture April 29 by Charlene Elliott, associate professor of communication and culture, University of Calgary, Canada. Main Lecture Hall at 5:30 p.m.

CBD Conference: June 3-4, 2010, by invitation, Art on the Brain: Exploring the Intersections of the Arts, Neuroscience, and Society.

Students, have you ever wondered about the nature of consciousness? Did you know that life experiences influence the expression of genes? Do you want to learn more about how your emotions are influenced by your culture and your biology? Did you ever think that perhaps people in different cultures experience very different emotions? Are you curious about how children learn about culture and whether, in fact, children also help create culture? These are the sorts of questions that students affiliated with the Culture, Brain, and Development Program (CBD) think about every day.

CBD STUDENT GROUP MEETINGS: Join in the conversations. Sign up for the CBD Students List Serve to get meeting announcements. Check the CBD Calendar for the next date, time, and location.

The founding director of the Hampshire College CBD program is Barbara Yngvesson. The current director is Laura Sizer. CBD program coordinator is Paula Harmon, cbd@hampshire.edu. CBD is funded by the Foundation for Psychocultural Research (FPR).