" 'Thoughts' and 'things' are names for two sorts of object, which common sense will always find contrasted and will always practically oppose to each other."
- William James (1904)
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Upcoming Lab Presentations:
April 8, 2011 "The case for neuroethics: How science might reinvent ethics." - Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. 12:30pm, Public Affairs Discussion Group, Inamori Center for Ethics, Case Western Reserve University.
For more information: Public Affairs Discussion Group Weekly Newsletter
Other News:
December 2010 -- Recently, the BMC Lab was featured in a video made by Case Western Reserve University on the Inspirational Mentoring project. Click here to view the initial news release from November 15, 2010 on Case's blog "Think." Other similar articles can be found online at Business News Daily and physorg.com.
Past Lab Presentations:
March 15, 2011 "A biological constraint on thought: two opposing comains of human higher cognition." - Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Case Western Reserve University.
January 27, 2011 “Why morality lies beyond reason” - Invited colloquium, presenter: Tony Jack. Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University. Case Medical School, room T501.
January 11, 2010 "A cognitive basis for default phenomenology: Two opposing domain" - Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Schey Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging.
December 14, 2010 “Social and mechanical reasoning define two domains of human higher cognition” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, Chicago, Illinois.
November 24, 2010 “Redefining the 'default' network: two opposing cognitive domains” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Department of Psychology, Oxford University, England.
October 20, 2010 ”The social cognition of attachment: Preliminary results from functional imaging of Capgras delusion” Talk, presenter: Georges Naasan. FMRI Journal Club, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio.
October 7, 2010 “Social and mechanical reasoning define two domains of human higher cognition” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Department of Biology , Case Western Reserve University.
September 26, 2010 “Consciousness, Morality and Brain Structure: Why Nice People Believe in the Soul” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Church of the Covenant, Cleveland, Ohio.
August 2010 “FMRI of Capgras Delusion” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. The 10th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology, Aalborg, Denmark.
August 2010 “Coaching with Compassion: An fMRI Study of Coaching to the Positive or Negative Emotional Attractor” Talk, presenter: Richard Boyatzis. The Academy of Management 2010 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Won Best Paper.
March 27, 2010 “Updates on the phenomenal stance” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.
April 1, 2010 “Two domains of human higher cognition: distinct brain networks underlie social and mechanical reasoning” Poster, presenter: Katie Begany. SOURCE Intersections, Case Western Reserve University. Awarded 2nd Prize in poster competition.
April 1, 2010 “Yoga and video games induce state changes in socio-emotional intelligence” Presentation, presenter: Megan Norr. SOURCE Intersections, Case Western Reserve University.
April 2010 “The social cognition of attachment: Preliminary results from functional imaging of Capgras delusion” Poster, presenter: Georges Nassan. Annual Academy of Neurology, Toronto, Canada. G. NAASAN, R. HUDSON, R. CESARO, Z. ALBO, A. LERNER, A. JACK
April 2010 “The social cognition of attachment: Preliminary results from functional imaging of Capgras delusion” Poster, presenter: Georges Nassan. Clinical Research Poster, Case Western Reserve University, Awarded Best Poster.
February 27, 2010 “Do psychopaths believe in dualism?” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Midwinter Meeting of the APA Division 24: Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Miami, Florida.
February 26, 2010 “Emerging Technologies and Moral Boundaries: Psychological, Philosophical and Neuroscientific Perspectives” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Consortium on Emerging Technologies, Military Operations, and National Security, University of Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona.
February 8, 2010 “Two domains of human higher cognition” Invited talk, presenter: by Tony Jack. Epilepsy Grand Rounds Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center.
January 21, 2010 “Two domains of human higher cognition” Invited seminar, presenter: Tony Jack. Department of Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University.
October 2009 “Gender Differences in small-world resting state connectivity” Poster, presenter: Kevin Barry. Society for Neuroscience 2009 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. K. P. BARRY, R. L. CESARO, A. S. HAYES, K. BEGANY, A. Z. SNYDER, A. I. JACK
October 2009 “Neural correlates of inspirational mentoring” Poster, presenter: Regina Cesaro. Society for Neuroscience 2009 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. R. L. CESARO, R. E. BOYATZIS, M. KHAWAJA, A. PASSARELLI, K. P. BARRY, K. BEGANY, A. I. JACK
October 2009 “Two domains of human higher cognition: distinct brain networks underlie social and mechanical reasoning” Poster, presenter: Katie Begany. Society for Neuroscience 2009 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. K. L. BEGANY, R. L. CESARO, K. P. BARRY, A. CICCIA, A. I. JACK
November 2007 "Discriminant analysis as a method for assessing topographic organization" Poster, presenter: Tony Jack. Society for Neuroscience 2007 Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. A. JACK, C. SYLVESTER, G. SHULMAN, M. CORBETTA