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| NEUROSCIENCE GROUP ~ NEUROWETENSKAP GROEP |
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| U3A Stilbaai has an active Neuroscience Group which
meet once a month in Die Waenhuis at Jagersbosch. |
| Neuroscience deals with the function of the nervous
system and brain; psychology focuses on the mind,
especially functions affecting behaviour. |
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| Jenni Sharkey convenes U3A Stilbaai’s Neuroscience
Group. She has been an ardent follower of the strides
being made in neuro-scientific research, since working
in the fields of clinical and market research, and
believes that when we become familiar with these
findings, we are more able to use our minds and emotions
in an intelligent, empathetic and life enriching way.
Since retirement, she has completed courses on
FutureLearn and Coursera, and has shared her passion for
understanding human behaviour presenting to various
groups in the country. |
| Jenni prefers an interactive discussion format,
where an audience feels comfortable, and can clarify
their understanding of ideas - this has been appreciated
by the U3A Stilbaai members where she has hosted a
Neuroscience group for the past 3 years, as well as by
the participants in the recent Approaching Dying zoom
course. |
| Jenni studied nursing and psychology at Stellenbosch
University and later obtained an MBA from UCT. |
| Contact
Jenni if you are interested in joining the group. |
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| TED Talks and YouTube videos |
| TED Conferences posts talks online for free
distribution under the slogan "Ideas worth spreading".
TED Talks are available on YouTube, thus are open to
everyone, as are many interesting public lectures given
by the scientific community. Hundreds of excellent talks
on Neuroscience and Psychology are available to choose
from. |
| Below are some of the video topics shown and
discussed at recent meetings. Not all of the topics will
be of interest to each member, but you are welcome to
enjoy the video's or Zoom recordings in your own time. |
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| U3A Stilbaai het 'n aktiewe Neurowetenskap Groep wat
elke maand in Die Waenhuis by Jagersbosch vergader. |
| Neurowetenskap behandel die funksie van die
senustelsel en die brein; sielkunde fokus op die
verstand, veral funksies wat gedrag beïnvloed. |
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| Jenni Sharkey is die sameroeper van die U3A Stilbaai
Neurowetenskap Groep. Sy is ‘n ywerige ondersteuner van
die vooruitgang in neurowetenskap navorsing sedert sy in
kliniese en marknavorsing betrokke was. Sy glo dat soos
ons meer bekend raak met hierdie bevindings, ons ons
verstand en emosies beter kan aanwend in ‘n
intelligente, empatiese en verrykende manier. Onlangs
het sy kursusse op FutureLearn en Coursera voltooi, en
deel sy haar passie om die menslike gedrag te verstaan
met verskeie groepe in die land. |
| Jenni verkies ‘n interaktiewe besprekingsformaat
waar die gehoor gemaklik voel en hul begrip van die
idees kan uitklaar. Dit word waardeer deur die U3A
Stilbaai lede in die Neurowetenskap Groep wat sy die
afgelope 3 jaar lei, sowel as deelnemers in die onlangse
“Approaching Dying” zoom kursusse. |
| Jenni het verpleging en sielkunde by Universiteit
Stellenbosch studeer, en later ‘n MBA van Universiteit
Kaapstad verwerf. |
| Kontak Jenni
as u belangstel om by die groep aan te sluit. |
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| TED Praatjies en YouTube video's. |
| TED konferensies voorsien praatjies op die internet
wat gratis beskikbaar is onder die slagspreuk “Ideas
worth spreading”. TED praatjies is beskikbaar op YouTube
en is dus oop vir almal, asook ander interessante
openbare lesings deur wetenskaplikes. Daar is honderde
uitstekende praatjies oor Neurowetenskap en Sielkunde om
van te kies. |
| Hieronder is sommige van die video onderwerpe wat op
onlangse vergaderings vertoon en bespreek is. Al die
video onderwerpe mag nie vir elke lid van belang wees
nie, maar julle is welkom om die videos of Zoom opnames
in jul eie tyd te geniet. |
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| Discussion of Denialism (Covid, Climate change) and
Conspiracy Theories (Vaccinations, Trumpism). |
| Following on some points raised in the Robert Sapolsky and
Renee Lertzman videos, I decided to open with creating
understanding about why people can be denialists, or readily
believe in various conspiracy theories. |
| I have attached a Google Drive download of a 4 minute video
from a free online Future Learn course: Disinformation,
misinformation... by Michigan University; and some interesting
articles with a useful video explaining how to structure
scientific information. |
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Reasons people reject science.mp4 |
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| A practical guide to countering science denial. |
| by John Cook, The Conversation |
| Climate change is real, so why the controversy and debate?
Learn to make sense of the science and to respond to climate
change denial in Denial101x, a massive open online course (MOOC)
from UQx and edX. Denial101x isn’t just a MOOC about climate
change; it’s a MOOC about how people think about climate change. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-zNO02phw |
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| Neuroscience explains how “fake news” works, and what
publishers can learn from it. |
| by Rachel Anne Barr (Neuroscience PhD student), The
Conversation |
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https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/neuroscience-explains-how-fake-news-works-and-what-publishers-can-learn/ |
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| How Identity—Not Ignorance—Leads to Science Denial. |
| Changing the minds of Covid-19 deniers may require a lot
more than sound reasoning - Markham Heid, The Nuance 2020 |
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https://elemental.medium.com/how-identity-not-ignorance-leads-to-science-denial-533686e718fa |
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| How to turn climate anxiety into action. |
| Renee Lertzman |
| It's normal to feel anxious or overwhelmed by climate
change, says psychologist Renée Lertzman. Can we turn those
feelings into something productive? In an affirming talk,
Lertzman discusses the emotional effects of climate change and
offers insights on how psychology can help us discover both the
creativity and resilience needed to act on environmental
issues.This talk was presented at an official TED conference. |
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Click here to open TED talk. |
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| How to motivate yourself to change your behavior. |
| Tali Sharot |
| What makes us change our actions? Tali Sharot reveals three
ingredients to doing what's good for yourself. Dr. Tali Sharot
is a neuroscientist at University College London and the
director of the Affective Brain Lab. She is a faculty member of
the department of Experimental Psychology, a Wellcome Trust
Fellow, and currently a visiting Professor at Harvard Medical
School. Her research focuses on how emotion, motivation, and
social factors influence our expectations, decisions, and
memories. |
| »
Click here to open YouTube video. |
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| The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst. |
| Robert Zapolsky |
| Dr. Robert Sapolsky spoke at Stanford on October 24, 2017.
He is the author of several works of nonfiction, including A
Primate's Memoir, The Trouble with Testosterone,
Why Zebras
Don't Get Ulcers, and his most recent book Behave: The Biology
of Humans at Our Best and Worst. |
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Click here to open video. |
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| The Three Secrets of Resilient People. |
| Lucy Hone |
| Dr Lucy Hone is a resilience expert who thought she found
her calling supporting people to recover following the
Christchurch earthquake. She had no idea that her personal
journey was about to take her to a far darker place. In this
powerful and courageous talk, she shares the three strategies
that got her through an unimaginable tragedy — and offers a
profound insight on human suffering. Dr Lucy Hone is a director
of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience, a
research associate at AUT University, a published academic
researcher, best-selling author and contributor to Psychology
Today, the Sunday Star Times and Next magazine. She trained at
the University of Pennsylvania and got her PhD in public health
at AUT University in Auckland. She has helped a range of
organisations — from primary schools to leading law firms — to
design and implement wellbeing initiatives creating sustained
and meaningful change. Five years ago, the sudden death of
Lucy’s 12-year-old daughter Abi forced Lucy to apply her
academic training and professional practice to foster her own
resilience in very personal circumstances. The blog she wrote in
the aftermath of Abi’s death attracted international attention
and resulted in the best-selling non-fiction title, What Abi
Taught Us, Strategies for Resilient Grieving (Allen & Unwin,
2016), now available as Resilient Grieving in the US, UK and NZ. |
| » Click here to open TED Talk |
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