This week when Professor Vesna mentioned the mystery of dreams it really got me interested in this weeks material. I have been able to have lucid dreams throughout most of my life and it has always been so interesting to me that we forget most of our dreams and I have been curious as to what causes scary or realistic dreams. In The Embodied Mind, the concept of cognitive science is described as not a formal science, our understanding is still expanding which makes this topic of the mind and technology so relevant(Varela et al.).
The mechanics of the mind and the reason that humans need sleep is a fascinating subject to me. Christopher deCharms TED talk about how we will eventually be able to watch our own brains made me curious if this process will allow us to understand the mechanics of dreams better in the future(deCharms). Similarly, in Vesna's project titled "Planetary Re-Enchantment: Human-Animal Entanglements in Victoria Vesna's Octopus Brainstorming", the representation of neural rhythms from EEG headsets shows how technology and the workings of our brains is growing in understanding(Albu).
I wonder if this technology can be used in ones sleep and how would those colors be highlighted during someone's dreams. In Gardner's Art, Mind, and Brain the development of the mind and conceptual thought is discussed. I liked reading about how a child can understand and visualize a ball before they can understand any mechanics of how a ball works(Gardner and Gardner). I wonder how researching child's dreams would broaden this understanding of how children perceive the world around them. In the Global Consciousness Project, the concept of interconnected consciousness is discussed and the project aims to continue research that has been done over the past 35 years(Nelson). In doing research for this week, this concept made me want to look further into the subject.
Works Cited
Albu, Cristina. Www.sfu.ca, 2016, www.sfu.ca/cmajournal/issues/issue-ten--enchantment--disenchantment--reenchantment/cristina-albu.html?fbclid=IwAR1twyrqbeKqNrJSUXSihLVGvX_D9ARndxDv3USnw2pTENE_iXHJtIo8v54. Accessed 16 May 2023.
deCharms, Christopher. “A Look inside the Brain in Real Time.” Ted.com, TED Talks, 2023, www.ted.com/talks/christopher_decharms_a_look_inside_the_brain_in_real_time?language=en. Accessed 16 May 2023.
Gardner, Howard, and E. Gardner. Art, Mind, and Brain. 2008.
Getty Images. “Brain Waves.” Scientific American, 1997, www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-function-of-t-1997-12-22/.
Nelson, Roger. “Global Consciousness Project: Introduction.” Princeton.edu, 2020, noosphere.princeton.edu/gcpintro.html. Accessed 16 May 2023.
The Global Consciousness Project. “The Science of Collective Consciousness | Roger Nelson, the Global Consciousness Project.” The Science of Collective Consciousness , youtu.be/ufWPPSh0oPc.
Varela, Francisco J., et al. The Embodied Mind : Cognitive Science and Human Experience. The Mit Press, 2016.
Vesna, Victoria, and Mark Cohen. Art|Sci Collective, Octopus Brainstorming. 2016.
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