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West Kootenay IONS Group | 09.25.08 | 12:05 AM |

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Who you calling a Birdbrain?? well I'm the only one here........
West Kootenay IONS Group | 09.24.08 | 11:51 PM |0Not yet ratedErich Jarvis teleseminar on "Dancing with Difference: The Heart of Science"

Very interesting workshop and then it had to end. I would like to ask that the luminary decide when it is time for him to leave, not the host or staff who seemed anxious to end the talk so it gets a nice recording. It sure seemed to me that Erich could handle himself well in a debate..... and it would have been great to get more clarity on some of his answers.

I am having a lot of fun learning about the brain. And it is great to listen to and ask questions of those that are working directly in this area.

I haven't discovered anything in my life so I don't have that to defend. I try to be open and listen to those with the experience and work at understanding.

This talk left me hanging as I thought I heard Erich reply that the model of human brain evolution, human development, growth and behaviour that I have learned from Joseph Chilton Pierce was not "right".

Well i am ready to put my boxing gloves on over that remark. The story as told by Joe is quite beautiful in its elegance and simplicity. I am tired now, and encourage those interested to read his stuff. The tie-in to the heart brain as promoted by Heartmath is indeed sweet.

The community talk after showed the problem of language, individual experience, and beliefs. It actually is fun in working out the patience gland

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Luminary: Erich Jarvis

Erich Jarvis is a neurobiologist at Duke University Medical Center. He heads a team of researchers in the field of vocal communication. The Jarvis Lab's research of songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds sheds light on how the brain is able to learn the behavior of sound. Jarvis's work on bird brains may have applications to the treatment speech problems in humans, such as stuttering. In October 2005, Dr. Jarvis won the National Institutes of Health's Director's Pioneer Award, which provides $500,000 per year for five years to researchers pursuing innovative approaches to biomedical research.

Dr. Jarvis' laboratory studies the neurobiology of vocal communication. Emphasis is placed on the molecular pathways involved in the perception and production of learned vocalizations. We use an integrative approach that combines behavioral, anatomical and molecular biological techniques. The main animal model used is songbirds, one of the few vertebrate groups that evolved the ability to learn their vocalizations. The generality of the discoveries is tested in other vocal learning orders, such as parrots and hummingbirds, as well as non-vocal learners, such as pigeons and non-human primates.

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