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Annual Conference, February 19 -23, New York Hilton, NYC

"Some Stories Concerning the Construction of the New Observer"

>>>Warren Neidich
>>>
>>>We have seen many discussions about interrelationships among culture,
>>>consciousness, and brain development in recent years (e.g., Semir Zeki and
>>>Steven Pinker). In this session I wish to link recent advances in
>>>Neurobiology, especially the work of Pierre Changeux in Paris as well as
>>>work of Neurophysiologist Gerald Edelman at the Salk Institute in San Diego
>>>to those of the Post-Modern critic Frederic Jameson.
>>>
>>>Edelman has provocatively proposed that selective pressures have caused
>>>changes in populations of synapses all over the brain that over time have
>>>resulted in new mental capacities. Frederic Jameson in PostModernism has
>>>speculated that