Week 7 : Neuroscience and Art

This week’s topic of the relationship of Neuroscience and Art was very interesting in how it’s spread through many topics. The first topic that I found very interesting in understanding this relationship was Gall’s concept of Phrenology, which essentially means mind knowledge. Through his studies he was able to come up with his concept of the brain being split up into sections, sections that each have their own role/ function and you’re prone to be more of one function if it’s bigger relative to the other sections of the brain. I thought that this was an interesting discovery on Gall’s part, being strictly observational. Due to that it was discredited in the science community but later Broca proved that there are sections of the brain that serve different functions when he surgically discovered this and it became more accepted.

The topic that made the most sense to me in understanding this relationship was the idea of Freud’s and Jung’s idea of the unconscious and how it is related to dreams. I think that its very interesting that so many people study this concept of the unconscious and have a general understanding of what it might include but in reality we know so little and to completely understand the idea around dreams and the unconscious may never really be achieved. I think this idea of suppressed wants and desires is very interesting. It’s essentially what you’re truly thinking about when you’re not really thinking, what your mind automatically goes too, and that is what makes up your dreams.

The idea of neuroscience and art really affects us because is essentially finding an understanding why we are they way we are and how our minds work. This is why I find dreams so interesting because they give a deeper meaning to who you are and the may your mind works when you don't know it's working. Its fascinating and I hope to continue my research on this subject of dreaming. 

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Vesna, Victoria. “Conscious / Memory (Part 1).” Lecture. 16 Nov 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DLVQIwOn7o8

Vesna, Victoria. Lecture. “Conscious / Memory (Part 2).” 16 Nov 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xlg5wXHWZNI

Vesna, Victoria. Lecture. “Conscious / Memory (Part 3).” 16 Nov 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E5EX75xoBJ0