"Science is Artful! With Sloka Iyengar" at Allerton Library

"Science is Artful! With Sloka Iyengar" at Allerton Library 

On March 14, I gave a talk to patrons at Allerton NYPL Branch in the Bronx on dance and neuroscience. 
A few themes that emerged are below, as well as a few images. 

What do scientists do? What comes to mind when you think of a scientist? 

• Form hypotheses
• Observe, measure (through their senses) 
  
• Data​

Questions/ reflections on emotions, storytelling, narration

• How do we interpret the emotions of others? 
• Culture, language, and emotion - two words with the same objective meaning make us feel different things if said in English vs our mother tongue
• How culture impacts the embodiment of emotions 
• How do we learn how to regulate emotions?
• Why do some people dream in images rather than words? 
• How can some people have a poker face? 
• Faces, memory, and emotion

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PC (images below): Aravind Mallipudi

PC (images below): Manuel Martinez