neuroscience

Joking on the backchannel. Fun, yes. But what does it do to the front channel . . . (not to mention the nucleus accumbens) . . . ?

How do we know what we know? How do we know when we know it--or when we are merely generalizing to some theory on the basis of an experiment that may or may not lead exclusively to that theory? It's not an easy call.

Bill Seaman is the head of Digital Media at RISD, and luckily he's coming over at the invitation of Kristine Stiles to speak to the Interface Seminar. Seaman's main interests lie along the intersection of digital media, electrochemical computing, and artificial intelligence: an eclectic and productive combination.

If one were to jumble all the disciplines of a modern University up in some giant hat, and just choose two out at random, one fairly seemingly random duo would be Art and Neuroscience. Yet, there are surprisingly strong connections, as the collection "The Artful Minds" - connections that may very well lead us to the heart of symbolic thought itself.