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CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO PODCAST Eric Smadja opened his talk on laughter with a joke. As the discussion participants laughed together, Dr. Smadja gestured towards one of them and asked: “You are laughing— but why, and how?” Laugher is … Continue reading →

February 20, 2017 Joseph Neisser CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO PODCAST What is consciousness, and what is a good measure of it? Grinnell College philosopher Joseph Neisser sought to approach this issue from a scientific lens in a CMBC lunch discussion. … Continue reading →

  January 24, 2017 Donald Tuten & Alena Esposito CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO PODCAST What does “bilingualism” mean as a cognitive process and a sociocultural phenomenon? Last year, Dr. Donald Tuten and Dr. Alena Esposito introduced students to this … Continue reading →