Neurohumanities Network (NHN)
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Neurohumanities | Community for humanists, and neuroscientists 🧠 | Contact: neurohumanitiesnetwork@gmail.com | Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/594mypv6
How often do our words fall short of what we truly feel or perceive?
“From Borges to the Neurology Clinic: Navigating the Limits and Opportunities of Language” with Dr. Federico Rodriguez Porcel, from MUSC. @frodriguezporcel.bsky.social
🗓 Nov 19, 2025, 8–9 PM (ET)
harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
“From Borges to the Neurology Clinic: Navigating the Limits and Opportunities of Language” with Dr. Federico Rodriguez Porcel, from MUSC. @frodriguezporcel.bsky.social
🗓 Nov 19, 2025, 8–9 PM (ET)
harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
How often do our words fall short of what we truly feel or perceive?
“From Borges to the Neurology Clinic: Navigating the Limits and Opportunities of Language” with Dr. Federico Rodriguez Porcel, from MUSC. @frodriguezporcel.bsky.social
🗓 Nov 19, 2025, 8–9 PM (ET)
harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
“From Borges to the Neurology Clinic: Navigating the Limits and Opportunities of Language” with Dr. Federico Rodriguez Porcel, from MUSC. @frodriguezporcel.bsky.social
🗓 Nov 19, 2025, 8–9 PM (ET)
harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
✨ Gratitude is an art—what are you thankful for this season?
Share your thanks via art, poetry, writing, music, or photography—your choice! Submit a piece for a chance to win a gift card. 🏆📩
Email entries to neurohumanitiesnetwork@gmail.com by Sunday, November 30th.
#NeuroHumanitiesNetwork
Share your thanks via art, poetry, writing, music, or photography—your choice! Submit a piece for a chance to win a gift card. 🏆📩
Email entries to neurohumanitiesnetwork@gmail.com by Sunday, November 30th.
#NeuroHumanitiesNetwork
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
✨ Gratitude is an art—what are you thankful for this season?
Share your thanks via art, poetry, writing, music, or photography—your choice! Submit a piece for a chance to win a gift card. 🏆📩
Email entries to neurohumanitiesnetwork@gmail.com by Sunday, November 30th.
#NeuroHumanitiesNetwork
Share your thanks via art, poetry, writing, music, or photography—your choice! Submit a piece for a chance to win a gift card. 🏆📩
Email entries to neurohumanitiesnetwork@gmail.com by Sunday, November 30th.
#NeuroHumanitiesNetwork
"For Whom the note scrolls"
Join us on October 29th (8:00–9:00 PM ET) for an engaging and very relevant session with Dr. Adina Wise, MA, MD, Movement Disorders Specialist at Mount Sinai ! @adinawisemd.bsky.social
Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on October 29th (8:00–9:00 PM ET) for an engaging and very relevant session with Dr. Adina Wise, MA, MD, Movement Disorders Specialist at Mount Sinai ! @adinawisemd.bsky.social
Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"For Whom the note scrolls"
Join us on October 29th (8:00–9:00 PM ET) for an engaging and very relevant session with Dr. Adina Wise, MA, MD, Movement Disorders Specialist at Mount Sinai ! @adinawisemd.bsky.social
Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on October 29th (8:00–9:00 PM ET) for an engaging and very relevant session with Dr. Adina Wise, MA, MD, Movement Disorders Specialist at Mount Sinai ! @adinawisemd.bsky.social
Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Don't forget to join us !
"Neurology Through the Artist's Lens"
10/08, 8-9 PM EST on Zoom.
Register here ! harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#neuroscience #arts #brain
"Neurology Through the Artist's Lens"
10/08, 8-9 PM EST on Zoom.
Register here ! harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#neuroscience #arts #brain
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Don't forget to join us !
"Neurology Through the Artist's Lens"
10/08, 8-9 PM EST on Zoom.
Register here ! harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#neuroscience #arts #brain
"Neurology Through the Artist's Lens"
10/08, 8-9 PM EST on Zoom.
Register here ! harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#neuroscience #arts #brain
NHN brings you an exciting dialogue between science and art !
Uncover how creative design and visual storytelling can make neuroscience education more engaging and impactful
Join us on Zoom on 10/08, 8-9 PM EST.
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Uncover how creative design and visual storytelling can make neuroscience education more engaging and impactful
Join us on Zoom on 10/08, 8-9 PM EST.
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
NHN brings you an exciting dialogue between science and art !
Uncover how creative design and visual storytelling can make neuroscience education more engaging and impactful
Join us on Zoom on 10/08, 8-9 PM EST.
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Uncover how creative design and visual storytelling can make neuroscience education more engaging and impactful
Join us on Zoom on 10/08, 8-9 PM EST.
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
5- Listen to the patient (and people) - they are telling you the diagnosis (and their story!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeSy...
@anilseth.bsky.social @disabilitystor1.bsky.social @brandyking.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeSy...
@anilseth.bsky.social @disabilitystor1.bsky.social @brandyking.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
5- Listen to the patient (and people) - they are telling you the diagnosis (and their story!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeSy...
@anilseth.bsky.social @disabilitystor1.bsky.social @brandyking.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeSy...
@anilseth.bsky.social @disabilitystor1.bsky.social @brandyking.bsky.social
3- Barbara did not just use her own experience with Parkinson's but also asked fellow PD "brothers and sisters" to share their experience
4- Women with PD may be underdiagnosed! Barbara created a series of pictures of women going through the Hoehn & Yahr scale
@alfonsofasano.bsky.social
4- Women with PD may be underdiagnosed! Barbara created a series of pictures of women going through the Hoehn & Yahr scale
@alfonsofasano.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
3- Barbara did not just use her own experience with Parkinson's but also asked fellow PD "brothers and sisters" to share their experience
4- Women with PD may be underdiagnosed! Barbara created a series of pictures of women going through the Hoehn & Yahr scale
@alfonsofasano.bsky.social
4- Women with PD may be underdiagnosed! Barbara created a series of pictures of women going through the Hoehn & Yahr scale
@alfonsofasano.bsky.social
Did you miss our NHN seminar with artist & mime
@salsbergmathews.bsky.social ?
Five take home messages
1 - The Art of Mime can be a potent way to retrain the movement of people with Parkinson disease
2- Barbara's Art Book has wonderful and telling depictions of what it feels like to have PD
@salsbergmathews.bsky.social ?
Five take home messages
1 - The Art of Mime can be a potent way to retrain the movement of people with Parkinson disease
2- Barbara's Art Book has wonderful and telling depictions of what it feels like to have PD
August 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Did you miss our NHN seminar with artist & mime
@salsbergmathews.bsky.social ?
Five take home messages
1 - The Art of Mime can be a potent way to retrain the movement of people with Parkinson disease
2- Barbara's Art Book has wonderful and telling depictions of what it feels like to have PD
@salsbergmathews.bsky.social ?
Five take home messages
1 - The Art of Mime can be a potent way to retrain the movement of people with Parkinson disease
2- Barbara's Art Book has wonderful and telling depictions of what it feels like to have PD
Join us for a spooky session with Mattia Rosso, who will guide us through the history of tarantism—a mysterious illness causing an extreme impulse to dance. It’ll be a frighteningly good session to remember! 🕸️🕷️
REGISTER HERE: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
REGISTER HERE: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Join us for a spooky session with Mattia Rosso, who will guide us through the history of tarantism—a mysterious illness causing an extreme impulse to dance. It’ll be a frighteningly good session to remember! 🕸️🕷️
REGISTER HERE: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
REGISTER HERE: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for “Yoga Nidra Practice” with Bridget Hearne, program manager at LoveYourBrain—an evening exploring rest, healing, and accessibility through the lens of medical humanities.
LINK HERE: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
LINK HERE: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 31, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Join us for “Yoga Nidra Practice” with Bridget Hearne, program manager at LoveYourBrain—an evening exploring rest, healing, and accessibility through the lens of medical humanities.
LINK HERE: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
LINK HERE: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A reminder that our event with Dr. Luca Marsili will be happening in ONE day, May 28th!!
Join by registering here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join by registering here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
A reminder that our event with Dr. Luca Marsili will be happening in ONE day, May 28th!!
Join by registering here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join by registering here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
And here is your winner! Martha Valenta's Self Portrait – which showcases life with ADHD. Congratulations Martha!
@cajalbutterfly.bsky.social @neh-odh.bsky.social @disabilitystor1.bsky.social @ajlees.bsky.social
@cajalbutterfly.bsky.social @neh-odh.bsky.social @disabilitystor1.bsky.social @ajlees.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
And here is your winner! Martha Valenta's Self Portrait – which showcases life with ADHD. Congratulations Martha!
@cajalbutterfly.bsky.social @neh-odh.bsky.social @disabilitystor1.bsky.social @ajlees.bsky.social
@cajalbutterfly.bsky.social @neh-odh.bsky.social @disabilitystor1.bsky.social @ajlees.bsky.social
Have you heard about the latest NHN Contest?
Draw a comic, cartoon, or graphic related to the Neurohumanities to become the inaugural NHN Comic! Entries may be comical, serious, realistic, iconic, or abstract.
Entries due April 30th
Submit at: Neurohumanitiesnetwork@gmail.com
Draw a comic, cartoon, or graphic related to the Neurohumanities to become the inaugural NHN Comic! Entries may be comical, serious, realistic, iconic, or abstract.
Entries due April 30th
Submit at: Neurohumanitiesnetwork@gmail.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Have you heard about the latest NHN Contest?
Draw a comic, cartoon, or graphic related to the Neurohumanities to become the inaugural NHN Comic! Entries may be comical, serious, realistic, iconic, or abstract.
Entries due April 30th
Submit at: Neurohumanitiesnetwork@gmail.com
Draw a comic, cartoon, or graphic related to the Neurohumanities to become the inaugural NHN Comic! Entries may be comical, serious, realistic, iconic, or abstract.
Entries due April 30th
Submit at: Neurohumanitiesnetwork@gmail.com
4/4 Dr. Javi Suarez taught us that this intuitive understanding requires a refined ability to break down each image and to infer the events!
🤯 All without using a single word!
🤯 All without using a single word!
April 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
4/4 Dr. Javi Suarez taught us that this intuitive understanding requires a refined ability to break down each image and to infer the events!
🤯 All without using a single word!
🤯 All without using a single word!
3/4 Look at this comic! You probably intuitively understand its meaning
April 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
3/4 Look at this comic! You probably intuitively understand its meaning
1/4 What do comic books and graphic novels tell us about human perception?
😬 Whether through the use of iconic images or photorealistic portraits, comic book artists reach deep in our perception to deliver affecting images
@alvanoe.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social
😬 Whether through the use of iconic images or photorealistic portraits, comic book artists reach deep in our perception to deliver affecting images
@alvanoe.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
1/4 What do comic books and graphic novels tell us about human perception?
😬 Whether through the use of iconic images or photorealistic portraits, comic book artists reach deep in our perception to deliver affecting images
@alvanoe.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social
😬 Whether through the use of iconic images or photorealistic portraits, comic book artists reach deep in our perception to deliver affecting images
@alvanoe.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social
3/5 〰️ Surrealists took this further asking how art can peel away the conscious layers to get at the subconscious mind
March 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
3/5 〰️ Surrealists took this further asking how art can peel away the conscious layers to get at the subconscious mind
3/4 When he is not treating patients in the ICU as a former neurocritical care fellow and current epilepsy fellow, Dr. Khan dedicates his time to abstract art
March 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
3/4 When he is not treating patients in the ICU as a former neurocritical care fellow and current epilepsy fellow, Dr. Khan dedicates his time to abstract art
2/4 On Tuesday, March 18th at 7 PM EST, Dr. Usaamah Khan will discuss how his wonderful artworks express the experience of treating patients with complex neurologic diseases
March 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
2/4 On Tuesday, March 18th at 7 PM EST, Dr. Usaamah Khan will discuss how his wonderful artworks express the experience of treating patients with complex neurologic diseases
4/5 Next up: our Practicum Series continues on March 25th (7 – 8 PM EST) with a special guest—Dr. Suzanne Koven (@MassGeneral & @harvardmed).
She’s a physician, associate professor at the MGB, and a writer. She is the inaugural Writer in Residence at MGH. ✍️💡
She’s a physician, associate professor at the MGB, and a writer. She is the inaugural Writer in Residence at MGH. ✍️💡
March 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
4/5 Next up: our Practicum Series continues on March 25th (7 – 8 PM EST) with a special guest—Dr. Suzanne Koven (@MassGeneral & @harvardmed).
She’s a physician, associate professor at the MGB, and a writer. She is the inaugural Writer in Residence at MGH. ✍️💡
She’s a physician, associate professor at the MGB, and a writer. She is the inaugural Writer in Residence at MGH. ✍️💡
2/5 First up: Dr. Usaamah Khan
He’s an epilepsy fellow at the Mass Gen Brigham AND an incredible artist!
His Neural Blends series has been showcased widely, even featured on covers of Neurology 🖼️🧠
@massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social @cajalbutterfly.bsky.social @michaelokun.bsky.social
He’s an epilepsy fellow at the Mass Gen Brigham AND an incredible artist!
His Neural Blends series has been showcased widely, even featured on covers of Neurology 🖼️🧠
@massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social @cajalbutterfly.bsky.social @michaelokun.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
2/5 First up: Dr. Usaamah Khan
He’s an epilepsy fellow at the Mass Gen Brigham AND an incredible artist!
His Neural Blends series has been showcased widely, even featured on covers of Neurology 🖼️🧠
@massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social @cajalbutterfly.bsky.social @michaelokun.bsky.social
He’s an epilepsy fellow at the Mass Gen Brigham AND an incredible artist!
His Neural Blends series has been showcased widely, even featured on covers of Neurology 🖼️🧠
@massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social @cajalbutterfly.bsky.social @michaelokun.bsky.social
Yesterday night, Dr. Jon Duskin led a terrific culinary demo!
🧑🍳 Dr. Duskin cooked a delicious Shrimp Linguini Fra Diavolo and discussed the benefits of food on Brain Health
🧑🍳 Dr. Duskin cooked a delicious Shrimp Linguini Fra Diavolo and discussed the benefits of food on Brain Health
February 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Yesterday night, Dr. Jon Duskin led a terrific culinary demo!
🧑🍳 Dr. Duskin cooked a delicious Shrimp Linguini Fra Diavolo and discussed the benefits of food on Brain Health
🧑🍳 Dr. Duskin cooked a delicious Shrimp Linguini Fra Diavolo and discussed the benefits of food on Brain Health
Fire up your pots and pans! Tomorrow is time for our neurocooking practicum! Make sure to register
📅 Thursday, Feb 27th, 7 - 8 PM EST
🧑🍳Cook with Chef Jon Duskin!
🧠He will discuss principles of nutrition for brain health
🫘 Ingredient list attached
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Thursday, Feb 27th, 7 - 8 PM EST
🧑🍳Cook with Chef Jon Duskin!
🧠He will discuss principles of nutrition for brain health
🫘 Ingredient list attached
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Fire up your pots and pans! Tomorrow is time for our neurocooking practicum! Make sure to register
📅 Thursday, Feb 27th, 7 - 8 PM EST
🧑🍳Cook with Chef Jon Duskin!
🧠He will discuss principles of nutrition for brain health
🫘 Ingredient list attached
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Thursday, Feb 27th, 7 - 8 PM EST
🧑🍳Cook with Chef Jon Duskin!
🧠He will discuss principles of nutrition for brain health
🫘 Ingredient list attached
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Are you ready for our next practicum?
📅 Thursday, Feb 27th, 7 - 8 PM EST
🧑🍳Cook with Chef Jon Duskin!
🧠He will discuss principles of nutrition for brain health
🫘 Ingredient list attached
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Thursday, Feb 27th, 7 - 8 PM EST
🧑🍳Cook with Chef Jon Duskin!
🧠He will discuss principles of nutrition for brain health
🫘 Ingredient list attached
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Are you ready for our next practicum?
📅 Thursday, Feb 27th, 7 - 8 PM EST
🧑🍳Cook with Chef Jon Duskin!
🧠He will discuss principles of nutrition for brain health
🫘 Ingredient list attached
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Thursday, Feb 27th, 7 - 8 PM EST
🧑🍳Cook with Chef Jon Duskin!
🧠He will discuss principles of nutrition for brain health
🫘 Ingredient list attached
Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
7/8 While Third-Person views drive medicine and science through validity and rigor, Second-Person views retain the complexity of lived experience.
A balanced dialogue among all three is crucial for understanding consciousness.
A balanced dialogue among all three is crucial for understanding consciousness.
February 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
7/8 While Third-Person views drive medicine and science through validity and rigor, Second-Person views retain the complexity of lived experience.
A balanced dialogue among all three is crucial for understanding consciousness.
A balanced dialogue among all three is crucial for understanding consciousness.