Week 7 Neuroscience + Art

 

Our topic in this week's lecture was something that I previously had little knowledge of. Neuroscience has always been something that I would say has intrigued me but I'd never had the opportunity to learn about it until now. The first intriguing aspect mentioned by Professor Vesna was the idea that consciousness is "one's personal or collective identity". This is something that makes sense but feels strange to me. When you look at previous sections of class such as technology when technology becomes tied to an individual can that be part of your conscious?

As we learned about this week, neuroscience is a very vast topic that can lead to a conversation around dreams. The line between the dreaming world and the physical world has become blurred due to advances in art and technology. Now people are using technology to record the dreams of humans to understand the brain further. Technology like this would've made the lives of Freud and Jung much more interesting. This technology can allow for the consciousness of people to develop further than ever before. Now we can learn from ourselves.

The talk of dreams mentioned reminds me of a very famous movie named "Inception" where people essentially use technology to influence dreams and thus influence an individual to do certain things. This originally seemed far-fetched but now with the ability to record dreams could become a possibility. Everything that we previously knew about the bridge between neuroscience and art can now be changed by the dreaming world. 

 

 

Works Cited:

1. Cassauwers, Tom, et al. “Brain-Controlled Computers Are Becoming a Reality, but Major Hurdles Remain.” Horizon Magazine, 2 Dec. 2020, https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/brain-controlled-computers-are-becoming-reality-major-hurdles-remain.

2. “Are You Ready for Tech That Connects to Your Brain?” Harvard Business Review, 28 Sept. 2020, https://hbr.org/2020/09/are-you-ready-for-tech-that-connects-to-your-brain.

3. Vesna, Victoria. “Neuroscience-pt1.Mov.” YouTube, YouTube, 17 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzXjNbKDkYI&t=103s

4. Vesna, Victoria. “Mind Intro.” YouTube, YouTube, 26 Mar. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0Qt7L2-kM&t=52s

5. Will We See Brain-Controlled Technology in Just Ten Years? https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2020/4/brain-controlled-technology-in-ten-years.

6. Thambawita, Isuru. “Dream-Reading Machine of Japan.” Sunday Observer, 13 Feb. 2021, https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2021/02/14/features/dream-reading-machine-japan#:~:text=As%20if%20through%20a%20miracle,making%20everything%20possible%20to%20achieve.

7. “Drawing Art Inspiration from Your Dreams.” Drawing Art Inspiration From Your Dreams, https://www.milanartinstitute.com/blog/how-to-create-gripping-storylines-from-dreams.