Monthly Archives: October 2010

2010-10-01 Spike activity

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: The science of choking under pressure is discussed in a brilliant piece on Neuron Culture. New Scientist has a debate on whether psychoanalysis should have a place in London’s Science Museum. Although getting science in London’s Freud museum would be the real challenge. The [...]

Visual science in the art of Chuck Close

I’ve just found this amazing article on the work of artist Chuck Close from a 2008 edition of the Archives of Ophthalmology. It examines the visual science behind his pixelated style and how a stroke left the artist paralysed – after which he has produced some of his finest work. Chuck Close (1940- ) is [...]

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