Neurohumanities Network (NHN)
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- Where silence listens closely, and music gently finds the mind. Join us with Dr. Mei Rui, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Founder & Director of Music-in-Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center. 🗓 January 20, 2026, 8-9 PM ( ET ) harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Art can come from anything, even the simplest materials around you. ✂️🗒️🖇️ Join us for a creative virtual workshop led by Dr. Sujal Manohar, where we’ll explore the art of collage using everyday, found materials from home. 🔗 Join here : harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Excited to launch Dispatches, the official blog of the Neurohumanities Network. The blog explores how neurology, medicine, the arts, and the humanities intersect and reflections from events, essays, interviews, and guest contributions. •Read and subscribe: lnkd.in/e2sp7kix
- Join the Neurohumanities Network for an evening exploring the science and creativity behind music therapy, featuring clinicians who bridge neuroscience, medicine, and musical expression. 12/16/2025 8-9 PM EST 🗓️🕘 harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- “On Joy & the Brain" - a session exploring how our brains create the emotion of joy and the neural pathways behind it. We’re delighted to welcome Dr Cori Polonoski, Assistant Professor of Neurology at UPMC. Join us on December 9th, 8-9 pm EST 🗓️ harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Excited to partner with the Dana Foundation for Neurohumanities 101 — an intro to the field that connects neuroscience with the arts & humanities. If you’re curious about how to bring neurohumanities into your training or institution, this event is for you! 🧠 Panel + Q&A 📅 Dec 11, 2025 | 💻 Zoom
- We are excited for this ! @danafoundation.bsky.social
- 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...
- ✨ 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
- "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...
- 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
- 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...
- JOIN US TOMORROW to learn about what the Neurohumanities are and where they may be going? 🔍 Are you a philosopher? 🧑🎨 Are you an artist? 💊 Are you a patient or a clinician? Join us to hear what Dr. Michael Stanley will teach us about how science, neurology, and the humanities may meet!
- Register here: 09/23, 8-9 PM ET harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- 🎂 The Neurohumanities Network is turning ONE! This year we have... 🎵 Talked about how music influences the brain 🧘Meditated together 🧑🍳Cooked a live recipe learning about Brain Health 🧑🎨Seen Mime Art help persons with Parkinson's and much more!
- What a better way to celebrate than inviting a true humanist and neurologist, Dr. Michael Stanley! 📚 He will teach us how the Humanities and Neuroscience come together in his talk "From Neuro to Humanities" When? September 23rd, 8-9 p ET Register here! harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 🚨 Have you registered for our NHN Seminar TONIGHT? Join artist & mime Barbara Salsberg Mathews as she teaches us about the power of art in neurology and in Parkinson disease Today (08/27) at 8 PM ET! harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- 1/3 🚨 NEW NHN SEMINAR NEXT WEEK, 08/27, 8-9 PM ET ✨ Join artist & mime Barbara Salsberg Mathews as she teaches us about the power of art in neurology
- 2/3 🖌️ Through her drawings & paintings, she shares her and others' experiences of a life with Parkinson’s 🤹 And as a mime, she uses Mime Therapy to help others manage symptoms through movement
- 3/3 Tune in on AUGUST 27th, 8-9 PM ET Register now: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- ⏰ Happy August Everyone!⏰ NHN Summer Menu: 📕 Next week: join the NHN team and Dr. Pria Anand for our Neuro-Book Club. 🤔 We will discuss Dr. Anand's new book "The Mind Electric" 📅 Tune in August 5th, 8-9 PM EDT! Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- ⤵️ FEW Weeks Later: join artist Barbara Salsberg Mathews 🎨 Who will showcase her ART expressing the life with Parkinson Disease 📅 Save the date: 08/27, 8-9 PM EDT Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @albertoespay.bsky.social @charliepalmer.bsky.social @michaelokun.bsky.social
- LOOKING FOR NEURO-RELATED SUMMER READS? 📕 Register now for our UPCOMING Neurohumanities Network Book Club! 🤓 We will discuss Pria Anand's "The Mind Electric" with the author present! 📅 Save the date: 08/05, 8 PM EDT harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- 1/3 Ready to learn about music, mind, and brains? 👉 Tune in on JULY 17th, 8 - 9 PM EST 🎷 Learn about the use(s) of music in neurology 🎵 Hear how musicians approach tempo, time, and perception Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- 2/3 We will hear from a mixed panel: 💃Dr. Pantelyat from Johns Hopkins is a Neurologist and Composer who studies the use of music in neurology 🧠 He is also an expert of atypical parkinsonian syndromes @anilseth.bsky.social @ludyshihmd.bsky.social @charliepalmer.bsky.social
- 3/3 He will be joined by musicians and Manhattan School of Medicine experts – Reiko Fueting and Thomas Palmer 🎶 They will teach us about perception and time in music! You will not want to miss this! @constantinatheo.bsky.social @cajalbutterfly.bsky.social
- 1/3 Are you ready for our next event? Tune in THURSDAY, JULY 17th at 8 PM EST for our Music Panel! 🎵 Music and the Brain 🧑🎤 Curious about the impact of music on your brain and your mind? 🕺To answer this complex question we recruited TWO musicians and ONE neurologist-musician
- 2/3 What to expect? 1⃣ Dr. Alex Pantelyat from Johns Hopkins will teach us about MUSIC in MEDICINE in his work as a neurologist 2⃣ Reiko Futing and Thomas Palmer from Manhattan School of Music will regale us with "Time, Musical Time, and Perception of Musical Time"
- 3/3 Whether you are a musician, a brain scientist, or you like to sing in the shower... you will not want to miss this! Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 us for our first neurohumanities seminar of the summer! Dr. Luca Marsili, assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati, will discuss the history of famous "faces" in neuroscience! Register for the event here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @neh-odh.bsky.social
- This session will see Dr. Marsili discuss famous paintings, photographs, pictures that sculpted the history of neuroscience! @michaelokun.bsky.social @albertoespay.bsky.social @amahajanmd.bsky.social @ajlees.bsky.social @disabilitystor1.bsky.social @indyfromspace.bsky.social
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2/4 Comics extend through the space of the pages to replicate the passage of time ⏲️ Our ability to understand the language of comics tells us a lot about how our brain processes space and time @albertoespay.bsky.social @michaelokun.bsky.social @adinawisemd.bsky.social
- 3/4 Look at this comic! You probably intuitively understand its meaning
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View full threadCurious to see what else hides in the neuropsychology of comics? Check out Dr. Javi Suarez's outstanding talk! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr0L...
