Firing a professor (from a state university, no less) for expressing his opinions is foolish and contrary to the purpose of a university.

Coronavirus Lingo Bingo

Arguing with Fauci today, Rand Paul asked why schools should be closed, since the COVID risk to children is so small. Fauci should have replied that risk to children is not why schools are closed. Instead he invoked fear of the Kawasaki-like syndrome.👎 cnbc.com/2020/05/12/dr-…

So interesting to talk to Suzanne Simard from @ubcforestry and learn more about her fascinating work on the mycorrhizal network of communications connecting threes and plants underground.

Looking forward to this weekend - exploring awareness with Upaya Zen Center, Joan Halifax, Elissa Epel, Kalina Christoff, @j_d_dunne, and more! Online, by donation. There's still time to sign up... upaya.org/program/varela…

Thank you for listening @RogerWhitson. The Varela Symposium provides such exceptional ground for conversation and the growth of ideas. It is an honour to be a participant this year. Thank you Upaya Zen Center and Joan Halifax.

Such a pleasure talking to you, Cole Burton Thank you so much for sharing your fascinating work on how we can co-exist better with those large-bodied mammals that we so love to admire, while destroying their habitat so relentlessly.

Our @WallInstitute's statement on one of the critical crises that our human society and we in academia must urgently resolve. pwias.ubc.ca/announcements/…

Joint Monash Biomedical Imaging & Consciousness - tlab webinar with Kalina Christoff from University of British Columbia on Understanding human thought through dynamic brain systems. 17 Sept 10-11am. Register: tinyurl.com/yy8maf6z More info: tinyurl.com/y56gfr92 Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences @MonashNeurosci

Daydreamers, mind-wanderers, spontaneous thinkers, don’t fret — your ways are a foundation in creative thinking. Kerry Banks explains why this is, according to Kalina Christoff's research at University of British Columbia, and how to best spark it. thetyee.ca/News/2021/01/1…

"The belief that suppressing #empathy automatically leads to improved problem solving is not supported by evidence." from "Dehumanization in Organizational Settings: Some Scientific & Ethical Considerations" by Kalina Christoff Full text at: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #neuroscience

Daydreaming is a spontaneous and seemingly unavoidable aspect of our mind’s life. But instead of being a “bug,” it’s an important feature of the healthy mind. What are the potential roles for daydreaming in the brain and for our psyche? RSVP: tinyurl.com/pssn-mind-wand…

The prefrontal cortex is an incredibly diverse swath of tissue. See how its various subregions may differentially contribute to stability and variability in thought and conscious experience in this new piece go.nature.com/2YOxQAo Kalina Christoff Robin Carhart-Harris Neuropsychopharmacology

🧠 Is mind-wandering a distraction or a superpower? In conversation on Multiverses Kalina Christoff of Neuroscience @ UBC reveals how it fuels creativity, insight & meaning. Watch now 👉youtube.com/watch?v=ypWz6b…