We are surrounded by people and places. Beyond communicating with people and navigating through places, we cannot help but evaluate them. In this talk, I will review basic conceptual underpinnings of neuroaesthetics, a relatively new field that examines the biological bases of aesthetic experiences. I will argue that our brains respond automatically to our aesthetic[...]

Topic: Disability Studies in Medical Settings The field of disability studies once relied upon a strict division of “the social model of disability” from “the medical model” in its mission to make disabled people the authors of their own stories. The social model, locating disability in inaccessible environments and unaccepting attitudes rather than in the[...]

What makes a good physician? A person who properly diagnoses and then cures their patients? What if we told you that there's a third vital characteristic of good physicians -- physicians who listen to -- and attempt to understand their patients' stories. Similar observations have been made about clinical encounters between health care providers and[...]

Every Thursday evening (January 23 - April 16) 6:00 – 7:30 PM Perkins LINK 059, Seminar 1 Supper provided by Guasaca The Duke Health Humanities Lab seeks participants for its third annual offering of the Chronic Health Conditions Storytelling (CHCS) group. Facilitated by Duke medical students Sam Hofacker, Megha Gupta, and Sarah Hodges, advised by[...]

All Duke faculty, students, and staff are invited to join this participatory, interactive workshop and discussion co-facilitated by Duke faculty, staff, and graduate students who embrace dance and movement as a mode of individual and collective discovery. Participants can move or join as engaged witness however they are comfortable. Event Co-facilitators each value dance as[...]

Every Thursday evening (January 23 - April 16) 6:00 – 7:30 PM Perkins LINK 059, Seminar 1 Supper provided by Guasaca The Duke Health Humanities Lab seeks participants for its third annual offering of the Chronic Health Conditions Storytelling (CHCS) group. Facilitated by Duke medical students Sam Hofacker, Megha Gupta, and Sarah Hodges, advised by[...]

Location: Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater, 123 Time: 7 PM BEDSIDE MANNER focuses on standardized patients and the art of medicine. The film explores empathy and medical relationships through the practice of using medical actors to train student doctors. At the center of the film is the brilliant neurologist Dr. Alice Flaherty, who plays herself as[...]

Times: 7 PM; 8 PM Live Panel and Q&A Session Location: Griffith Film Theater Food will be provided Autism Goes to College goes inside college classrooms and dorms as five students on the autism spectrum and their college support teams (parents, providers and faculty members) share their stories and candid insights about their experience. Hear their stories[...]

Every Thursday evening (January 23 - April 16) 6:00 – 7:30 PM Perkins LINK 059, Seminar 1 Supper provided by Guasaca The Duke Health Humanities Lab seeks participants for its third annual offering of the Chronic Health Conditions Storytelling (CHCS) group. Facilitated by Duke medical students Sam Hofacker, Megha Gupta, and Sarah Hodges, advised by[...]