George Lakoff | What Studying the Brain Tells Us About Arts Education

George Lakoff, Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at U.C. Berkeley, emphasizes that the bridge between existing knowledge and new ideas is imagination. In this talk, he stresses the importance of educators incorporating the arts into educational curriculum, in order to nurture creative thinking.
License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

[@brettmatthews8061]

I could listen to Lakoff all day. He is amazing!

[@gorillas513]

George"s lectures are like a" breath of fresh air".

[@deborahrose7047]

I adore this lecture, thank you

[@roberth7921]

This must be shared, and it is urgent.

[@zanthornton]

This explains why language deprivation occurs and consequences are severe. Deaf kids need sign.language to get language, then.learn English. Spoken language has metaphors, like signed language. Once ur brain is wired for language, one can learn more.95% Deaf kids families do not sign. So kids miss that vital time for brain development. Kids who are Deaf [ not just hearing impaired, but DEAF] are developmentally delayed because of lang deficits not disabilities. When a Deaf kid grows up with fluent sign language, they are superior to nonsigning Deaf kids.

[@meiyuc22]

what if i imagine doing all kinds of superhero movements but in reality I can't do them? ex floating in air, back flip, jump over huge cliff, etc.??

[@mageorge1955]

Thank you for this. It is a neat summary of Lakoff's work. Do you have the Question & Answer session?

[@MSB1501]

My favorite topic

[@rickytan3476]

inspiring speech

[@einarlodin4352]

what about this: According to Aristotle, “the soul never thinks without an image”, which, logically, would indicate that our thoughts are always based on images, which, in turn are essentially based on perceptions. Therefore, thinking about something that cannot be perceived seems impossible.

[@gisellemaza8058]

I need his conferences with subtitles in Spanish!!!

[@paulal1347]

Can anyone tell who's the author he recommends reading?

[@mauriziobisogno2911]

Julian Janes?

[@healthdoc]

What you think is a product of how you think. Who knew Mr. Potato head had such a profound effect on our creativity. 🧐

[@kikleine]

Im a back door man

[@SIRBEAL]

Row YOUR BOAT

[@billy-joes6851]

"Thinking that you're thinking" hmm sounds like a certain Orange leader of ours ( not mentioning names)

[@joffre55]

3:25

[@wovokanarchy]

Lab experiments on Animals is not cool and twisted as fuck. How is that for framing?