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Event Number 2987
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar
- The textual structure of REM dreaming
- Time: 12:05 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Speaker: Art Schmaltz, Prairie State College
- Abstract: The human brain during REM dreaming is a singular neurological event that may well be the most complex event known to science. As a biologically evolved system, dreaming long predates the evolution of human language.<br>
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In this presentation, I will parse out one of the ten lines of evidence that argues that human language evolved "down" from the complexity of dreaming, and not "up" from a simpler biological system.- Host: Sprott
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- The textual structure of REM dreaming
