The MIND team and advisors developed a variety of special events to test exhibit and program ideas and to complement the project’s permanent exhibit collection. Find out more about these unique experiences here.
Past MIND Events:
June 13 – September 1, 2008
Superstitious? Find out at the Superstition Obstacle Course!
Opening Friday, June 13, these special interactive exhibits let you test
your reactions to superstitions from around the world. Break mirrors, walk
under ladders, spill salt, and don’t knock wood—the Superstition Obstacle
Course presents a unique opportunity to investigate your ideas about risk,
reason, fear, and fun.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. throughout the summer; free with museum admission.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. throughout the summer; free with museum admission.
January 22 – May 11, 2008
The Search for Universals in Human Emotion: Photographs from
the New Guinea Expedition
the New Guinea Expedition
This exhibition celebrates the fortieth anniversary of psychologist Paul
Ekman's pioneering work on human facial expressions. In the late 1960s,
Dr. Ekman studied the isolated Fore people of New Guinea, most
of whom could not have learned the meaning of facial expressions from contact
with outsiders or modern media. Dr. Ekman’s work established that, as Charles
Darwin had argued a century earlier, facial expressions are not culturally
specific (as are languages), but are instead the products of human evolution—universal
to our species.
Paul Ekman is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at UCSF and Director of the Paul Ekman Group, LLC. To learn more about his research, please visit www.paulekman.com.
Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Lectures on The Creative Person and The Creative Context(Podcast)
Join Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, an authority on positive psychology and flow, for a lecture on creativity. Dr. Csikszentmihalyi reviews the common traits of creative people and describe the environments that foster innovation.
Date: December 22, 2008
Type: Lecture
Running Time: 00:23:04Formats:
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In Search Of Universals In Human Emotion with Dr. Paul Ekman(Podcast)
Join us as UC Berkeley's Dr. Robert Levenson interviews acclaimed psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman about his 40 years of research into the universality of human facial expressions. The talk includes photographs and never-before-seen footage from Dr. Ekman's fieldwork among the Fore, an isolated New Guinea tribe he first visited in the early 1960s.
Date: December 19, 2008
Type: Lecture
Running Time: 00:21:12Formats:
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Alternative content download MP3 (29 MB) |
Crazy For Love(Podcast)
They say that love makes the world go around--but love can make you loco, too. This compelling audio documentary weaves together obsessions, confessions, and reflections to explore the universal madness of love.
Date: December 9, 2008
Type: Interview
Running Time: 00:22:40Formats:
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Alternative content download MP3 (11 MB) |
Dr. Temple Grandin Lectures on Autism and the Animal Mind(Podcast)
Author and animal scientist Dr. Grandin shares her insights on ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), visual thinking, and human and animal minds. Dr. Grandin, herself autistic, believes the autistic person's capacity to "see the actual things themselves" places autistic individuals in a unique position to understand the ways animals think.
Date: December 9, 2008
Type: Lecture
Running Time: 00:18:23Formats:
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Alternative content download MP3 (25.3 MB) |
Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Lectures on The Creative Person and The Creative Context(Clip)
Join Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, an authority on positive psychology and flow, for a lecture on creativity. Dr. Csikszentmihalyi reviews the common traits of creative people and describe the environments that foster innovation.
Date: March 12, 2008
Type: Lecture
Running Time: 01:49:20In Search Of Universals In Human Emotion with Dr. Paul Ekman(Clip)
Join us as UC Berkeley's Dr. Robert Levenson interviews acclaimed psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman about his 40 years of research into the universality of human facial expressions. The talk includes photographs and never-before-seen footage from Dr. Ekman's fieldwork among the Fore, an isolated New Guinea tribe he first visited in the early 1960s.
Date: January 26, 2008
Type: Lecture
Running Time: 01:09:02Dr. Temple Grandin Lectures on Autism and the Animal Mind(Clip)
Author and animal scientist Dr. Grandin shares her insights on ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), visual thinking, and human and animal minds. Dr. Grandin, herself autistic, believes the autistic person's capacity to "see the actual things themselves" places autistic individuals in a unique position to understand the ways animals think.
Date: January 17, 2008
Type: Lecture
Running Time: 01:42:44The Science of Laughter(Webcast)
Join us as we talk with Dr. William Fry, emeritus professor at Stanford University and the father of gelotology, the study of humor and laughter, and their effects on the human body.
Date: November 10, 2007
Type: Interview
Running Time: 00:57:53
The Exploratorium’s MIND Project was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation
under grant no. 0307927.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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