A reply to Kate from McGill University: A.S Byatt, proprioception, poetry and the blind
Last night Kate from McGill University left me this comment:
"Hi, I'm a student at McGill University, and wondered if proprioception could possible be evoked through poetry. A.S. Byatt published a paper in the TLS a month ago or so about mirror neurons being fired when reading certain works of poetry (she cited Donne). But perhaps the reader could also have a proprioceptive experience through reading poetry, particularly the blind? This may have gotten away from the main argument of your blog entry, but I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks."
Kate, I'm not really a neuropsycholgist but the question really does interest me - at least in the sense of mental representation in the abscence of vision and proprioception. Give me a few days, I actually want to read what Byatt wrote (do you have the article?) and I'll see if I can come up with something coherent.
For now I found these two blogs that might interest you: So Many Books & Musings from Lehigh Valley
btw - I did my undergraduate at Concordia University :)
Have a good weekend,
v.
"Hi, I'm a student at McGill University, and wondered if proprioception could possible be evoked through poetry. A.S. Byatt published a paper in the TLS a month ago or so about mirror neurons being fired when reading certain works of poetry (she cited Donne). But perhaps the reader could also have a proprioceptive experience through reading poetry, particularly the blind? This may have gotten away from the main argument of your blog entry, but I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks."
Kate, I'm not really a neuropsycholgist but the question really does interest me - at least in the sense of mental representation in the abscence of vision and proprioception. Give me a few days, I actually want to read what Byatt wrote (do you have the article?) and I'll see if I can come up with something coherent.
For now I found these two blogs that might interest you: So Many Books & Musings from Lehigh Valley
btw - I did my undergraduate at Concordia University :)
Have a good weekend,
v.
1 comment:
Hi Victor,
Thanks for your reply. Sorry for the delay in response...I was unable to find this blog again! I do have the link to TLS article by A.S. Byatt, but unfortunately it can only be accessed via the TLS's subscriber archive. I will, however, send you a copy by email.
Regards,
Kate
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