Patrick, that article on neurobiology was quite fascinating. I had no idea about the different paths b/t audio & visual stimuli compared with what we smell and feel. I am an aspiring film maker, and this is quite an eyeopener.

Thank you for the comment and for the link!

You certainly practice what you preach – I connected with what you were writing about right away.

I’ve been a neuroscientist for over a decade now and I’m sad to say that so much academic reading and writing has taught me to drain the humanity out of my writing, which incidentally is why us scientists are mostly terrible at communicating well with the public about what we actually do.

I’ll be referring back to this post (and yin vs yang) regularly as I craft my articles. One thing you may be interested in is my thoughts on the neurobiology of good writing and what exactly happens in the brain when you generate an emotional response in your readers through your writing.

Patrick

That’s a great point. I am an aspiring screen writer, and that is the hardest part of it, trying to actually live the moment you are writing. However, if you actually achieve it, the writing is just amazing.

Thank you for the compliment and especially for the opportunity. That simple post was pretty good!