tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527434633836848602009-05-01T21:51:58.637-04:00jasonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-90730804181309998082009-03-11T12:27:00.002-04:002009-03-23T22:46:00.255-04:00Catherine Kerr has joined the Academic Advisory Board of the 2009 International Tai Chi Symposium, to take place at Vanderbilt University in July 2009<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-9073080418130999808?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-20526488581748843762009-03-11T12:25:00.006-04:002009-03-24T13:21:46.785-04:00Catherine Kerr presented on her recent mindfulness study at the Research Symposium associated with Center for Mindfulness' Annual Meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts, Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-2052648858174884376?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-80674721992693907722008-12-05T17:13:00.002-05:002008-12-05T17:15:09.535-05:00Cathy is presenting her Tai Chi research on tactile acuity Tuesday December 8 at the Asian Medicine and Healing Seminar at the Osher Research Center, Harvard Medical School. Call 617-384-8550 for more information.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-8067472199269390772?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-68856820767469807462008-09-22T01:33:00.003-04:002008-09-22T01:35:37.821-04:00<h3 style="font-weight: normal;" class="post-title"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" >Our poster on mu rhythms and attention will be presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington, DC in November 2008</span><br /></span></h3><a href="http://www.dogpod.com/projects/kerr_lab/blogengine/newsblog/tai%20chi%20poster.pdf"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-6885682076746980746?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-279864144589824272008-01-30T22:17:00.000-05:002008-01-30T22:39:59.836-05:00Christopher Moore (McGovern Institute, MIT), the research mentor for much of our group's work, is featured in Scientific American MIND in a long article looking at Dr. Moore's hemo-neural hypothesis <span style="font-size:78%;">(posted 1-30-08)</span>.<a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=blood-flow-may-be-key-player&amp;page=1"> link<br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-27986414458982427?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-78401495609794767552008-01-12T13:29:00.001-05:002008-01-22T22:52:21.078-05:00Our Tai Chi poster presented at the 2007 society for neuroscience in November has been featured in a German newspaper in an article by Vonn Michael Simm. <a href="http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/wissen_und_bildung/aktuell/?cnt=1269334">http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/wissen_und_bildung/aktuell/?cnt=1269334</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-7840149560979476755?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-24814605475638024992007-12-11T11:47:00.001-05:002007-12-11T11:52:27.976-05:00Our neuroimaging research consultant and collaborator, Anna Wexler, is featured in the Boston Globe for her work as a filmmaker in residence at WGBH. <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/12/09/wgbh_gives_films_shortcut_to_the_web/">link</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-2481460547563802499?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-69454628643476913402007-12-01T17:25:00.000-05:002007-12-11T00:21:09.161-05:00Smadar Bustan, a visiting scholar at Harvard University (Department of Philosophy), will present (with Catherine Kerr as a coauthor) , <em>When phenomenology and neuroscience meet: alexithymia as a paradigmatic case of suffering</em><br /><br />RESCHEDULED FOR 2 PM December 11, 2007<br />Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School<br />401 Park Dr, Suite 22A, Boston<br /><br />Call 617-384-8583 for more information.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-6945462864347691340?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-64465381886046513212007-10-29T12:11:00.000-04:002007-11-01T22:31:04.319-04:00Our study of mindfulness based stress reduction and brain rhythms is open for recruitment (November 2007).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-6446538188604651321?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-23718982899745303022007-10-29T12:09:00.001-04:002007-11-08T16:59:04.770-05:00Our poster on Tai Chi and tactile acuity was presented by Jessica Shaw at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego in November 2007<br /><a href="http://www.dogpod.com/projects/kerr_lab/blogengine/newsblog/tai%20chi%20poster.pdf">tai chi poster.pdf</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-2371898289974530302?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-90981254988068906632007-07-10T00:19:00.001-04:002007-08-23T14:35:49.287-04:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Presentation at the Society for Acupuncture Research </span><br /><br /></strong>Jessica Shaw has been selected to give a platform presentation at the Society for Acupuncture Research <a href="http://www.acupunctureresearch.org/2007conference_addtnl-info.html">Annual Meeting </a>in November 2007<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-9098125498806890663?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252743463383684860.post-51293035417466904142007-07-10T00:11:00.000-04:002007-07-10T21:48:51.521-04:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Poem to puzzle over</span></strong><br /><em>(an occasional feature)</em><br /><br />EMILY DICKINSON<br /><br />THE BRAIN is wider than the sky,<br />For, put them side by side,<br />The one the other will include<br />With ease, and you beside.<br /><br />The brain is deeper than the sea,<br />For, hold them, blue to blue,<br />The one the other will absorb,<br />As sponges, buckets do.<br /><br />The brain is just the weight of God,<br />For, lift them, pound for pound,<br />And they will differ, if they do,<br />As syllable from sound.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/252743463383684860-5129303541746690414?l=www.dogpod.com%2Fprojects%2Fkerr_lab%2Fblogengine%2Fnewsblog%2Fnewsblog.html'/></div>Catherine Kerrcatherine_kerr@hms.harvard.edu