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- Master and Doctor of Sciences - University of São Paulo - USP, Brazil.  - Post-doctoral in Neuroscience - University of California, Los Angeles (USA)

Interviews / Press Talking in the Royal Institution, London,  March 2002 Publications              - Scientific Papers              - Articles On Neuroscience              - Articles On Medical Informatics              - Book Chapters              - Science Writing (newspaper) Founder member of Edumed Institute Founder of Brain & Mind magazine Founder of Telementoring Founder of Virtual Talks on Neuroscience Founder of Brainstorming Founder of Neuroscience Art Gallery Founder of Amazon Telehealth Program Professor in Internet for Physicians Program Professor in Health Sciences Web Based Education Course Researcher, State University of Campinas Coordinator, Centro de Videoconferência de Campinas Former Professor in Neuroscience Program for high scholl students Member of the Editorial Board, Interdisciplinarity Science Review, London Associate Editor, Online and Print Edition, Intermedic Associate Editor, Online and Print Edition, Infomática Médica Laboratory procedure videos Scientific illustrations Scientific animations Conferences National and International Citations

It's no laughing matter May 16th, 2002   Entrevista com a especialista em psicobiologia Silvia Cardoso sobre a graça do riso para a ciência May 19th, 2002   Compartilhamos o riso com os animais May 19th, 2002     May 24th, 2002 Pesquisa sobre o riso leva brasileira à mídia internacional May 26th, 2002 Entrevista com a especialista em psicobiologia Silvia Cardoso  sobre a graça do riso para a ciência May 27th, 2002 O rato que ri

May 27th, 2002 Atrás do sorriso June 10 - 16, 2002 As Faces do Riso   June 16, 2002 Rir é o Melhor Remédio Você Sabia? July, 2002 Desmistificando um paranormal July, 7th, 2002 Riso é genético, diz pesquisadora   Unicamp analisa cadáver fatiado September, 1996   - Projeto Ser Humano Visível - September, 1996 - Cérebro & Mente: Uma revista que já nasceu grande - May, 1997 Ser Humano Plugado - September, 1998

Pesquisa sobre o riso June 11th, 2002   Efeitos do humor na educação de deficientes visuais Dicas para ser feliz July 18th, 2002 June 17th, 2002 Risos, risadas e gargalhadas. Mas por quê?

TV Cultura - O riso June 21th, 2002   SBT -Rir faz bem June 25th, 2002 June 20th, 2002

O riso May 22nd, 2002 Rádio Educadora June 24th, 2002 May 27th, 2002 O riso e a ciência

Selected Conference

Talking in the Royal Institution, London,  March 2002               Other Conferences

Publications

Publication in Dana Forum on Brain Science:  Cerebrum
 
 

Our Ancient Laughing Brain, Silvia H. Cardoso	Dying To Kill: The Mind of the Terrorist, Silvia H. Cardoso

Interdisciplinarity and the Study of Mind (print edition - submitted)
 
 

Publication in Brain & Mind magazine

Brain & Mind - Electronic Magazine on Neuroscience
                                              By Silvia H. Cardoso

In English  01.The External Architecture of The Brain (1997) 02. Human Memory: What is and how to improve it (1997) 03. Brain and Environment (1997) 04. Brain Ventricles: Our Internal Laket (1997) 05. Understanding Dreams (1997) 06. Hydrocephalus (1997) 07. Decade of the Brain (1997) 08. Remarkable Man-Machine Interactions (1997) 09. How the Brain Organizes Sexual Behavior (1997) 10. Sexual Disorders I. Sexual Impotence (1997) 11. What Is Mind ? (1998) 12. 3D Images from the Visible Human Project (1998) 13.The Impact of Internet On The Neurosciences (1998) 14. Interdisciplinarity and The Study of Mind (1998) 15. Night Terrors (1998) 16. The artistic mind of a psychotic (1998) 17. Neurons: our internal gallaxy (1998) 18. The Pleasure System, Drugs and Society (1999) 19. Effects of Cocaine on the Brain (1999) 20. Cocaine Causes Brain Lesions (1999) 21. Stimulation of Brain Pleasure Centers (1999) 22. Effects of Alcohol in the Brain (1999) 23. Transdending the Tribal Mind (1999) 24. How the Nerve Cells Work. Part I (1999) 25. Werewolf (1999) 26. Instinctive Behavior - Fixed Action Patterns (1999) 27. What Make us Singularly Humans? (2000) 28. How Brain Cells Work. Part II (2000) 29. How Native Language Affects Reading Strategies (2000) 30 .Why Einstein Was a Genius? (2000) 31. Learning and Changes in the Brain (2000) 32. The Brain's Growth (2000) 33. Kleptomania (2000) 34. Communication Between Nerve Cells (2001) 35. Telementoring:  New Horizons for Learning  (2001) 36. Behavioral Experiment: The Vital Needs of Babies  (2001) 37. Behavioral Experiment: Drugged Spiders  (2001) 38. Curiosity: Why Don't We Act Out During Our Sleep ?  (2001) 39. Neurotransmission  (2001) 40. Our  Ancient Laughing Brain  (2001) 41. Inside the Mind of a Suicide Bomber (2001) 42. Learning Who is Your Mother - Behavior of Imprinting (2001) 43. Why the image of a baby is so enchanting? (2002)

Em Português 01. Arquitetura Externa do Cérebro 02. Memória Humana: O que é e como melhorá-la 03. Cérebro e Ambiente 04. Ventrículos Cerebrais 05. Sonhos 06. Hidrocefalia 07. Década do Cérebro 08. A Notável Interação Homem-Máquina 09. O Que É Mente ? 10. O Impacto da Internet Sobre as Neurociências 11. Interdisciplinaridade e o Estudo da Mente 12. Terror Noturno 13. Fast Facts: A Mente Artística de um Psicótico 14. Neurônios: Nossa Galáxia Interna 15. O Sistema do Prazer, Drogas e Sociedade 16. Os Efeitos da Cocaína no Cérebro 17. Síndrome de Deficiência da Recompensa 18. Videoclips: Estimulação em centros do prazer 19. Abuso de Drogas 20. Álcool 21. Animação: Ação do Álcool no Cérebro 22. Transcendendo a Mente Tribal 23. Como Funcionam as Células Nervosas . Parte I 24. Os "Lobisomens" 25. tologia: Atos Motores Instintivos 26. O Que Nos Faz Humanos? 27. Como Funcionam as Células Nervosas. Parte 28. Por que Einstein foi um gênio? 29. Aprendizagem e mudanças no cérebro 30. O crescimento do cérebro 31. Cleptomania 32. Comunicação Entre as Células Nervosas 33. Tutoria a Distância: Novos Horizontes para a Aprendizagem 34. Experimento Comportamental: Aranhas narcotizadas 35. Experimento Comportamental: Necessidades vitais do bebê 36. Curiosidades: Por que não atuamos durante o sono? 37. Neurotransmissão 38. A Mente do Terrorista Suicida 39.O Comportamento do Imprinting 40. Por que a imagem de um bebê nos encanta? 41. O Poder do Riso

Selected Papers

In English

Antiaversive action of benzodiazepines on escape behavior induced by electrical stimulation of the inferior colliculus. Physiology and Behavior, 51, 557-562, 1992. [ MEDLINE Abstract ]

Opposite effects of low and high doses of morphine on neural substrates of aversion in the inferior colliculus. Behavioral Parmacol., 489-45, 1993.  [ MEDLINE Abstract ]

Mechanisms of defense in the inferior colliculus. Behavioral Brain Research, 58:49-55, 1993.
[ MEDLINE Abstract ]

Defensive reactions evoked by activation of NMDA receptors in distinct sites of the inferior colliculus. Behavioral Brain Research 63:17-24, 1994  [ MEDLINE Abstract ]

The neural substrate of defensive behavior in the midbrain tectum. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Review 18:339-346, 1994  [ MEDLINE Abstract ]

The Virtual Hospital, Electronic Publications and the Visible Human: New Paradigms for Health Education. Proceed. Regional Conference on Health Information Systems, 128-137, São Paulo, BIREME, 1996.
 
 

Articles On Brain and Behavior

in Portuguese
1. Por que os cães são tão brincalhões? (1998)

2. A Origem do Sorriso: Cultural: Cultural ou Genética?

3. O Poder do Riso (1998)
 

In English
1. Why are dogs so frisky? (1998)
 
 

Articles On Medical Informatics

1. What are Multimidia Books (O Que São Livros Multimídia). Informática Médica
1(2), Mar/Abr 1998. [In Portuguese]

2.Internet and the Neurosciences (Internet e as Neurociências). Informática
Médica 1(3), Mai/Jun 1998. [In Portuguese]

3.Using Simulations in Medical Education
(Utilizando Simulações no Ensino Médico). Informática Médica 1(4), Jul/Ago
1998. [In Portuguese]

4. Distance Education in Medicine
(Educação à Distância em Medicina). Informática Médica 1(5), Set/Out 1998
[In Portuguese]

5. A Virtual Human. Intermedic Magazine 1(1), 1997.

6. The Brain & Mind Magazine. Intermedic Magazine 1(3), 1997.
 
 

Book Chapters...

..in Portuguese

Coworker of Neural Substrate of Defensive Behavior in Mesencephalic Structures, Brandão. ML, Cardoso, SH; Melo, LL; Mota, V; Coimbra, NC, 11: 104-117, 1983. Bauru-SP.

Ilustrator of the book Psychophysiology, Marcus Lira Brandão 2nd edition, Editora Pedagógica e Universitária, 1995.

Co-author of Informática e Internet em Medicina Renato M.E. Sabbatini e Silvia Helena Cardoso, 2001
 
 

Publication in Saúde e Vida On-Line - on-line magazine on health topics for laypeople

in Portuguese

Taking care of your mental health
Organ's Donation for transplation
Métodos Anticoncepcionais
Corpo Virtual: Guia Ilustrado da Anatomia e Funcionamento do Corpo Humano  2/11/2000
Siamese Twins
 
 

Science Writing

Correio Popular", daily newspaper of Campinas, 1993-present

In Portuguese

 
Criminal Minds
Psychological aspects of abortion
Microbiology and the Shroud of Turin
Science Explains Apparitions of God (in portuguese)
Debunking a Paranormal
New Research on Ressurrection
Leptin: The Gene of Obesity
Night terrors

Scientific Illustrations

Illustrations of the chapter Central Nervous System and Schizophrenia. In: F.G. Graeff e M.L. Brandão (eds), Editora Lemos, 1993.
Designer of the book Psychophysiology. Marcus Lira Brandão (ed), Editora Atheneu 2ª edition, 1995.
Designer of Brain & Mind magazine, electronic journal on neuroscience

Art Magazines

Blood Tears. Art Magazine of University of São Paulo, v.I, 1994

Laboratory procedure videos

Production and edition of videotape "Defense Reaction in Animals", February 1992
Production and edition of videotape "Femoral Artery Cannulation for Arterial Pressure and Heart Rate Recording", March 1993
Production and edition of videotape "University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto", April 1993

Links of Interest

How to Be a Leader in Your Field: A Guide for Students in Professional Schools
 
 
 

Artistic Production