This could be a fairly interesting project. You may even be able to get the Lego company to participate by donating blocks as long as the results are something they can use for promotion.
I can imagine starting out with a small model showing the major subdivisions of the brain. Then successive models are larger and show greater detail, individual students working on specific parts. If you have a room that can be set aside as the lego brain development lab¹ that would be excellent for the students to work on it whenever their time permitted. -- Paul Bernhardt Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA On 2/18/09 11:40 PM, "DeVolder Carol L" <[email protected]> wrote: > Why don't you build one? I imagine it would take a whole lot of Legos, but you > could follow the general idea of how Mario was built. I suppose it depends on > what size you want it, but the idea of using the pixelated image as a pattern > seems logical. > > Post the picture when you get it done. :) > Carol > > > > Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > Chair, Department of Psychology > St. Ambrose University > 518 West Locust Street > Davenport, Iowa 52803 > > Phone: 563-333-6482 > e-mail: [email protected] > web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm > > The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with > anyone without permission of the sender. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wed 2/18/2009 7:40 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Lego Model of Brain?? > > Hi > > I want Lego because I plan to talk about building blocks for mechanistic > models of psychological phenomena. And I think actually that the brain would > be a great use of Lego ... imagine different colors for different regions of > the brain. If you want to see what is possible with Lego (and a 3-D scanner > and lots of patience), look at this 75 cm tall model of Mario! > > http://thecontaminated.com/super-mario-lego-big-size/ > > Unfortunately does not look like anyone has shown a similar interest in the > brain. > > Take care > Jim > > James M. Clark > Professor of Psychology > 204-786-9757 > 204-774-4134 Fax > [email protected] > > Department of Psychology > University of Winnipeg > Winnipeg, Manitoba > R3B 2E9 > CANADA > > >>>> >>> <[email protected]> 17-Feb-09 10:17 PM >>> > On 17 Feb 2009 at 19:57, Jim Clark wrote: > >> > For a talk I'm doing in a few weeks for our undergraduates I want an image >> > of the brain built with Lego. Has anyone seen such a thing? I've had no >> > luck yet with google images. > > Lego seems a rather unlikely medium to portray a brain. But you might try > knitted and quilted brains at the The Museum of Scientifically Accurate > Fabric Brain Art. > > Really. > > http://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/Brain/index.htm > > Stephen > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of > psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
