NEUROEXED
Center for Neuroscience and Experiential Education
An interactive semi-virtual laboratory for study, writing, and research
“The heart has reasons of which reason does not know.”
- Blaise Pascale, 1623-62, mathematician, physicist, philosopher
The Stellar Research Lab is made up of an interdisciplinary team of neuroscience enthusiasts. A common interest in the importance of experiential learning and the brain basis of decision making unites us to explore this challenging yet exciting area.
Because of our unique, oftentimes non-neuroscientist backgrounds, the lab is able to approach topics from nontraditional point of view to compose unique assortments of blogs, papers, podcasts and books for the fellow curious mind...
Blog Posts and Podcasts
Click on a post to read our latest blogs or listen to our latest podcasts.
page 1 of 3
Diversity at College
In 2020, eight lab members and recent college graduates produced a book, Diversity at College: Real Stories of Students Conquering Bias and Making Higher Education more Inclusive. The book is fully co-authored (not edited) and applies lessons from experiential education and social neuroscience thinking to five key student-centered stories, such as implicit bias or stereotype threat. The book was named as finalist for the 2021 Indie book awards in the social change category and serves as a basis for recent panel discussions.
Education That Works
Experiential Education complements the classical academic nature of the classroom-based college experience by bringing in direct experience with industry, non-profits, and governments. In 2017, Stellar wrote a book on this topic, Education that Works: The Neuroscience of Building a more Effective Higher Education. The book argues that due to how the brain works, students develop insight, maturity, and even a passion for their career growth, as well as key work-place skills and abilities that make them of good students, good citizens, and good employees.
Our Latest Updates
Get caught up on the latest news from the Center
Vanessa featured in UAlbany Showcase
Sun Mar 05 2023
Vanessa Nyblom from our lab is featured in advertisement for UAlbany Showcase on 4/27/23. Congratulations Vanessa. Click here to read more
Award Winning Publications from the Lab
Sun Dec 04 2022
Diversity at College book is a winner in the 19th Annual “Best Book Awards,” sponsored by American Book Fest in the Education/Academic category.. That book also won an Indie Book award in 2021.
Start Exploring Our Lab
Papers
Our papers and articles on The Other Lobe
Books
Our recent publications
Podcasts
Our podcasts with guest speakers
People
The members of our lab team
Projects
Our collaborative work broken down into clusters
Affiliates
Our affiliates and collaborators