Monthly Archives: January 2015

Inhering in words

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Bruce Davenport

I’ve been reading ‘The Organisation of Mind’ by Shallice and Cooper. It’s not the book I thought it would be but that is possibly a good thing. It’s not an easy read, at least not for me, and completing each … Continue reading →

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unexpectedly social objects

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Bruce Davenport

Back in October, there was an interesting edition of ‘Thinking Allowed’ wherein Laurie Taylor (2014) interviewed academic, Julia Twigg, about some research that she and her researcher, Christina Buse, did on the ways that women with dementia use their handbags … Continue reading →

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Remembering together

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Bruce Davenport

Over the last year or so my thoughts about reminiscence have shifted somewhat. This has come about through a mixture of observing some object handling and reminiscence sessions and a series of conversations with colleagues about the topic. At the … Continue reading →

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Reaching out (daunted)

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Bruce Davenport

One of my intentions, when I began this blog, was to draw on the available literature to piece together a neural geography of object handling. That personal project has taken a variety of turns since then, to the point that … Continue reading →

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