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John Skoyles (other)
John Skoyles may refer to: * John Skoyles (poet), American poet and writer * John Skoyles (scientist) John Skoyles is a neuroscientist and evolutionary psychologist. He studied philosophy of science at the London School of Economics and then did MRC funded research upon neuroscience and dyslexia at University College London. He published a letter ..., neuroscientist and evolutionary psychologist See also * John Scholes (other) {{hndis, Skoyles, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skoyles (poet)
John Skoyles (born December 11, 1949, in Queens, New York (state), New York) is an American poet and writer. Early years John Skoyles was born in Flushing, New York, the son of Olga (Bertolotti) and Gerard Skoyles, an envelope salesman. He attended Mater Christi High School (now St. John’s Prep) in Astoria, graduating in 1967. He did his undergraduate work at Fairfield University and attended workshops at The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, where he was a student of Dick Gallup and Lewis MacAdams. He has an M.A. in English and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. Career John Skoyles has taught at Southern Methodist University, Sarah Lawrence College, Warren Wilson College (where he directed the MFA program) and Emerson College. He has also served as the Executive Director of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown from 1992 to 1994 and again in 2007. He has written twelve books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry and is the poetry editor oPloughshares ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skoyles (scientist)
John Skoyles is a neuroscientist and evolutionary psychologist. He studied philosophy of science at the London School of Economics and then did MRC funded research upon neuroscience and dyslexia at University College London. He published a letter while a first year undergraduate in the science journal ''Nature'' on the left lateralizing role of the Greek alphabet and the origins of Greek and Western civilization. He is the coauthor of a book, '' Up from Dragons: The evolution of intelligence'' with Dorion Sagan upon the role of neural plasticity, the prefrontal cortex, symbols upon human evolution and the rise of modern human cognition. Being himself a dyslexic, he has written about the development of dyslexia and neural networks, and the role of the brain in dyslexia. In 2004 he initiated and was a consultant for the BBC documentary '' The Family That Walks On All Fours''The Family That Walks On All Fours, Passionate Productions, first broadcast BBC2, Friday 17 March 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |