FYSP 137 - Brain is Wider than the Sky

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Neuroscience
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4NS, WR
This seminar explores the human mind from the perspective of neurobiology. What are the evolutionary origins of the mind? How are our minds, our brains and our behavior related? To what degree is the mind a product of genes or of culture? Topics such as sensory processing, language, memory, thinking, emotion and consciousness will be explored in lecture, discussion, writing, coloring, library research, student oral presentations and individual and group experiments.
Enrollment Limit: 14
Instructor: M. Braford Jr
Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes