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Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of Feelings, Spring 2005
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Abstract: Affect is to cognition and behavior as feeling is to thinking and acting or as values are to beliefs and practices. Subject considers these relations, both at the psychological level of organization and in terms of their neurobiological and sociocultural counterparts.
Cognitive and Behavioral Genetics, Spring 2001
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Abstract: How genetics can add to our understanding of cognition, language, emotion, personality, and behavior. Use of gene mapping to estimate risk factors for psychological disorders and variation in behavioral and personality traits. Mendelian genetics, genetic mapping techniques, and statistical analysis of ... More »
Cognitive Neuroscience, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Course topics explore the relations between neural systems and cognition, emphasizing attention, vision, language, motor control, and memory. An introduction to basic neuroanatomy, functional imaging techniques, and behavioral measures of cognition is given with discussion of methods by which inferences ... More »
Cognitive Processes, Spring 2004
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Abstract: An introduction to human information processing and learning; topics include the nature of mental representation and processing; the architecture of memory; pattern recognition; attention; imagery and mental codes; concepts and prototypes; reasoning and problem solving.
Economics and Psychology, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Integrates psychological insights into economic models of behavior. Discusses the limitations of standard economic models and surveys the ways in which psychological experiments have been used to learn about preferences, cognition, and behavior. Topics include trust, vengence, fairness, impatience, impulsivity, ... More »
Exploring children's learning
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Abstract: How can you analyse children and their development? This unit allows the learner to analyse how children's cognitive skills develop over time. You will also learn about how various different investigative methods have developed over time and how different techniques can produce different results.
Infant Cognition and Learning Fall 2007
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Abstract: Infant Cognition and Learning. From Psych 140: Developmental Psychology - Fall 2007. This course explores the development of children from birth to adolescence, in a wide range of areas including biological, cognitive, linguistic, social, and personality development. It also covers the effects of genes, ... More »
Information Technology and the Labor Market, Spring 2005
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Abstract: See description under subject 11.248.
Introduction to Psychology
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Abstract: What do your dreams mean? Do men and women differ in the nature and intensity of their sexual desires? Can apes learn sign language? Why can’t we tickle ourselves? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. ... More »
Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2004
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Abstract: This course surveys questions about human behavior and mental life ranging from how you see to why you fall in love. The great controversies: nature and nurture, free will, consciousness, human differences, self and society. Students are exposed to the range of theoretical perspectives including biological, ... More »
Introduction to Social Cognition from the course Social Psychology
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Abstract: Psych 160: Social Psychology - Fall 2006. Social psychology is the scientific study of the way people think about, feel, and behave in social situations. It involves understanding how people influence, and are influenced by, the others around them. A primary goal of this course is to introduce you to ... More »
Joan Jonas in 'Double Lunar Dogs'
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Abstract: 'Double Lunar Dogs,' 1984, is an impressionistic, dramatic work by video artist Joan Jonas. It juxtaposes several scenes to create the picture of the life of the inhabitants of a traveling spaceship, whose destination has long since been forgotten, and who remember life on earth as it has been passed ... More »
Laboratory in Cognitive Science, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Teaches principles of experimental methods in human perception and cognition, including design and statistical analysis. Combines lectures and hands-on experimental exercises; requires an independent experimental project. Some experience in programming desirable. To foster improved writing and presentation ... More »
Lies and Humiliations
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Abstract: 'Brazilian artist Eder Santos tells the story of an elderly woman's reminiscence of an important relationship as seen through her possessions and the furniture in her home, which evoke memories of a shared lifetime.' This short piece shows the interior and exterior architecture of a house. Film footage ... More »
Methylphenidate Decreased the Amount of Glucose Needed by the Brain to Perform a Cognitive Task
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Abstract: The use of stimulants (methylphenidate and amphetamine) as cognitive enhancers by the general public is increasing and is controversial. It is still unclear how they work or why they improve performance in some individuals but impair it in others. To test the hypothesis that stimulants enhance signal ... More »
Neurology, Neuropsychology, and Neurobiology of Aging, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Lectures and discussions explore the clinical, behavioral, and molecular aspects of brain aging processes in humans. Topics include: loss of memory and other cognitive abilitites in normal aging; neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Based on lectures, readings taken ... More »
Neurology, Neuropsychology, and Neurobiology of Aging, Spring 2005
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Abstract: Lectures and discussions explore the clinical, behavioral, and molecular aspects of brain aging processes in humans. Topics include: loss of memory and other cognitive abilitites in normal aging; neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Based on lectures, readings taken ... More »
Order in Spontaneous Behavior
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Abstract: Brains are usually described as input/output systems: they transform sensory input into motor output. However, the motor output of brains (behavior) is notoriously variable, even under identical sensory conditions. The question of whether this behavioral variability merely reflects residual deviations ... More »
Philosophy In Film and Other Media, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Works of film examined in relation to thematic issues of philosophical importance that also occur in other arts, particularly literature and opera. Emphasis on film's ability to represent and express feeling as well as cognition.
Psychology of Gender, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Examines evidence (and lack thereof) regarding when and how an individual's thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by gender. Topics include: gender development; gender differences in cognition and emotion; gender stereotypes; how gender is related to physical and mental health, sexuality, close ... More »