Psychology, Anthropology, Neuroscience, and Zoology 619

Course Syllabus: Spring 2004.

Introduction
Lect 1 W Jan 21 Thinking about thinking I - the "I" illusion.
Lect 2 M Jan 26 Thinking about thinking. II -Words, words - Mind and Brain. (Preface, Ch 1, Ch 12, first two subtopics)
Origins
Lect 3 W Jan 28 Mechanisms of evolution (Chapter 2).
Lect 4 M Feb 2 Nervous system evolution Essay 1 due
Lect 5 W 4 Brain evolution and structures (Ch 3)
Animals
Lect 6 M Feb 9 Animal minds. The beast within (Ch 4) .
Lect 7 W Feb 11 Animal minds. The primate to hominid transitions I (Ch 4)
Lect 8 M Feb 16 Primate behavior and communication. Karen Strier, Dept. of Anthropology. Essay 2 due
Hominids
Lect 9 W Feb 18 Hominid evolution and cognition. John Hawks, Dept. of Anthropology
Lect 10 M Feb 23 Hominid Mind - mimetic intelligence (Ch 5)
Lect 11 W Feb 25 Hominid Mind - evolution of language, evolutionary psychology (Ch 11)
Growing Brains and Selves
Lect 12 M Mar 1 Plastic mind (Ch 6) Essay 3.
Lect 13 W Mar 3 Minds and Selves. The social brain.
Lect 14 M Mar 8 Minds and Selves. Construction of human selves (Ch 7)
Lect 15 W Mar 10 Minds and Selves. The human self model.
Lect 16 M Mar 22 Development of language Jenny Saffran, Dept. of Psychology. Essay 4.
Perceiving, Feeling, Acting
Lect 17 W Mar 24 Perceiving Mind (Ch8)
Lect 18 M Mar 29 Emotional Mind I (Ch 10)
Lect 19 W Mar 31 Emotional Mind II
Lect 20 M Apr 5 Choosing actions (Ch 9).Essay 5
Lect 21 W Apr 7 Neurobiology of fear and stress - Ned Kalin, Psychiatry
Lect 22 M Apr 12 Neurobiology of motivation and addiction -Ann Kelley, Psychiatry.
Lect 23 W Apr 14 Brain and emotion - Richard Davidson, Psychology.
Consciousness
Lect 24 M Apr 19 Models of Consciousness (Ch 12) Essay 6.
Lect 25 W Apr 21 Sleep -Ruth Benca, Psychiatry
Lect 26 M Apr 26 Neural Correlates of Consciousness I - Giulio Tononi, Psychiatry
Wholes
Lect 27 W Apr 28 Neural Correlates of Consciousness II - Giulio Tonini
Lect 28 M May 3 Theoretic Mind I. Essay 7
Lect 29 W May 5 Theoretic Mind II (Ch 13). Course Evaluations due.