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Brain and cognition: the significance of culture?

Neural and Behavioral Sciences Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2010

Brain and cognition: the significance of culture?

Depression pharmacotherapy: lessons from/about research

Neural and Behavioral Sciences Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2010

Depression pharmacotherapy: lessons from/about research

Exploring the brain's role in experiencing

Neural and Behavioral Sciences Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2010

Exploring the nervous system's role in experiencing

Neural and Behavioral Sciences Senior Seminar

Neural and Behavioral Sciences Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2010

A discussion of contemporary understandings of the neural and behavioral sciences, likely directions of future work, and their reciprocal relationship to broader social and cultural activities. Students will participate in on-line forum discussion of papers on this general subject, as well as lead discussions and write web papers on topics of particular interest to themselves.  Others are welcome to join in the conversation by way of background readings and on-line forums.  

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Evolving humanity: towards a "third way"

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 12:26pm

Rationality and social wisdom/cohesion clearly play important roles in inquiry, in education, and in human affairs generally.  But there are problems with relying on either alone, and with the two in combination as well.

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Parsing Cancer Metaphors

Submitted by jrlewis on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 3:37pm

Scientists, physicians, and patients use metaphors to understand the complex condition called cancer.  These metaphors direct the process of research and treatment.  It is sometimes useful to make explicit existing metaphors and their problems and to suggest new metaphors that might overcome them.  Thinking of cancer in evolutionary rather than military terms offers new possibilities in connection both with research and treatment.

Cancer as a Metaphor:

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On Genes and Determinism: A Reaction of Sorts to Bio 103

Submitted by drichard on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 3:15pm

Biology 103, 2009, Book Commentaries

Students in Biology 103 at Bryn Mawr College write web papers on topics of interest to themselves. These are made available via links from the index below to encourage further exploration by others having similar or related interests. All papers have associated on-line forums for continuing conversation.

 

Biology 103, 2009, Web Papers 3

Students in Biology 103 at Bryn Mawr College write web papers on topics of interest to themselves. These are made available via links from the index below to encourage further exploration by others having similar or related interests. All papers have associated on-line forums for continuing conversation.

 

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