Biology 202 course

Neurobiology and Behavior Web Papers Book Commentaries

Students in Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College write commentaries on books of interest to themselves related to neurobiology and behavior. 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.

Adam ZakheimFreud in Tragedy
Anna Dela CruzReview of Beauty: The Value of Values
aybala50Determining Personalities: Genetics or Environment
bbaum“The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections of a Primatologist”
BeccaB-CThe Curious Incident of Reafferent Loops and the I-Function in Autism
bpyensonProust was a Neuroscientist: True Efforts towards a Third Culture or Just a Pretty Narrative?
Brie StarkThe Storyteller's Reconstruction: A Book Review of Claudia Osborn's "Over My Head"
ccBook Commentary- The Schopenhauer Cure
Crystal LeonardSoul Made Flesh
ddlDefining Reality in Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s "Slaughterhouse Five"
drichardLanguage and Mind: Assessing Chomsky through a Neurobiological Lens
eglaserThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly: a brief report
fquadriA Book Commentary on Synaptic Self
hamsterjackyAnimals in Translation: Using the Secrets of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior, a commentary
hlee01Book commentary--The Drama of the Gifted Child
hopeBook Commentary of Girl, Interupted
iljaBook commentary on ‘An Anthropologist on Mars’ by Oliver Sacks
jlustickThe Science of Storytelling: Self and World as Narrative
jrlewisThe Emotions of Animals
jwiltseeThe Metamorphosis
kjeanSearching for the Mango Princess
Leah Bonnell“The Geography of Thought,” Richard E. Nisbett
Lisa B.The Case Studies of Oliver Sachs: How Neurologic Disorders Help Us Understand the Complexity of Personality and Identity
mmgFlowers for Algernon: Powers of our Brain
nafisamThe Drama of the Gifted Child-Book Commentary
Percival52The Sociopath Next Door
redminkThe Creating Brain, the Learning Brain
Sam BeeboutJeff Hawkins' On Intelligence
SandraGandarezThe Astonishing Hypothesis
Sarah TabiThe Psychology of Female Violence
shikhaThe Rider, the Elephant, and Storytelling
vcruzLove is a Story

 

Neurobiology and Behavior Web Papers III

Students in Biology 202 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.

 

Neurobiology and Behavior, Reflections

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. Leave whatever thoughts in progress you think might be useful to others, see what other people are thinking, and add thoughts that that in turn generates in you.

Neurobiology and Behavior, Week 13

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. Leave whatever thoughts in progress you think might be useful to others, see what other people are thinking, and add thoughts that that in turn generates in you.

As always, you're free to write about whatever thoughts you add this week. But if you need something to get you started, how good is the "bipartite brain" story?  Does it usefully summarize observations?  Raise new questions that open new avenues of exploration?

Neurobiology and Behavior Web Papers II

Students in Biology 202 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.

Adam ZakheimNano-Neurobiology and Axon Regeneration
Anna Dela CruzGender Self-Identity Among Males: A Case for Biology
aybala50Trying to Solve Depression in Children
bbaum“What do you mean, I can’t walk!” Two Theories on Anosognosia for Hemiplegia
BeccaB-C Facial Expression Recognition: When the amygdala intercepts the I-function
bkimExploring the “Links” in the Brain that Give Rise to Synaesthesia
bpyensonProust and Long-Term Memory
Brie StarkThe Concept of Disability, or, 'perceiving our differences'
ccSociety's perceptions and the over-diagnosis of Depression
Crystal LeonardThe Neurobiological Underpinnings of Anorexia Nervosa
ddlSensing Time
drichardNeuroesthetics: An Exploration of Aesthetic Appraisal in the Human Brain
eglaserDragons in our Genes: An Examination of the Collective Unconscious
fquadriHypnagogia: Who Needs LSD When You Can Just Sleep?
hamsterjackyThe Nerve Damage of Diabetes Mellitus
hlee01Someday My Prince Will Come: The Science of Love
hopeZapping the Brain
iljaAn ode to Randomness
jlustickPheromones and Female Leadership
jrlewisEducation as Changes in the Brain
jwiltseeSleep Paralysis: Reality and Terrible Fantasy Become One
kdillard The Perception of Pain
kenglanderWhen Honesty Isn't the Best Policy
kjeanSex Related Pain Perception...
Leah BonnellBoys Will Be Girls: Understanding Childhood Gender Nonconformity
Lisa B.Are Extreme Eating Disorders Caused By Pathobiology Of The Dopamine Reward Circuit?
mmgSavant Syndrome: Assessing the Thin Line
nafisamThe Role of Inhibitory Signals in Antisocial Behavior
Percival52Moral Emotions v. Rationality
redminkThe Language Has its Ups and Downs
Sam BeeboutBlurring the Definition of Self, Agency, and Identity
SandraGandarezConscious Thoughts on the Subconscious
Sarah TabiThe Subjective Narcissistic Personality Disorder
shikhaAttachment
vcruzWhat controls hair growth?

 

Neurobiology and Behavior, Week 12

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. Leave whatever thoughts in progress you think might be useful to others, see what other people are thinking, and add thoughts that that in turn generates in you.

Neurobiology and Behavior, Week 11

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. Leave whatever thoughts in progress you think might be useful to others, see what other people are thinking, and add thoughts that that in turn generates in you.

As always, you're free to write about whatever thoughts you add this week. But if you need something to get you started ... 

Neurobiology and Behavior, Week 10

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. Leave whatever thoughts in progress you think might be useful to others, see what other people are thinking, and add thoughts that that in turn generates in you.

Neurobiology and Behavior, Week 9

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. Leave whatever thoughts in progress you think might be useful to others, see what other people are thinking, and add thoughts that that in turn generates in you.

Neurobiology and Behavior, Week 8

Welcome to the on-line forum associated with the Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Its a way to keep conversations going between course meetings, and to do so in a way that makes our conversations available to other who may in turn have interesting thoughts to contribute to them. Leave whatever thoughts in progress you think might be useful to others, see what other people are thinking, and add thoughts that that in turn generates in you.