STS.066 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002

Dumit, Joseph

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Dumit, Joseph

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Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters

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Abstract

Subject examines the brain as a cultural object in contemporary media, science, and society. Explores cultural assumptions about neuroscience by drawing on anthropology, history, semiotics, and the cognitive sciences. Topics include historical views of the brain; digital images of the brain; psychopharmacology; mental illness; neurotransmitters; and the culture of brain science. Class assignments include three brief analytical papers and one oral presentation.

Date issued

2002-12

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55811

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society

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STS.066-Fall2002

local: STS.066

local: IMSCP-MD5-da96d8e39146b12ab311604092ec0d09

Keywords

brain, cultural object, contemporary media, science, society, cultural assumptions, neuroscience, anthropology, history, semiotics, cognitive sciences, historical views, digital images, psychopharmacology, mental illness, neurotransmitters, brain science, Science -- Social aspects, Brain

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