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

dc.contributor.authorDumit, Josephen_US
dc.coverage.temporalFall 2002en_US
dc.date.issued2002-12
dc.identifierSTS.066-Fall2002
dc.identifierlocal: STS.066
dc.identifierlocal: IMSCP-MD5-da96d8e39146b12ab311604092ec0d09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55811
dc.description.abstractSubject 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.en_US
dc.languageen-USen_US
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dc.subjectbrainen_US
dc.subjectcultural objecten_US
dc.subjectcontemporary mediaen_US
dc.subjectscienceen_US
dc.subjectsocietyen_US
dc.subjectcultural assumptionsen_US
dc.subjectneuroscienceen_US
dc.subjectanthropologyen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.subjectsemioticsen_US
dc.subjectcognitive sciencesen_US
dc.subjecthistorical viewsen_US
dc.subjectdigital imagesen_US
dc.subjectpsychopharmacologyen_US
dc.subjectmental illnessen_US
dc.subjectneurotransmittersen_US
dc.subjectbrain scienceen_US
dc.subjectScience -- Social aspectsen_US
dc.subjectBrainen_US
dc.titleSTS.066 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002en_US
dc.title.alternativeBrains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmittersen_US
dc.typeLearning Object
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society


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