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STS.010 Neuroscience and Society, Fall 2008

dc.contributor.authorSchüll, Natashaen_US
dc.coverage.temporalFall 2008en_US
dc.date.issued2008-12
dc.identifierSTS.010-Fall2008
dc.identifierlocal: STS.010
dc.identifierlocal: IMSCP-MD5-8479cf1ba586a004f02370f6d516a871
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69618
dc.description.abstractThis class explores the social relevance of neuroscience, considering how emerging areas of brain research reflect and reshape social attitudes and agendas. Topics include brain imaging and popular media; neuroscience of empathy, trust, and moral reasoning; new fields of neuroeconomics and neuromarketing; ethical implications of neurotechnologies such as cognitive enhancement pharmaceuticals; neuroscience in the courtroom; and neuroscientific recasting of social problems such as addiction and violence. Guest lectures by neuroscientists, class discussion, and weekly readings in neuroscience, popular media, and science studies.en_US
dc.languageen-USen_US
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dc.subjectcognitive scienceen_US
dc.subjectevolutionary psychologyen_US
dc.subjectneurobiologyen_US
dc.subjectimagingen_US
dc.subjectMRIen_US
dc.subjectCT scanen_US
dc.subjectfMRIen_US
dc.subjectbrainen_US
dc.subjectminden_US
dc.subjectimpluseen_US
dc.subjectbrain imagingen_US
dc.subjectmoralityen_US
dc.subjectmoral reasoningen_US
dc.subjectdecision makingen_US
dc.subjectintelligenceen_US
dc.subjectempathyen_US
dc.subjecttrusten_US
dc.subjectreligionen_US
dc.subjectloveen_US
dc.subjectemotionen_US
dc.subjectgender differencesen_US
dc.subjectsexualityen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.subjectprejudiceen_US
dc.subjectmental focusen_US
dc.subjectpsychopharmaceuticalsen_US
dc.subjectantidepressanten_US
dc.subjectneuroeconomicsen_US
dc.subjectneuromarketingen_US
dc.subjectneurotheologyen_US
dc.subjectcognitive enhancementen_US
dc.subjectwitnessen_US
dc.subjectcourtroom testimonyen_US
dc.subjectaddictionen_US
dc.subjectviolenceen_US
dc.subjectlearningen_US
dc.subjectbehavioren_US
dc.titleSTS.010 Neuroscience and Society, Fall 2008en_US
dc.title.alternativeNeuroscience and Societyen_US


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