Birth of Mind: Biological Foundations of Psychological Development

This course provides students with a solid background in brain/behavior relations across development. Goals of the course include developing a working knowledge of developmental systems neuroscience, as well as developing skills in finding and reading research articles and in thinking and writing critically about research. Course requirements will include reading primary research articles, library research, and writing several short integrative review papers. Topics covered by the course will include the organization and development of the brain, the structure, function, and development of motor and sensory systems, and the development of some higher cognitive functions, including memory, language, executive functions (e.g. attention), and emotion. This is a core course in the Culture, Brain and Development Program. This course satisfies Division I distribution requirements. PRJ, REA, WRI.