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Week 1|||
M Jan 09|How to study the mind?|
|optional:Thagard 2010
W Jan 11|Inattentional Blindness|
*Simons and Chabris 1999
|optional:Discover magazine, Dec 2011
F Jan 13|||discussion sections
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Week 2|||
M Jan 16|NO CLASS MEETING|
|MLK Day ("a day on, not a day off!")
W Jan 18|Stereotype threat|
*Rydell et al. 2010
|optional:Science News, July 2010
F Jan 20|||discussion sections
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Week 3|||
M Jan 23|Rational?|
*Kahneman, 2002
+RESPONSE01
|optional:NY Times, July 2007
#===========>AWAY
W Jan 25|Morality and fairness|
*Greene & Haidt, 2002
+RESPONSE02
|video 1 video 2
F Jan 27|||discussion sections
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Week 4|||
M Jan 30|Fair Animals|
*Brosnan & de Waal 2004 and
*and followup exchange
+RESPONSE03
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W Feb 01|Infant cognition|
*Carey 2004
+RESPONSE04
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F Feb 03|||discussion sections
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Week 5|||
M Feb 06|Short-armed cognition|
*Smith et al. 2010
+RESPONSE05
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W Feb 08|Brain and Social Cognition|
*Senju & Johnson, 2009
+RESPONSE06
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F Feb 10|||discussion sections
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Week 6|||
M Feb 13|The eyes have it|
*Carrick et al.
+RESPONSE07
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W Feb 15|Too much choice?|
*Lyengar et al. 2000
+RESPONSE08
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F Feb 17|||discussion sections
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Week 7|||
M Feb 20|Never enough data|
*Scheibehenne et al. 2010
+RESPONSE09
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W Feb 22|Please sir, can I have some more?|
*Wansink et al. 2005
+RESPONSE10
|optional:Scheibehenne et al. 2010
F Feb 24|||discussion sections
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Week 8|||
M Feb 27|Watson in Jeopardy|
*Ferrucci et al. 2010 and
*NY Times, Feb 2011
+RESPONSE11
|optional:Slate, Feb 2011
W Feb 29|Understanding?|
*Searle 1980
+RESPONSE12
|leap day bonus!
F Mar 02|Exam review||
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Week 9|||discussion sections
M Mar 05|Exam review||
W Mar 07|EXAM|+MIDTERM EXAMINATION|
F Mar 09|||discussion sections
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Week of Spring Break|||
Mar 12-16|NO CLASSES||
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Week 10|||
Mar 19|Silicon Meat?
|*McClelland et al. 1986
+RESPONSE13
|optional:Sejnowksi 2010
Mar 21|Two systems?
|*Goodale & Milner 2006
+RESPONSE14
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Mar 23|||discussion sections
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Week 11|||
Mar 26|Evolutionary Psychology I
|*Cosmides & Tooby
+RESPONSE15
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Mar 28|Evolutionary Psychology II
|*Todd & Gigerenzer
+RESPONSE16
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Mar 30|||discussion sections
Week 12|||
Apr 02|Integrating...
|*Hills et al. 2008
+RESPONSE17
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#============>AWAY
Apr 04|Synaesthesia
|*Brang et al. 2008
+RESPONSE18
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watch movie
Apr 06|||discussion sections
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Week 13|||
Apr 09|Cognition of Clothing
|*NYTimes
+RESPONSE19
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Apr 11|Cognition of Throwing
|*Zhu & Bingham 2011
+RESPONSE20
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Apr 13|||discussion sections
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Week 14|||
Apr 16|
|Paper conferences
+RESPONSE21
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Apr 18|
|Paper conferences
+RESPONSE22
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Apr 20|||discussion sections
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Week 15|||
Apr 23|Weird people?
|*Heinrich et al. 2010 [Read sections 1-3 (first 9 pages).]
+RESPONSE23
++PAPER due at midnight
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Apr 23|more weird people
|*Heinrich et al. 2010 [Read sections 4-8, ending at top of p.23]
+RESPONSE24
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Apr 27|||discussion sections
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Finals Week|||
W May 02|REVIEW SESSION
|2:45-4:45 Ballantine 228
|Special review session
F May 04|EXAM
|+EXAM 0800-1000
|Final examination FRIDAY, 8-10 a.m. Note time/date!
## *McCleland et al. 1985
## http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/magazine/11Neurolaw.t.html?pagewanted=all -- responsibility
## http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3058523/ -- gasser et al on spanish vs. english