STS.066 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002
PET brain scan images. (Images courtesy Brian Murphy.)
Highlights of this Course
This course includes three major paper assignments, which are located in the
assignments section.
Course Description
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.