Course 9 Brain and Cognitive Sciences 9.UR Undergraduate Research -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- U (1, 2, S) Units arranged [P/F] -------------------------------------------------------- Individual participation in an ongoing research project. Consult C. Atkeson. 9.00 Introduction to Psychology -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- U (1) 4-0-8 HASS-D/HUM-D -------------------------------------------------------- A survey of the study of human mental life and behavior. Explores sensation, perception, learning, memory, thinking, feeling, emotion, motivation, personality. Uses psychological, social, and biological data. Considers cultural, political, and literary impact of psychology. Examines controversies about mental illness, IQ, sex roles, fairy tales, and lie detectors. J. M. Wolfe 9.01 Neuroscience and Behavior -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.00 or 9.62J U (1) 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- Relation of structure and function at various levels of neuronal integration. Topics include: functional neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, motor systems, centrally programmed behavior, sensory systems, arousal, sleep and dreaming, motivation and reward, emotional displays of various types, "higher functions and the neocortex, and neural processes in learning and memory. N. Y.-S.Kiang 9.011J Principles of Neuroscience (A) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 7.65J) Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (1) 4-0-8 -------------------------------------------------------- Survey of principles underlying the structure and function of the nervous system, integrating molecular, cellular, systems, and computational approaches. Topics: development, cell biology of neurons, neurotransmitters and synaptic transmission, sensory systems of the brain, the neuroendocrine system, the motor system, higher cortical functions, behavioral and cellular analyses of learning and memory. M. Sur, A. Lander, R. Andersen, E. Bizzi, S. Corkin,A. Graybiel, W. Quinn, P. Schiller, R. J. Wurtman 9.019 Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.011J Acad Year 1990-91: G (2) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Integrates classical and current research on the effects of brain insult on human and animal behavior. Emphasizes specific neural mechanisms underlying memory, attention, language, perception, spatial abilities, motivation, and emotion. Also includes hemispheric specialization and the role of neurotransmitters and hormones in brain diseases. Some lectures include demonstrations of behavioral testing methods and presentations of patients. Alternate years. S.Corkin 9.024 Development and Plasticity of the Visual System (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- Acad Year 1990-91: G (2) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Topics include recent discoveries and promising research directions bearing on development of the visual system. Focuses on anatomical, physiological, behavioral, and theoretical approaches to visual function in higher mammals, including man. Alternate years. M. Sur, R. Held, G. E. Schneider, H. Steller 9.027 Biochemistry and Pharmacology of the Neurotransmitters (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.011J Acad Year 1990-91: Not offered Acad Year 1991-92: G (2) 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- Considers the neurotransmitters and other compounds that mediate communications among neurons, and between neurons and other cells. Discusses experimental criteria for identifying these compounds; the best-known candidates; the processes controlling their synthesis, release, and metabolism in the body; their receptors; their responses to circulating chemicals (drugs, nutrients, hormones, toxins); and their involvement in diseases and in physiological and behavioral mechanisms. Alternate years. R. J. Wurtman 9.029 Cellular Physiology (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- Acad Year 1990-91: G (2) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Focuses on combined biochemical, molecular, and biophysical approaches to investigate the physiology of excitable membranes. Emphasis is on structure, function, and regulation of membrane ion channels. Permission of instructor required. Alternate years. I. Levitan 9.030 Cerebral Cortex (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- Acad Year 1990-91: G (2) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- A general survey of the structure and function of the cerebral cortex. Topics include cortical anatomy, functional localization, and newer computational approaches to understanding cortical processing operations. Motor cortex, sensory cortex (visual, auditory, and somatosensory cortex), association cortex and limbic cortex. Emphasis is on using animal models to understand human cortical function and includes correlations between animal studies and human neuropsychological literature. Alternate years. R.Andersen 9.036 The Visual System (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: Permission of Instructor Acad Year 1990-91: Not offered Acad Year 1991-92: G (1) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Reviews the current neurophysiological and neuroanatomical research literature on the mammalian visual system. Alternate years. P. H. Schiller 9.06 Conflicting Images of Humanity and Nature -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- U (1) 3-0-6 HASS -------------------------------------------------------- More than five billion and growing, we humans are straining the earth's natural resources to an unprecedented extent. How do ideas about nature and human nature relate to this crisis? We consider this question in historical perspective and in the light of recent developments in the natural and social sciences. S. L.Chorover 9.09J Cellular Neurobiology -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 7.29J) Prereq.: 7.05 U (2) 4-0-8 -------------------------------------------------------- See description under subject 7.29J. W. G. Quinn, R.D. G. McKay, S. J. Burden 9.20 Animal Behavior -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.00 U (1) 3-0-6 HASS -------------------------------------------------------- Reviews selected issues including learning, cognition, perception, foraging and feeding, defense, navigation, and social interactions including conflict, collaboration, courtship and reproduction, and communication. The interacting contributions of environment and heredity are examined and the approaches of psychology, ethology, and ecology to this area of study are treated. Finally, the relation of human behavior patterns to those of the nonhuman animals is explored. A. Hein 9.201 Advanced Animal Behavior (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.20 or equivalent Acad Year 1990-91: G (2) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Survey and special topics designed for graduate students in the brain and cognitive sciences. Emphasizes ethological studies of natural behavior patterns and their analysis in laboratory work, with contributions from field biology (mammology, primatology), sociobiology, and comparative psychology. Stresses mammalian behavior but also includes major contributions from studies of other vertebrates and of invertebrates. Covers some applications of animal-behavior knowledge to neuropsychology and behavioral pharmacology. Alternate years. G. E. Schneider 9.321J Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Nervous System -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 7.66J) Prereq.: -- G (2) 2-0-4 -------------------------------------------------------- See description under subject 7.66J. A. Lander, R. D.G. McKay 9.322J Genetic Neurobiology (A) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 7.67J) Prereq.: -- Acad Year 1990-91: Not offered Acad Year 1991-92: G (1) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Deals with the specific functions of neurons, the interactions of neurons in development, and the organization of neuronal ensembles to produce behavior, by functional analysis of mutations and molecular analysis of their genes. Concentrates on work with nematodes and fruit flies. Alternate years. W. G. Quinn, H.Steller 9.345 Current Topics in Visual Neuroscience -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- G (1) 2-0-4 -------------------------------------------------------- Reading and discussion of current publications in the fields of neurophysiology, psychophysics, anatomy, and computational neuroscience as they relate to the study of the mammalian visual system. Each student is required to make a one-hour presentation of recent work taken from the literature. Permission of the instructor is required for undergraduate students. R.Andersen 9.35 Perceptual Information Processing -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.00 or 9.62J U (2) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- The senses are our gateways to the world. Everything we know about what is going on out there comes to us through vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell. How do the senses work? How do physical stimuli get transduced into signals in the nervous system? How can the brain use those signals to determine the flavor of a banana, the sound of a flute, or the shape of a cow? All senses discussed. Vision is covered most extensively. Includes perception of color, motion, form and depth, individual differences, and development. R. Held 9.351 Human Vision (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.35 or Permission of Instructor Acad Year 1990-91: Not offered Acad Year 1991-92: G (2) 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- Covers major issues and basic findings in the study of human vision. Emphasis is on results from psychophysical experimentation, with other material drawn from physiological and computational approaches. Lecture course for Course IX graduate students, but open to undergraduates with sufficient background. Alternate years. J. M. Wolfe 9.358J Image Representations for Vision (A) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 4.906J) Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (1) 2-0-7 -------------------------------------------------------- See description under subject 4.906J. E. H. Adelson,A. Pentland 9.36 Natural Computation and Perception -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.35 or 9.62J, 18.02 U (1) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Objects and their actions are readily and reliably inferred from the very impoverished and often confusing data provided by our senses. How is this possible? The data may, in principle, be interpreted in many different ways. The key is that the natural world exhibits structure and regularities which constrain the form of the sense image as well as the models of the world we use to interpret these images. Understanding perception requires discovering these regularities and showing how they can be computed and exploited by man or machine. W. A. Richards 9.362 Problems in Natural Computation (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (1) 4-0-8 -------------------------------------------------------- General survey of the field of natural computation is provided by 9.36 lectures, which students are expected to attend and complete. This basic material is supplemented by readings and in-depth study of a particular problem. Term paper required. W. A.Richards 9.363 Research in Natural Computation (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (1, 2, S) Units arranged -------------------------------------------------------- Closely supervised research on a problem of inferring a property of the world, given only limited sensory data. Problems may be chosen from the fields of vision, audition, or force sensing (touch). The use of constraint in the inference process is stressed, as well as the exclusion of false inferences. W. A. Richards 9.366J Computer Graphics and Vision (A) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 4.904J) Prereq.: 4.831 or 9.36 G (2) 3-3-6 -------------------------------------------------------- The generation of realistic images requires knowledge of three areas: human visual processing, physical optics, and the power and limitations of graphics displays. Exploration of how these three areas interact in the design of realistic scenes and surfaces. Includes anti-aliasing, tiling, solid-modeling, shading, ray-tracing, color, texture, motion blur, and animation. Surfaces of particular interest are clouds, water, rocks (fractals), and trees. A.Pentland, D. Heeger, W. A. Richards 9.370 Computational Approaches to Motor Control (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- Acad Year 1990-91: G (2) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- Biological motor control viewed from the perspectives of robotics, systems theory, and artificial intelligence. Constraints on the control of movement from the environment, mechanics, and physiology. Hierarchical planning levels: hand, joint, and muscle variables. Movement mechanics, kinematics, and dynamics. Control of position and force. System identification, self-calibration, adaptation, and learning. Computer simulation laboratory. Alternate years. C. Atkeson 9.371 Motor Learning (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.370 Acad Year 1990-91: Not offered Acad Year 1991-92: G (1) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Reading and discussion of selected current topics in motor learning. The emphasis is on formulating mathematical bases for the control of movement, whether in biological systems or in machines. Computer simulation laboratory. Alternate years. C. Atkeson, M.I. Jordan 9.373 Somatosensory and Motor Systems (A) (Revised Unit) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.011J Acad Year 1990-91: Not offered Acad Year 1991-92: G (2) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- General principles of motor control in biological systems. Structure and function of sensory receptors. Muscle structure and reflex arcs. Spinal cord: descending and ascending pathways. Locomotion. Oculomotor control. Cerebellar structure and function. Motor thalamus. Basal ganglia. Somatosensory cortex: maps and neuronal properties. Motor psychophysics and computational approaches to motor control. Alternate years. E. Bizzi, M. Sur 9.374J Legged Locomotion in Robots and Animals (A) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 6.865J) Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (2) 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- See description under subject 6.865J. M. H.Raibert 9.38 Visual Information Processing: From Computational Theory to Neuronal Mechanisms -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.01, 9.35, and 18.02 U (2) 3-0-6 9.380 Visual Information Processing: From Computational Theory to Neuronal Mechanisms (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- G (2) 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- Study of biological vision from the perspectives of computation, psychophysics, neuroscience, and biophysics. Examines algorithms for solving vision problems; neuronal models of visual computations; the use of psychophysical and physiological data to test and modify computational models. Includes photometry, edge detection, motion, stereo, color, regularization theory, learning and object recognition. Term paper required for graduate credit. T. A.Poggio, E. C. Hildreth, S. Ullman 9.382 Seminar on Visual Information Processing (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- G (1, 2) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Discusses various computational problems in machine vision and biological vision. Topics: edge detection, stereo vision, analysis of time-varying images, surface interpolation, visual recognition, parallel algorithms, and hardware for computer vision. Centers around ongoing work by participants and presentations by them. T. A.Poggio, E. C. Hildreth 9.39 Computational Laboratory in Cognitive Science (New) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.62, 6.001, and 18.06 Acad Year 1990-91: U (1) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 0-6-6 9.390 Computational Laboratory in Cognitive Science (A) (New) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: Permission of Instructor Acad Year 1990-91: G (1) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 0-6-6 -------------------------------------------------------- An introduction to computational modeling in cognitive science. Case studies in perception, memory, reasoning, language processing, and action are used to introduce widely used computational techniques and to evaluate particular models. Makes extensive use of computer simulation, and previous experience with computers is required. An additional project is required for graduate credit. Alternate years. M. I. Jordan 9.401 Survey of Cognitive Science -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (1) 6-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Survey of theories, methods, and findings in cognitive psychology and perception. Includes perception and psychophysics, pattern recognition, imagery and mental codes, memory and attention, and language comprehension and production. M. C. Potter, R.Berwick, R. Held, M. I. Jordan, M. C. MacDonald, D. Osherson, S.Pinker, K. Wexler, J. M. Wolfe 9.49J Human Factors in Design -------------------------------------------------------- (9.39J) (Same subject as 2.18J, 22.088J) Prereq.: Permission of Instructor U (2) 3-1-8 -------------------------------------------------------- See description under subject 2.18J. A. Hein, T. B.Sheridan, D. D. Lanning 9.50 Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.00 or 9.62J; and one other subject in Course IX U (1, 2, S) 2-8-2 LAB -------------------------------------------------------- Laboratory research in brain and cognitive science, using physiological, anatomical, pharmacological, developmental, behavioral, and computational methods. Each student carries out an experimental study under the direction of a member of the faculty. Project must be approved in advance by faculty supervisor and P. H. Schiller. Written presentation of results is required. Consult P. H. Schiller. 9.59 Psychology of Language and Communication (Revised Content) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.62J or 24.900J U (1) 3-0-6 HASS -------------------------------------------------------- Studies real-time language processing. Systematic examination of core problems of language production and perception: lexical and syntactic processes in spoken and written language of both normal and language-impaired populations. Stresses methodological problems in psycholinguistic experimentation. The study of language acquisition. Problems of learning language given real input; learnability. Foundations of language and mind. Stresses the relation of formal linguistic principles to the problem of language acquisition. M. C. MacDonald, K. Wexler 9.591 Seminar in Psychology of Language and Communication (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.59 Acad Year 1990-91: Not offered Acad Year 1991-92: G (2) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Reads, discusses, and criticizes selected topics. Emphasizes one or more of the following themes in a particular term: theories of language, speech perception, communication in subhuman species, aphasia, language acquisition, language and thought, interaction between grammatical structure and verbal performance. Permission of instructor required for students without 9.59 or 9.401 background. Alternate years. M. C. MacDonald 9.601J Language Acquisition I (A) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 24.949J) Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (1) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Reading and discussion of current theory and data concerning language acquisition. Emphasizes learning of syntax and morphology, and especially research relating syntactic theory and learnability theory to empirical studies of children's linguistic abilities. S. Pinker, K. Wexler 9.602J Language Acquisition II (A) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 24.950J) Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (2) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Continues discussion of topics described under 9.601J. K. Wexler, S. Pinker 9.611J Natural Language and the Computer Representation of Knowledge (A) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 6.863J) Prereq.: 6.034 G (2) 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- See description under subject 6.863J. R. C. Berwick 9.62J Introduction to Cognitive Science -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 24.116J) Prereq.: -- U (1) 3-0-9 HASS -------------------------------------------------------- Surveys major issues that occupy contemporary cognitive science. Topics include visual perception, motoric behavior, thinking and reasoning, language and communication. D. N. Osherson 9.621J Topics in Cognition -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 24.811J) Prereq.: -- Acad Year 1990-91: Not offered Acad Year 1991-92: G (1) 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- See description under subject 24.811J. J.Higginbotham, D. Osherson 9.63 Laboratory in Cognitive Science (Revised Content) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.62J or 24.116J U (2) 3-6-3 LAB 9.631 Laboratory in Cognitive Science (A) (New) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: Permission of Instructor Acad Year 1990-91: Not offered Acad Year 1991-92: G (2) 3-6-3 -------------------------------------------------------- Introduces the principles of experimental design and interpretation in cognitive psychology, including an overview of inferential statistics and analyses of common sources of artifact. Demonstration of experiments on human perception, memory, language comprehension, and imagery. Observation of neuropsychological testing. Students design, execute, and write up an experiment of their own. Graduate students required to do additional reading and more technically demanding assignments. S. Pinker, S. Corkin 9.641 Connectionist Models of Cognitive Processes (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- G (2) 3-0-6 -------------------------------------------------------- Study of representation, processing, and adaptation in highly interconnected networks of simple analog processing units. Explores basic algorithms as well as particular models of memory, speech perception and production, motor control, and language comprehension. Permission of instructor required. M. I. Jordan 9.65 Cognitive Processes -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- U (2) 3-0-6 HASS -------------------------------------------------------- An introduction to human information processing and learning; topics include the nature of mental representation and processing; the architecture of memory; pattern recognition; imagery and mental codes; concepts and prototypes; reasoning and problem solving. M. C. Potter 9.651 Cognitive Processes (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.62J, 9.65, or equivalent Acad Year 1990-91: G (2) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- Surveys major issues and basic findings in human cognitive processing. Topics include pattern recognition, word perception, the architecture of memory, mental codes, learning, and attention, in addition to special topics of current interest. Alternate years. M. C. Potter 9.66J Reasoning (Revised Content) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 24.252J) Prereq.: 9.62J U (2) 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- Topics in the psychology of judgment and choice. After a literature review, students are asked to design a computerized demonstration of a reasoning phenomenon of their choice. Programming skills required. D. N. Osherson 9.662J Rationality (A) (New) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 14.146J, 17.114J, 24.813J) Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (1) 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- See description under subject 24.813J. J. Cohen, D.Fudenberg, J. Higginbotham, P. Horwich, D. Osherson, R. Stalnaker 9.671J Problems of Mental Representation (A) -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as 24.518J) Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (2) 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- See description under subject 24.518J. N. Block 9.68 Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of "Feelings -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.00 U (2) 3-0-6 HASS -------------------------------------------------------- Affect is to cognition and behavior as feeling is to thinking and acting or as values are to beliefs and practices. 9.68 considers these relations--both at the psychological level of organization and in terms of their neurobiological and sociocultural counterparts. S. L. Chorover 9.70 Social Psychology -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- U (2) 3-0-6 HASS -------------------------------------------------------- Examines interpersonal and group dynamics, considers how the thoughts, feelings, and actions of individuals are influenced by (and influence) the beliefs, values, and practices of large and small groups. Learning occurs mainly through class discussions and participation in study groups. Regular homework assignments, occasional lectures, and demonstrations. S. L. Chorover 9.75J Psychology of Gender -------------------------------------------------------- (Same subject as SP460J) Prereq.: -- Acad Year 1990-91: Not offered Acad Year 1991-92: U (1) 3-0-6 HASS -------------------------------------------------------- Examines evidence (and lack thereof) for differences in the ways men and women think, act, and feel; and in the ways their brains are organized. Topics: biological mechanisms of physical gender differentiation in mammals; male and female brain; sex differences in personality (aggression, capacity for intimacy) and in cognitive abilities (spatial and verbal skills); mechanisms of gender development (biological, psychoanalytic, social, cognitive); role of gender in differences in conceptualization of the world. Alternate years. S. E. Carey 9.85 Developmental Psychology (Revised Content and Unit) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.00 or 9.62J Acad Year 1990-91: U (1) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 3-0-9 HASS -------------------------------------------------------- An introduction to the literature on human development. Some attention to social and emotional development; major focus on cognitive development. Empirical research on such theoretical issues as the nativist/empiricist debate and the nature of qualitative changes during development reviewed. Some applications of research to educational issues also discussed. Alternate years. S. E. Carey 9.88 Origins of Behavior -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.00 or 9.62J U (2) 3-0-6 HASS -------------------------------------------------------- Examines the evolving conceptualizations of the prenatal period, infancy, and early development. Considers the interaction of innate and experiential factors in the development of learning capacities, perception, motor patterns, and social interaction in animals and humans. Emphasis is on the earliest stages of life. A. Hein 9.891 Seminar in Cognitive Development (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- Acad Year 1990-91: G (2) Acad Year 1991-92: Not offered 3-0-9 -------------------------------------------------------- Surveys recent research in cognitive development. Topics include constraints on induction, knowledge representation and reorganization, cognition in infancy, semantic development, and conceptual change. Permission of instructor required. Alternate years. S. E. Carey 9.91, 9.92 Topics in Brain and Cognitive Sciences -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: 9.00 or 9.62J and any other two subjects in Brain and Cognitive Sciences U (1, 2) Units arranged -------------------------------------------------------- Individual research or study of a special topic under the direction of a member of the faculty. Consult D. N. Osherson. 9.911-9.916 Special Topics in Brain and Cognitive Sciences (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: Permission of Instructor G (1, 2, S) Units arranged -------------------------------------------------------- Opportunity for graduate study of advanced subjects in Brain and Cognitive Sciences not included in other subject listings. Programs subject to approval of professor in charge. Consult M. C. Potter or W. G. Quinn. 9.921 Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- G (1) Units arranged 9.922 Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- G (2) Units arranged 9.923 Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- G (S) Units arranged -------------------------------------------------------- Guided research under the sponsorship of individual members of the faculty. Ordinarily restricted to candidates for the doctoral degree in Course IX. Consult M. C. Potter or W. G. Quinn. 9.931 Research Reports (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- G (1) 0-0-6 [P/F] 9.932 Research Reports (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- G (2) 0-0-6 [P/F] 9.933 Research Reports (A) -------------------------------------------------------- Prereq.: -- G (S) 0-0-6 [P/F] -------------------------------------------------------- Graduate students submit written reports of their research efforts according to the Department's stated deadlines. Registration is mandatory for graduate students in fall term of third year and in term when thesis proposal is to be submitted. Restricted to candidates for doctoral degree in Course IX. Consult M. C. Potter or W. G. Quinn. Psychology The undergraduate program in Psychology is described in Chapter 7. For additional related subjects in Psychology, see also: Architecture: 4.770-4.771 Brain and Cognitive Sciences: 9.00, 9.01, 9.027, 9.030, 9.06, 9.20, 9.201, 9.35, 9.351, 9.36, 9.38, 9.380, 9.49J, 9.59, 9.601J, 9.62J, 9.641, 9.65, 9.68, 9.70, 9.75J, 9.85, 9.88 Management: 15.301, 15.312, 15.313, 15.341, 15.361, 15.665, 15.824, 15.832 Political Science: 17.704J Humanities: 21.369, 21.386, 21.435 >Science, Technology, and Society: STS060J