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9.13 The Human Brain
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Undergrad (Spring)
Prereq: 9.00, 9.01, or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: MW11-12.30 (46-1015) +final
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Surveys the core perceptual and cognitive abilities of the human mind and asks how these are implemented in the brain. Key themes include the functional organization of the cortex, as well as the representations and computations, developmental origins, and degree of functional specificity of particular cortical regions. Emphasizes the methods available in human cognitive neuroscience, and what inferences can and cannot be drawn from each.
N. Kanwisher
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