FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Lecture Notes

Study Guide

Readings

Media

1. Introduction

 Chapter 1

Dualism by Paul Bloom  
Article of the day (Washington Post: MRI & lying) Phantoms in the brain (parts 1, 2, 3, 4)

 

USEFUL LINKS

History of the Brain (by PBS)
History of neuroscience (click here)
When does personhood begin? In this 20' online lecture (mp3 , slides)  developmental biologist Scott Gilbert from Swarthmore College highlights the difficulties of pinpointing when sperm and egg become 'a person'.