STS.066 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002
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; psychop...
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| 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. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/558112025-02-20T22:03:56Z STS.066 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters Dumit, Joseph Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society brain cultural object contemporary media science society cultural assumptions neuroscience anthropology history semiotics cognitive sciences historical views digital images psychopharmacology mental illness neurotransmitters brain science Science -- Social aspects Brain 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. 2002-12 Learning Object STS.066-Fall2002 local: STS.066 local: IMSCP-MD5-da96d8e39146b12ab311604092ec0d09 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55811 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license"). The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. text/html Fall 2002 |
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| title | STS.066 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002 |
| title_full | STS.066 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002 |
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| title_short | STS.066 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002 |
| title_sort | sts 066 brains and culture love lies neurotransmitters fall 2002 |
| topic | brain cultural object contemporary media science society cultural assumptions neuroscience anthropology history semiotics cognitive sciences historical views digital images psychopharmacology mental illness neurotransmitters brain science Science -- Social aspects Brain |
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