BCSC 278: Lecture Schedule

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Date

Topic

Assignment Due

01/22

Course introduction

Read syllabus; Complete course questionnaire

01/27

Tools of the trade 1: Evaluating the scientific literature

01/29

Tools of the trade 2: Basic neurobiology and neuroanatomy

02/03

Tools of the trade 3: The methods of social neuroscience

Neuroanatomy lab for extra credit

02/05

History, issues, and debates in social neuroscience

#comment #question^a

02/10

Special Topics! Guest speaker: Liane Young, PhD, Professor, Boston College

#comment #question^a

02/12

The self

#comment #question^a

02/17

Faces 1

#comment #question^a

02/19

Exam 1

02/24

Faces 2

#comment #question^a

02/26

Minds 1

#comment #question^a

03/03

Minds 2

#comment #question^a

03/05

Empathy

#comment #question^a

03/10

NO CLASS—Spring Break

03/12

NO CLASS—Spring Break

03/17

Emotion experience and regulation

#comment #question^a

03/19

Moral Judgment

#comment #question^a

03/24

HACKATHON 1

03/26

Exam 2

03/31

Development of the social brain

#comment #question^a

04/02

Social pain and pleasure

#comment #question^a

04/07

Intergroup dynamics

#comment #question^a

04/09

Stereotyping and prejudice

#comment #question^a

04/14

Psychopathology

#comment #question^a

04/16

Plasticity of the social brain

#comment #question^a

04/21

Special Topics! Guest speaker: Elizabeth Kruse, Psychology PhD Student, University of Rochester

#comment #question^a

04/23

Course review and “ask me anything” (related to social neuroscience)

04/28

HACKATHON 2

04/30

Exam 3

05/02

All extra credit assignments due by 11:59PM

^aDue 9:00AM the day of class. No late #comment #question assignments accepted.