Junior Seminars 2012-2013

Till Hartmann / Medical School / Till@hms.harvard.edu *Neurobiology 95hfv, Tuesdays, 7 – 8:30 p.m., Barker Center 024 / first week meeting Tuesdays, September 4th, 7 – 7:45 p.m., Barker Center 024 Vision is arguably our most dominant sense, but sometimes...

Maria Polinsky / Linguistics/FAS / polinsky@fas.harvard.edu Linguistics 146, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m., Boylston 303 Selected grammatical phenomena will be examined from a theoretical and experimental perspective, with a view toward answering...

Judith F. Chapman / Human Evolutionary Biology / jflynn@fas.harvard.edu *Human Evolutionary Biology 1313, Thursdays 2-4 p.m., CGIS-South S-040 An examination of stress from a scientific perspective with a focus on stress research in mammals, especially...

Heather Sternshein / Medical School / heather_sternshein@hms.harvard.edu *Neurobiology 95hfs, Tuesdays 7-8:30 p.m., Lamont 230 / first week meeting Tuesday, September 4th, 7:45 – 8:30 p.m., Lamont 230) Our perceptions of the feel, sight, and sound of...

Matthew Boyle / Philosophy/FAS / boyle2@fas.harvard.edu *Philosophy 158, Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m., Emerson 310 An exploration of the distinctive ways in which we know (1) our own minds, (2) our own bodies, (3) the minds of other persons. A central concern will...

Patrick Mayo / Medical School / patrick_mayo@hms.harvard.edu *Neurobiology 95hfy, Thursdays 7 – 8:30 p.m., Robinson 107 Time critically shapes our perceptual experience, yet how the brain represents time is poorly understood. This course investigates the...

Guven Guzeldere / gguzeld@fas.harvard.edu *Psychology 1357, Tuesdays 3-5 p.m., William James Hall 105 An interdisciplinary comparative study of human, animal, and robot minds. Particular emphasis on philosophical questions that frame the problems, and...

Gennaro Chierchia / Linguistics/FAS / chierch@fas.harvard.edu & Jesse Snedeker / Psychology/FAS / snedeker@fas.harvard.edu Linguistics 132, Fridays 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Boylston 303 Explores issues at the interface of linguistic semantics, pragmatics and...

Charyl Chen / Philosophy/FAS / ckchen@fas.harvard.edu *Philosophy 161, Thursdays, 2-4 p.m., Emerson 310 An examination of some interconnected issues concerning personal identity and self-consciousness. Topics include the identity of persons over time...

Justin Junge / Psychology / justinjunge@gmail.com *Psychology 980o, Mondays 4-6 p.m., William James Hall 950 Perception is required to have a mind like yours. How does perceiving work? How are streams of sensory input processed into rich and useful models...