Topic: Brain Enhancement

Appropriate for First Year students.

TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
11:45am-12:35pm
MWF
1462 Clifton Rd 231
Crutcher, Michael David. FSEM. 412665 TBA.

January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010

Catalog Description: Fall, spring. Variable topics of special interest in the field of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. Any of these NBB 190 courses will satisfy the new General Education freshman seminar requirement and will also count as an NBB elective.

Semester Details:

Content:  This seminar course will examine the science and ethics of brain and cognitive enhancement techniques.  Topics that will be covered will include drug enhancements and mood manipulation, electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, electrical stimulation of the brain, cochlear and visual implants, deep brain stimulation for the treatment of neurological diseases, motor prosthetic devices and memory enhancement technologies.  The history of brain enhancement techniques as well as predictions of future enhancement technologies will be covered.  The ethical implications and societal impact of these technologies will also be discussed.

 

Text:  TBA

 

Particulars:  Open to Freshman only.  No prerequisites are required.  Grade will be based on class discussion and short papers written during the semester.

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