Spring 2022  |  PSY 1925 Section 001: Neuroimaging in Psychology: Why Do Psychologists Use Magnets & Electrodes to Look at People's Brains (66137)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Freshman Seminar
Enrollment Requirements:
Freshman and FRFY
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Elliott Hall N639
Enrollment Status:
Open (7 of 19 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This seminar explores how people use electricity and magnets to study brains. It seems almost magical that we can use magnets, radio antennae, and electrodes to figure out what people are thinking. But there's no magic about it, and we will spend part of our time together learning about the basic physics and neuroscience that make functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and electroencephalography (EEG) possible. We will spend the rest of the time talking about why people want to do this … and whether or not they should. The central problem is that, once we've collected our data, we have to interpret it. In order to interpret our data, we have to make some assumptions about how things work. The goal of this seminar is to teach students to detect and question those assumptions. Students will use weekly writing assignments to sharpen their thinking on each topic. The midterm exam will be a debate on the topic "Can we read people's minds?", and the final project will be to explain a popular neuroimaging paper to a stranger.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66137/1223

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