Beyond that, a participant should be prepared to work a little bit harder to read original research papers in the other areas. My hope is that the seminar participants as a whole will cover all of these areas, and that participants will help educate each other in the relevant concepts of their areas. The seminar will be structured to help develop this mutual education. Specifically, a third requirement will be to participate in projects and discussions involving small groups. Perhaps the largest intellectual challenge of the course will be reading, synthesizing and integrating concepts across several different types of literature.
Advanced undergraduates are very welcome to participate.
OR in developmental psychology OR in cognitive neuroscience OR a sufficient background in biology or neuroscience to enable you to read articles in that area. Check through some of the articles in M. Johnson s edited volume to get an idea of the type of readings to be covered.