June 5 Plasticity in adults 1. Chapter 8 Neurophilosophy Basics 2. Merzenich review paper June 7 Brains and Ethics 1. Due no later than noon Friday of the relevant week. Late papers will be docked 1 point per late day.
Plagiarism gets the death penalty.
The questions below are posed so that you will answer them in a direct and straightforward way, without jargon, using your own thoughts, telling Bart and Lisa what makes sense to you while being as clear as possible. Another way to conceive of the project is that you are writing an article for the science section of a newspaper, such as the New York Times, or the San Diego Union. The point of pitching it to Bart and Lisa is simply to help reduce the temptation to use jargon, and to help you find a satisfying, clear, and engaging voice of you own. There are many sources you may draw upon. First, read the assigned material, and digest it.