Watch Your Brain Work!
Linguists and other cognitive scientists measure brain-waves and use the data they collect to unlock the mysteries of the human mind. In this course you will, too. How does your brain process language? How does your brain tell a dog’s bark from the sounds in your name? How does it respond to a friend’s smile or frown? These are some of the questions you will investigate using state-of-the-art brain-wave measuring techniques developed by Neuro/Bio-psychologists. Through laboratory activities, students will learn about the mind and the brain while developing the skills needed to set up their own mini brain-wave experiment. They will collect and analyze data, discovering what it might say about the relationship between the mind and brain. This hands-on course requires students’ active participation.
Instructors: Kathy Van Benthem, Sarah Cebulski, Liz Christie, Deirdre Kelly, and Professor Masako Hirotani
Departments: School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Institute of Cognitive Science
Grades 8-12, Ontario/Sec 2-5 Quebec
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