Mind, Brain and Behavior
Faculty of the Committee on Mind, Brain and Behavior
John E. Dowling, Harvard College Professor and the Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences (Co-Chair)
Ken Nakayama, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology (Co-Chair)
Mark G. Baxter, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Alfonso Caramazza, Professor of Psychology
Verne S. Caviness, Jr., Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Child Neurology and Mental Retardation (Medical School)
Jonathan B. Cohen, Professor of Neurobiology (Medical School)
Catherine Dulac, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Kurt W. Fischer, Professor of Education (Education)
Albert M. Galaburda, Professor of Neurology (Medical School)
William M. Gelbart, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Daniel T. Gilbert, Professor of Psychology (on leave 1999-00)
David A. Haig, Associate Professor of Biology
Anne Harrington, Professor of the History of Science (on leave spring term)
Marc D. Hauser, Professor of Psychology
Jerome Kagan, Daniel and Amy Starch Professor of Psychology (on leave fall term)
Stephen M. Kosslyn, Professor of Psychology
Edward A. Kravitz, George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology (Medical School)
Samuel M. Kunes, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences
Richard H. Masland, Charles Anthony Pappas Professor of Neuroscience (Medical School)
Markus Meister, Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Venkatesh N. Murthy, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology (Medical School)
Naomi E. Pierce, Sidney A. and John H. Hessel Professor of Biology (on leave fall term)
Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value
Daniel L. Schacter, Professor of Psychology
Kerry L. Shaw, Associate Professor of Biology
Stuart M. Shieber, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Daniel J. Simons, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Mark Tramo, Assistant Professor of Neurology (Medical School)
Leslie G. Valiant, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Richard W. Wrangham, Professor of Anthropology
The Committee on Mind/Brain/Behavior is an interdisciplinary group of scholars appointed to coordinate the teaching of neuroscience and related fields among Harvard’s departments. Working closely with the University’s Mind/Brain/Behavior Interfaculty Initiative, the Committee is designed to advance knowledge of neuroscience at multiple levels of analysis, ranging from the molecular events within individual neurons to the ways large-scale neural circuits register sensory information and control behavior. The Committee coordinates the wide and varied course offerings that address methods, findings, and theory in neuroscience; helps students learn of opportunities with the various fields allied with neuroscience; and promotes interdisciplinary interaction among members of these fields.
For undergraduate students wishing to specialize in an area related to the neurosciences, four concentrations offer specialized tracks: Biology offers a Neurobiology track; Computer Science offers a Computational Neuroscience track; History and Science offers a Mind, Brain, and Behavioral Sciences track; Psychology offers Mind/Brain Behavior track clusters in Cognition/Brain/Behavior and Psychopathology; and Psychology also administers a Cognitive Neuroscience track, a joint program in Psychology and Biology. Foundation courses are required or recommended each year in all four tracks so that students in the four concentrations can interact. The foundation courses include Science B-29, Human Behavioral Biology (first year); Biological Sciences 25, Behavioral Neuroscience (sophomore year); one of several designated seminars (junior year); and a research workshop (senior year). For the requirements of each track, consult http://wjh.harvard.edu/MBB/admin/.
The courses listed below address various facets of neuroscience or closely related material. Complete descriptions may be found under the various departments.
Science B-29, B-44, B-48.
Anthropology [106].
Biology 22, 174.
Biological Sciences 25.
MCB 117, 129, 138, [225].
Computer Science 181, 182, [228], 283, [287r], 288.
Engineering Sciences 145, 148, [149], [157], 218.
History of Science [144], 172v, [173], 174, 175, [176], [177],[278].
Medical Sciences: BCMP 213; Genetics [214]; Neurobiology 200, [205], 206, [207], [208], 209, 220, 221, [230].
Psychology 13, 16, 18, 975, 985, 987a, [987c], [987d], 987f, 992, 1152, 1202, 1203, 1251, 1253, [1301], 1302, 1353, [1354], [1551], 1653, 1801, [1802], 1803, [1805], 1806, 1851, 1854, [1855], [1856r], 1858, 1859, 2090, [2140], 2150, 2260, 2300r, 2335r, [2340], [2345r], 2350, 2353r, 2355r, 2400, [2420], [2480], 2482
Additional course listings will appear in the booklet Courses in Mind/BrainBehavior.