Mind, Brain and Behavior
Faculty of the Committee on Mind, Brain and Behavior
John E. Dowling, Harvard College Professor and Gordon and Llura Gund Professor of Neurosciences (Co-Chair) (on leave fall term)
Ken Nakayama, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology (Co-Chair)
Mark G. Baxter, Assistant Professor of Psychology (on leave spring term)
Robert M. Brain, Associate Professor of the History of Science (on leave 2002-03)
Alfonso Caramazza, Professor of Psychology (on leave 2001-02)
Susan E. Carey, Professor of Psychology
Verne S. Caviness, Jr., Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Child Neurology and Mental Retardation (Medical School)
Patricia Deldin, Associate Professor of Psychology (on leave 2002-03)
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 2002-03)
Barbara J. Grosz, Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences
David A. Haig, Associate Professor of Biology
Anne Harrington, Professor of the History of Science (on leave spring term)
Marc D. Hauser, Harvard College Professor and Professor of Psychology
Richard G. Heck, Jr., Professor of Philosophy (on leave spring term)
Jill M. Hooley, Professor of Psychology (on leave 2002-03)
Pamela Kohl Keel, Associate Professor of Psychology (on leave 2001-02)
Arthur Kleinman, Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Faculties of Medicine and Arts and Sciences
Kenneth S. Kosik, Professor of Neurology (Medical School)
Stephen M. Kosslyn, John Lindsley Professor of Psychology
Edward A. Kravitz, George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology (Medical School)
Richard J. McNally, Professor of Psychology (on leave 2001-02)
Markus Meister, Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Venkatesh N. Murthy, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Tutor in Biochemical Sciences
Avrom J. Pfeffer, Assistant Professor of Computer Science on the Gordon McKay Endowment
Naomi E. Pierce, Sidney A. and John H. Hessel Professor of Biology
Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value
Daniel L. Schacter, Professor of Psychology
Susanna Siegel, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (on leave 2002-03)
Daniel J. Simons, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences
Garrett B. Stanley, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering on the Gordon McKay Endowment
Robert A. Stickgold, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Medical School)
Mark Tramo, Assistant Professor of Neurology (Medical School)
Daniel M. Wegner, Professor of Psychology (on leave spring term)
Richard W. Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological 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, five 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; Philosophy offers a Mind/Brain/Behavior 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 tracks so that students in the five concentrations can interact. The foundation courses include Science B-29, Evolution of Human Nature (first year); Biological Sciences 80, Behavioral Neuroscience (sophomore year); one of several designated seminars (junior year); and a research workshop (senior year). For the requirements of each track, consult www.mbb.harvard.edu/undergrad/Home.html.
The courses listed below address various facets of neuroscience or closely related material. Complete descriptions may be found under the various departments.
Core Courses: Quantitative Reasoning 22; Science B-29, B-44, B-48; Social Analysis 28.
Anthropology 250
Biology [174r].
Biological Sciences 57, 80.
MCB 117, [129], 138, 141, 186.
Computer Science 181, 182, [228], 281r, [282], 283, 285, [287r], [288].
Engineering Sciences 145, 148, 157, 218.
History of Science [144], 147, 151, 170r, 175, 176, [177], 178r, 270r, 271r, [275], [278].
Medical Sciences: BCMP 213; Genetics [214]; Neurobiology 200, [205], 206, 207, 209, 220, [221].
Philosophy 105, 156, 157y.
Psychology 13, 16, 18, 910r, 987a, [987b], 987c, 987f, 987g, 987h, 987i, 987j, 992, 1152, 1201, 1202, [1252], [1254], [1302], 1303, 1350, [1354], 1355, 1357, 1358, 1401, [1565], [1567], 1604, 1606,1653, [1657], 1702, [1801], [1802], [1803], [1807], 1851, [1854], 1855, [1856r], 1860, 1861, 2220, 2230, 2240, 2253r, 2300r, [2335r], [2340], [2345r], 2353r, 2355r, [2480], 2482, [2551].
Additional course listings will appear in the booklet Courses in Mind/BrainBehavior.