[Bioundgrd] Fwd: New Course 9Class!

[Janice Chang]

>
>There is a last minute addition to the BCS fall schedule!
>9.20: Animal Cognition (description below).  MW, 4-5; F 3-4pm.
>
>If you missed pre-registration for 9.20, please let Jason Jacobson 
>know if you intend to enroll in the class so we can get an idea of 
>enrollment.  jjacobso at mit.edu.
>
>Most of the major categories of adaptive behavior can be seen in all 
>animals. Begins with evolution of behavior, the driver of nervous 
>system evolution, reviewed using concepts developed in ethology, 
>sociobiology, other comparative studies, and in studies of brain 
>evolution. Considers the roles of various types of plasticity as 
>well as foraging and feeding, defensive and aggressive behavior, 
>courtship and reproduction, migration and navigation, social 
>activities and communication, with contributions of inherited 
>patterns and cognitive abilities. Studies in both field and 
>laboratory reviewed; human behavior considered in the context of 
>primate studies.
>G. E. Schneider
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>
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>Jason Jacobson
>Undergraduate Administrator
>MIT Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
>NE20-384, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
>Cambridge, MA  02139
>Tel: 617-253-0482
>Fax: 617-253-9767
>
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