Modularity, Domain-specificity, and the Organization of Knowledge
9.916 · Brain and Cognitive Sciences · Graduate · Fall 2001
Prof. Elizabeth S. Spelke, Prof. Nancy Kanwisher
This course will consider the degree and nature of the modular organization of the mind and brain. We will focus in detail on the domains of objects, number, places, and people, drawing on evidence from behavioral studies in human infants, children, normal adults, neurological patients, and animals, as well as from studies using neural measures such as functional brain imaging and ERPs. With these domains as examples, we will address broader questions about the role of domain-general and d…
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Prof. Elizabeth S. Spelke, Prof. Nancy Kanwisher. 9.916 Modularity, Domain-specificity, and the Organization of Knowledge. Fall 2001. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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