Brain, Mind, and Behavior

Winter/Spring 2009

"Rosalind Franklin and the Great DNA Race" The New Yorker 2002

"Rosalind Franklin and the Double Helix" Physics Today 2003

Spatial and Temporal Dimensions in Molecular and Cell Biology

Hershey-Chase Blender Experiment

"The Itch" The New Yorker 2008

"The Origin of Darwin" New York Times: Feb 12, 2009

Homework Assignment #1 due in discussion section the week of February 2-6

Homework Assignment #2 due in discussion section the week of February 9-13

Homework Assignment #3 due in discussion section the week of April 13-17

Homework Assignment #4 due in discussion section May 5-11

Debate Guidelines

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Brain on the Stand article - New York Times March 2007

Cogntive Enhancement article - Nature December 2007

Cognitive Enhancement article - New York Times March 2008

Synapse drawing

Glia article - Nature February 2009

Key Concepts Review