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    • 9.35 Sensation and Perception, Spring 2004 

      Adelson, Edward H. (2004-06)
      How do the senses work? How do physical stimuli get transformed into signals in the nervous system? How does the brain use those signals to determine what's out there in the world? All the senses are discussed; vision is ...
    • 9.402 Language and Thought, Fall 2002 

      Boroditsky, Lera; Carey, Susan; Spelke, Elizabeth S. (2002-12)
      Subject examines the many interrelationships between language and thought. Do people who speak different languages think differently? Does learning new languages change the way you think? Do polyglots think differently in ...
    • 9.59J / 24.905J Psycholinguistics, Spring 2005 

      Gibson, Edward (2005-06)
      This course covers central topics in language processing, including: the structure of language; sentence, discourse, and morphological processing; storage and access of words in the mental dictionary; speech processing; ...
    • 9.601J / 24.949J Language Acquisition I, Spring 2002 

      Wexler, Ken (2002-06)
      Lectures, reading, and discussion of current theory and data concerning the psychology and biology of language acquisition. Emphasizes learning of syntax and morphology, together with some discussion of phonology, and ...
    • 9.63 Laboratory in Cognitive Science, Fall 2005 

      Oliva, Aude (2005-12)
      9.63 teaches principles of experimental methods in human perception and cognition, including design and statistical analysis. The course combines lectures and hands-on experimental exercises and requires an independent ...
    • 9.68 Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of Feelings, Spring 2005 

      Chorover, Stephan L.; Ristic, Jovan (2005-06)
      Affect is to cognition and behavior as feeling is to thinking and acting or as values are to beliefs and practices. Subject considers these relations, both at the psychological level of organization and in terms of their ...