Course Catalog - 2019-2020

     

NEUR 111 - SCIENCE AND ART IN DIALOGUE

Long Title: SCIENCE AND ART IN DIALOGUE: EXPERIMENT, IMAGINATION, AND THE INVENTION OF NEUROSCIENCE
Department: Neuroscience
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 1
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: We will take up the argument that "Proust was right about memory, Cezanne was uncannily accurate about the visual cortex, and Woolf pierced the mystery of consciousness," as we discuss aspects of the brain revealed by the texts, paintings, dishes and compositions of eight modern artists.