PSYC 126:
Literature and the Brain (COMPLIT 138, COMPLIT 238, ENGLISH 118, ENGLISH 218, FRENCH 118, FRENCH 218, PSYCH 118F)
How does fiction make us better at reading minds? Why do some TV shows get us to believe two contradictory things at once? And can cognitive biases be a writer's best friend? We'll think about these and other questions in the light of contemporary neuroscience and experimental psychology, with the help of Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison), Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert), season 1 of Westworld (Lisa Joy / Jonathan Nolan), and short readings from writers like Louise Glück, Jorge Luis Borges, Virginia Woolf, and Marcel Proust. We'll also ask what we see when we read; whether the language we speak affects the way we think; and why different people react differently to the same book. Plus: is free will a fiction, or were you just forced to say that?
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
2024-2025 Winter
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PSYC 126 |
3 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5080
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
LEC |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 14
01/06/2025 - 03/14/2025 Tue, Thu 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 420-041 with Eagleman, D. (PI); Landy, J. (PI); Bahia, G. (TA); Choh, P. (TA); Gedik, M. (TA); Mehrish, D. (TA); Zhan, M. (TA)
Instructors: Eagleman, D. (PI); Landy, J. (PI); Bahia, G. (TA); Choh, P. (TA); Gedik, M. (TA); Mehrish, D. (TA); Zhan, M. (TA)
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Syllabus
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PSYC 126 |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5258
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Section 02 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
DIS |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 2
01/06/2025 - 03/14/2025 Mon 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM at 100-101K with Zhan, M. (TA)
Instructors: Zhan, M. (TA)
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PSYC 126 |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5260
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Section 03 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
DIS |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
01/06/2025 - 03/14/2025 Mon 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM at 160-125 with Zhan, M. (TA)
Instructors: Zhan, M. (TA)
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PSYC 126 |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5261
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Section 04 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
DIS |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 2
01/06/2025 - 03/14/2025 Tue 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM at 160-120 with Gedik, M. (TA)
Instructors: Gedik, M. (TA)
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PSYC 126 |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5259
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Section 05 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
DIS |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
01/06/2025 - 03/14/2025 Wed 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM at 160-319 with Choh, P. (TA)
Instructors: Choh, P. (TA)
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PSYC 126 |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5262
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Section 06 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
DIS |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 1
01/06/2025 - 03/14/2025 Wed 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM at 200-013 with Choh, P. (TA)
Instructors: Choh, P. (TA)
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PSYC 126 |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5263
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Section 07 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
DIS |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 2
01/06/2025 - 03/14/2025 Thu 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM at 110-114 with Gedik, M. (TA)
Instructors: Gedik, M. (TA)
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PSYC 126 |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5264
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Section 08 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
DIS |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 1
01/06/2025 - 03/14/2025 Wed 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM at 160-129 with Mehrish, D. (TA)
Instructors: Mehrish, D. (TA)
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PSYC 126 |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5265
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Section 09 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
DIS |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 1
01/06/2025 - 03/14/2025 Fri 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM at 200-107 with Bahia, G. (TA)
Instructors: Bahia, G. (TA)
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PSYC 126 |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5266 (CANCELLED)
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Section 10 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
DIS |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
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Notes: This class section has been cancelled!
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PSYC 126 |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
5267 (CANCELLED)
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Section 11 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
DIS |
Session: 2024-2025 Winter 1
| In Person
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Notes: This class section has been cancelled!
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