Spring 2024 Psychology BC3179 section 001

CEPHALOPOD COGNITION

Call Number 00449
Day & Time
Location
R 1:10pm-3:00pm
406 Barnard Hall
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Ken Light
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

This seminar is designed to introduce you to the methods used to discern and describe the cognitive repertoire of novel, understudied, animals.  The animals which we will specifically examine in the class are octopuses and cuttlefish.  Over the course of the semester you will learn how we define cognitive abilities in humans and examine them in various animal species for modeling and comparison purposes.  Each week you will examine one specific ability in humans, a traditional animal model, and a cephalopod.  In this manner you will come to understand the historical process of understanding animal cognition, the current state of the literature in at least one area of cephalopod cognition and be capable of proposing a novel experiment as a way to extend our knowledge of that area of cephalopod cognition.

Web Site Vergil
Department Psychology @Barnard
Enrollment 13 students (16 max) as of 9:05PM Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Subject Psychology
Number BC3179
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20241PSYC3179X001