Psych 222 - Human Memory from Neurons to Novels. How Scientists and Other Scholars Study Memory

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Washington University in St Louis

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Introduces students to the different methods used in the study of memory, from neuroscience to anthropology and from experimental psychology to literary studies and history. We consider how a historian works from documents and sources, how a neuroscientist explains the details of particular experimental findings, how an anthropologist comments on the connections between historical past and individual identity in a particular place, and how a cognitive psychologist uses laboratory result to understand memory function. Prerequisites: Psych 221, Psych 100B.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

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(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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