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Spring 2008
The Mind
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| Date |
Speaker |
Lecture Title |
| January 14 |
Scott Carnicom, Honors College |
Introduction and Study Abroad Presentations |
| January 21 |
MLK Day - No Classes |
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| January 28 |
Scott Carnicom, Honors College |
A Brief History of the Brain: From Spirits to Sea Slugs |
| February 4 |
Mark Anshel, Health and Human Performance |
Stress and Coping in Sport: What Elite Athletes Can Teach Us About Effective Coping
skills
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| February 11 |
Kaylene Gebert, Provost |
Developing Minds through Higher Education: The Role of the University |
| February 18 |
Tom Brinthaupt, Psychology |
I'm Just Talking to Myself! How the Mind Uses Self-Talk |
| February 25 |
Stuart Bernstein, Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia |
Dyslexia: How the Brain Reads and What Happens When it Doesn't |
| March 3 |
Spring Break - No Classes |
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| March 10 |
Shelley Thomas and Will Langston (Foreign Languages / Psychology) |
Acquisition and Expression of Language: A Brain-Based Approach |
| March 17 |
Amy Jetton, Biology |
Sex and the Brain: Neurobiology of Mating |
| March 24 |
Ed Beemon, History |
The Mind of the Renaissance Individual |
| March 31 |
Ben Austin, Sociology and Anthropology |
Social Conformity, Group Think, and Violence: Social Activism in the 1960s |
| April 7 |
Ron Bombardi, Philosophy |
On the Neurobiology of Truth |
| April 14 |
Honors Students |
Honors Thesis Presentations |
| April 21 |
Honors Students |
Honors Thesis Presentations |
