Thought Paper Topic - Seminar 7

The thought paper topic for Seminar 7 on Tuesday 5 April is as follows:


Explain the sense in which soft assembled solutions to developmental challenges represent embodied solutions to these challenges.


(Reminder: the readings for Seminar 7 on the Embodied Mind were handed out in class on 22 March.)

Thought Paper Topic - Seminar 6

The thought paper topic for Seminar 6 on Wednesday 30 March is:

What is the significance of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) to the case for the Somatic Marker Hypothesis (SMH)?

Thought Paper Topic - Seminar 5

The thought paper topic for Seminar 5 on Tuesday 22 March is as follows:

What, according to Damasio (1994), is involved in feeling an emotion? In what sense is this an embodied account of emotion and feeling?

Thought Paper Topic - Seminar 4

The thought paper topic for Seminar 4 on Tuesday was given out in class this week. I cannot recall my precise wording, but for anyone who did not write it down in class, the following version should do the trick:

On balance, do you think the evidence and arguments favour the existence of a cheater-detection module?

Readings for Seminar 6 - Tuesday 29 March

The readings for Seminar 6 are as follows:

Damasio (1994) Chapters 8, 9 and 10

Dunn et al. (2006), which can be accessed by following the link below:
http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6T0J-4H6GPP0-1-5&_cdi=4864&_user=1378557&_pii=S0149763405001053&_origin=browse&_zone=rslt_list_item&_coverDate=12/31/2006&_sk=999699997&wchp=dGLzVtz-zSkWb&md5=b892176060ba59532e8e65e8c0b9d1a7&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

Readings for Seminar 5 - Tuesday 22 March

As discussed in class, in Seminar 5 we change topic to begin our foray into the Embodied Mind.

The readings for Seminar 5 come from our prescribed Damasio (1994) text, namely Chapters 3, 5, 6 and 7 of Descartes' Error.

In addition, the following study by Damasio et al. (2001) should be read:
http://0-proquest.umi.com.innopac.wits.ac.za/pqdlink?index=24&did=1028641111&SrchMode=3&sid=2&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1299846021&clientId=57035&aid=1

Readings for Seminar 4 on Tuesday 15 March

As discussed in class, the primary readings for next week are as follows:

A chapter on neurocognitive adaptations for social exchange by Cosmides and Tooby that can be accessed via the link below:
http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/papers/20finalbusssocexweb.pdf

Chapter 4 from Buller (2005)

Also the reading by Stephen Jay Gould distributed in class last week.

Finally, it was recommended that Buller's Chapter 3 be read at some point during this part of the course.

Thought Paper Topic - Seminar 3

The topic for the second thought paper is as follows:

Briefly outline the key argument/s and evidence that EP offers for the claim that human females have evolved to detect and prefer high-status men.

A thought paper should be a brief, focussed one (max. two) page response to the question or topic posed each week. It should preferably be typed, and will be collected at the start of the relevant seminar.

Handing in thought papers, and the quality of the thought papers, contributes towards the 5% portion of your overall mark relating to thought papers, preparation and participation.