Senior Seminar in Neural and Behavioral Sciences
Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, Spring, 2002
Session 1: Motivations
Readings and Web Links
(Discussion)
Within biology:
de Wall (1999) The End of Nature Versus Nurture, Scientific American, December, 1999 http://www.sciamarchive.org/pdfs/1383221.pdf
(This is accessible from campus computers only. If you have trouble with the URL above, go to http://www.sciam archive.org, and search "nature versus nurture").
Within psychology:
Cosmides, Leda and Tooby, John (1997) Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer, from CogWeb
Buss, David M. (1995) Evolutionary Psychology: A New Paradigm for Psychological Science. Psych Inquiry 6: 1-30
The human genome project:
Behavioral Genetics, a background paper from the Human Genome Project, US Dept. of Energy
Legal issues:
Genes and Behavior: A Complex Relationship, from a special issue of Judicature, 1999
The Impact of Behavioral Genetics on the Law and the Court, from a special issue of Judicature, 1999
Neurobiological issues:
Genes, Brains, and Behavior: A Work in Progress, a Serendip section
Grobstein, Paul (1991) From Genomes to Dreams, Bryn Mawr College Alumnae Bulletin
Berkowitz, Ari (1996) Our Genes, Ourselves?, Bioscience
Questions for discussion: