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Nov 25, 2024
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LGCS062 PO - Literature, Film & Cognitive SciencesWhen Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2019.
Instructor(s): J. Abecassis
Credit: 1
This course critically explores the intersection of the arts and experimental psychology, linguistics neuroscience, behavioral economics and decision theory. We will read some of the major statements regarding fiction, narrative, metaphorical language, analogical and inductive reasoning, and various behavioral and judgmental biases and examine how these cognitive insights contribute to our understanding of the experience of reading fiction, attending plays, watching movies, and playing computerized games. Letter grade only. Previously offered as RLIT181 PO.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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