PSYC 363
Mimicry and Mind-Reading: The Social Neuroscience of Understanding Others Spring 2013
Division II
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Whether it is a returned smile from a passerby or a friend’s commiserating frown, imitated facial expressions are ubiquitous in social interactions. Through an upturned lip corner or furrowed brow, we are able to rapidly decode what another person is feeling. In this course, we will examine the neural mechanisms that give rise to our ability to identify and empathize with the emotions we perceive in others. We will discuss the role of mirror neurons, perception-action mechanisms, mimicry, embodiment, and facial feedback in understanding the emotions of others. Finally, we will examine individual differences in this ability, including what happens when these mechanisms are impaired as a result of illness, paralysis, brain lesions, or in certain disorders, such as psychopathy, social conduct disorder, and autism.
The Class: Format: seminar and empirical lab course
Limit: 16
Expected: 16
Class#: 3274
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: seminar/lab attendance, short response papers, discussion leadership, empirical research project, research paper, and in-class presentation of research project
Prerequisites: Psychology 221 or 212 or 242 or permission of instructor
Enrollment Preferences: Psychology majors and Neuroscience concentrators
Distributions: Division II
Attributes: PSYC Area 6 - Other/Interdisciplinary Psychology
PSYC Empirical Lab Course

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