Section Info: PSYCH-350CC-01

Course Title: Lab in Biological Bases of Behavior: 'Laboratory in Comparative Cognition'

Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025

Term: Spring Semester 2025

Description: In this class, we take a deep dive into comparative cognition: the study of cognition across species. We will review the background literature and learn about hypotheses creation, study design, statistics, and write-ups in this field. Students will present on a topic within comparative cognition and take part in group discussions on the content of peer-reviewed papers. Then, students will take on the role of a comparative cognition researcher and design, perform, and write-up a six-week study on the cognition of domesticated species of animal (species to be determined).

Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Lauren Robinson		lrobinson@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025	Lecture	Monday and Wednesday	01:45PM - 03:00PM	CIRU - Ciruti	202	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: PSYCH-204.	Take previously	Required

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
NEURO0001	NEURO: Neuroscience & Behavior Major	This course has been approved to count towards the Neuroscience and Behavior major.
NEURO0002	NEURO-LB: Neuroscience 300-level Lab	This course has been approved to count towards the Neuroscience and Behavior 300-level laboratory requirement.

Cross-listed Sections

None

Course Availability
Section status: Open	Capacity: 15	Enrollment: 14	Available: 1	Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
Title: Comparative Cognition Author: Olmstead, Mary Copyright: 2015 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781107648319 Publisher: Cambridge University Press	Required	65.99

Additional Book Comments

This is the complete book list for this class.