Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05
• this 6th century course considers brain and mind from a variety of cross-disciplinary perspectives, with teaching delivered in an interactive and innovative manner
• the themes covered in the course include elementary brain structure and function, language, consciousness, creativity, and the power of the brain over disease
• assessments types are varied to increase the scope and diversity of the module design, and the transferable skills it delivers
• taken together this exciting course enhances curricular breadth, develops graduate attributes and widens perspectives beyond discipline boundaries in a unique and dynamic manner as we explore this fascinating subject.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 1 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course explores some of the most intriguing issues regarding our favourite organ, the brain. Topics include: the lessons that brain lesions tell us about how the the brain works; exploring the links between altered states of mind and creativity; the nature of consciousness and free will; how we learn, use, and lose, language; and the healing power of the mind. Students will approach these questions from biological, linguistic, historical and philosophical perspectives
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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Students will receive written feedback on all continuous assessment. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Recognise the power of the brain in controlling the physical health of the body. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Debate current issues concerning the concept of free will. |
| Factual | Remember | Recognise that different parts of the brain are associated with specific functions. |
| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate the product of your own creative brain. |
| Factual | Remember | Recognise some of the theories regarding how we develop the ability to speak, and the symptoms and compensations adopted when people lose it. |
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