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Fall 2008 Schedule

Seminar Title: Applications of Biological Models to Behavioral Science
Faculty Organizers: Farrell Ackerman (Linguistics) and Nick Spitzer (Biology) 

Description: 
As a part of the celebration of Darwin's 200th birthday, the CHD seminar will focus on the role that ideas/results/models from biology can play on research in the behavioral sciences.

Date Speaker Title Readings
9/26/08 Farrell Ackerman
UC San Diego
Department of Linguistics
Organizational Meeting for COGS260 Enrolled Students
10/3/08 Terry Sejnowski
UC San Diego
Division of Biological Sciences
Developing Deep Cortical Hierarchies
10/10/08 Joan Stiles
UC San Diego
Department of Cognitive Science
Fundamentals of Brain Development: Integrating Nature and Nurture
10/17/08 Gedeon Deák
UC San Diego
Department of Cognitive Science
How Infants Learn Attention-Sharing Skills: Pointing Towards a Viable Theory [talk slides]
10/24/08 Andrew Wedel
University of Arizona
Department of Linguistics
Comparing Biological and Linguistic Evolution [talk slides]
10/31/08 Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
University of Arizona
Department of Cognitive Science
The Return of the Laws of Form and (some) Perfection in Language [talk slides]
11/7/08 Anna Dornhaus
University of Arizona
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Collective and Individual Problem-Solving in Insects: Algorithmic Parallels to Human Brains and Societies [talk slides]

Reading 1
Reading 2

11/14/08 Ajit Varki
UC San Diego
Departments of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine

Exploring Human Uniqueness: A Transdisciplinary Approach

[talk slides]

Reading 1
Reading 2
Reading 3

11/21/08 Bruce Weber
CSU Fullerton
Department of Biochemistry
On the Origin of Symbolic Species: The Baldwin Effect and Emergent Complexity in the Darwin Research Tradition [talk slides]

Reading 1
Optional 1a
Optional 1b
Optional 2
Optional 3

11/28/08 HOLIDAY  
12/5/08 Bill Croft
University of New Mexico
Department of Linguistics
Evolutionary Linguistics: An Emerging Paradigm for the 21st Century

Reading 1
Reading 2a
Reading 2b