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MIND/BRAIN/BEHAVIOR STUDY GUIDE

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SCIENCE AREA

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The available choices for the science area map onto the MBB science tracks in the other
participating concentrations: cognitive neuroscience; computational neuroscience; and
neurobiology (see the MBB web-site http://mbb.harvard.edu) for an extensive description of

these concentration tracks). Because MCB 80 is a required course for MBB concentrators, you
can only take one additional introductory course in your science area.

Science courses taken by History and Science concentrators are generally required to have a

laboratory component. In some of the science courses relevant for the MBB track, this
requirement is rather hard to fulfill. In order to fulfill MBB requirements, such courses are
required to have a strong quantitative component.

Science Area Divisions

Outlined below are six divisions within the Science Area.

1. Cognitive Systems of the Brain: Language, Memory, Perception & Emotion
2. Psychopathology and Brain Disorder
3. Human Evolutionary Biology
4. Child Development and the Brain
5. Computational Neuroscience
6. Neurobiology

You will choose one division as your area of specialization. We do understand that in some ways

these divisions are artificial distinctions among overlapping areas of interest. If you have any
questions about these divisions, or would like to propose a division that is not covered here,
please talk to your adviser.