Relevant Courses in Psychology

G89.2059 Psychology of Decision Making
Exploration of the psychological processes that underlie people's judgments and decision making. First identifies some general rules that capture the way people make decisions. Then explores how people make decisions in numerous domains, including consumer, social, clinical, managerial, and organizational decision making. Looks at both rational and irrational patterns in the way people select options. Discusses the impact of the media on our choices. Also examines how different ways of presenting options and different decision-making strategies can influence decision outcomes. In general, emphasizes the applied implications of the various perspectives on decision making.

G89.2206 Mathematical Tools for Neural Science (identical to G80.2207 in Neural Science course listing)
Team-taught intensive course. Lecture, readings, and homework exercises cover basic mathematical techniques for analysis and modeling of neural systems. Homework sets are based on the MATLAB software package.

G89.2212 Judgment and Decision Making
Covers normative and descriptive theories of individual decision making, the classical experimental literature, and recent work, such as the Prospect Theory of Kahneman and Tversky.

G89.2221 Behavioral & Cognitive Neural Science (identical to G80.2205 in Neural Science course listing)
Team-taught intensive course. Lectures, readings, and laboratory exercises cover neuroanatomy, cognitive neuroscience, learning, memory, and emotion.