Cognitive Diversity and Commonality

3 Units

This course focuses on the ways in which cognition is shaped by experience. We'll consider dimensions such as sex, gender, race/ethnicity, bodily differences, cultural differences, and effects of speaking different languages. Through reading and discussing primary research in the cognitive sciences, we will reflect on how human diversity leads to both differences and parallels in cognition, and how these impact our actions, interactions, perspectives and experiences. Offered as COGS 317 and COGS 417 . Counts as a CAS Global & Cultural Diversity course. Counts as a Human Diversity & Commonality course.