Writing About the Brain

3 Credits.

The goal of this course is to train neuroscientists to effectively and clearly communicate ideas about nervous system function to a general audience (this is not a course about how to improve the writing of your scientific papers or grant proposals.) We will pitch, develop, research and write news and feature-length stories that shall be presented, critiqued and revised each week in a workshop format. In addition, we will read and analyze popular writings about neuroscience and hear from guest science writers.