ANBI 159: Biological and cultural perspectives on intelligence
Winter quarter, 2009
Jim Moore jjmoore@ucsd.edu
Welcome to the website for ANBI 159 (Winter 2009)
NOTE: This website is intended for the use of students in this course; please to not misuse copyrighted materials.
Syllabus
NOTE: Both books (Byrne & Gould) are available at Groundworks. I've seen them on the shelf, don't take "not yet" for an answer...
Lectures (available for at least 1 week following the day given; note that the video clips are not included in online lectures.)
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Readings
Most of the articles are from Scientific American, which I chose in part because it is a good source of scientific information for nonspecialists that is easily available once you leave college -- get in the habit! :-) You should also be able to access them free from campus IP address directly via the library; posted here as a convenience.
- Week 1
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Allometry handout
- Week 2
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Yam
Gould & Gould
- Week 3
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Milton
van Schaik
- Week 4
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Holloway
Greely (substitute for Gazzaniga 'Smarter on drugs'
Gazzaniga (Split brain)
- Week 5
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Wong
Calvin
Horgan
- Week 6
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Gottfredson
Winner
Gardner
Treffert & Christenson
Plomin & DeFries
Sternberg
- Week 7
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Sternberg & Grigorenko
Gottlieb
- Week 8
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Eternal triangle [LONG]
Beardsley
- Week 9
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Kimura
Cahill
- Week 10
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Pepperberg
Gagneux et al.
Gallup Jr and Povinelli
Only if you're interested:
The 12 January 2006 issue of Nature has a review of a recent book that examines the relationship among free will, neurobiology, epigenesis, and the law. The review is only a page long and gives you the idea... pdf here.
Another take on natural selection for high IQ
CONTACT [SETI etc.]
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