248 SPRING HONORS LECTURE SERIES INVESTIGATES ‘THE MIND’

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Release date: Jan. 25, 2008



News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-2919
University Honors College contact: Dr. Scott Carnicom, 615-898-2152


SPRING HONORS LECTURE SERIES INVESTIGATES ‘THE MIND’


(MURFREESBORO) – The theme of MTSU’s Spring 2008 Honors Lecture Series is deceptively short for such a mysterious topic: “The Mind.”
The lecture series will begin Monday, Jan. 28, in the amphitheater (Room 106) of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. All lectures are free and open to the public and are held from 3 to 3:50 p.m. each Monday, with the exceptions of March 3 (spring break) and April 23 (last day of classes).
The lecture schedule includes:
Jan. 28 — “A Brief History of the Brain,” presented by Dr. Scott Carnicom, associate dean of the Honors College;
Feb. 4 — “Stress and Coping in Sport: What Elite Athletes Can Teach Us about Effective Coping Skills,” presented by Dr. Mark Anshel (health and human performance);
Feb. 11 — “Developing Minds Through Higher Education: The Role of the University,” presented by Dr. Kaylene Gebert, executive vice president and provost;
Feb. 18 — “I’m Just Talking to Myself! How the Mind Uses Self-Talk,” presented by Dr. Tom Brinthaupt (psychology);
Feb. 25 — “Dyslexia: How the Brain Reads and What Happens When It Doesn’t,” presented by Stuart Bernstein (Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia);
March 10 — “Acquisition and Expression of Language: A Brain-Based Approach,” presented by Drs. Shelley Thomas (foreign languages and literatures), and Will Langston (psychology);
March 17 — “Sex and the Brain: Neurobiology of Mating,” presented by Dr. Amy Jetton (biology);
March 24 — “The Mind of the Renaissance Individual,” presented by Dr. Ed Beemon (history);
March 31 — “Social Conformity, Group Think and Violence: Social Activism in the 1960s,” presented by Dr. Ben Austin (sociology and anthropology);
April 7 — “On the Neurobiology of Truth,” presented by Dr. Ron Bombardi (philosophy).
Honors thesis presentations will wrap up the series on April 14 and 21.
For more information about the series, contact Carnicom by e-mail (carnicom@mtsu.edu) or by calling 615-898-2152.
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