<p>Can anyone speak about their experience or involvement in the Mind/Brain/Behavior initiative <a href="http://mbb.harvard.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://mbb.harvard.edu/</a>
It sounds so cool!</p>
<p>I'm applying for that! Very interesting tracks for Neuroscience, and the fact that it's developing is thrilling for people like me.</p>
<p>MBB is a great idea... but what does it actually mean?</p>
<p>To an undergrad MBB is:
*Different "tracks" within concentrations (ex. Philosophy MBB has different class requirements than normal Philosophy, allows for more classes in other disciplines).
*Interesting speakers: Marc Hauser hosted an amazing "Conversations in MBB" earlier this year, and there was a recent MBB colloquium that I heard was good.
*Research money if you're writing an MBB thesis.
*A student group (Harvard Society for MBB) where they talk about MBB-like papers, have discussions w/ profs, and put out a yearly journal called Brain.</p>
<p>Let me know if you have any additional questions! I'm a Human Evolutionary Bio - MBB concentrator.</p>
<p>Can a freshman take part in the MBB or are there certain qualifications or preliminary classes? It sounds awesome and I'd love to find out more about the BMM philosophy track. Is it simply a philosophy major with a much broader selection of required classes or does it actually work to integrate MBB research into the works of great philosophers and theologians? Now that would be something!</p>
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<li><p>No qualifications. Science B-29 is a requirement for many (if not all) of the MBB tracks and is recommended for people interested in MBB. I took it + liked it! MCB 80 (behavioral neuroscience) is also a MBB "foundational" course.</p></li>
<li><p>You can see the list of MBB courses here: <a href="http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/courses/MindBrainandBehavior.html%5B/url%5D">http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/courses/MindBrainandBehavior.html</a> I don't know anything specific about the philosophy offerings.</p></li>
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