Hello Penn Students!

We encourage you to register for these 2 upcoming Preceptorials! Seats will be offered on a first come, first served basis.

 

The Neuroscience of Making a Decision

We are all victims or benefactors of our own and others’ decision-making. So how do people make decisions, and what are the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying these decisions? In this Preceptorial, you will learn about the neural mechanisms underlying decision making and how these might differ across people.    
 

Preceptorial Leader: Dr. Joseph W. Kable, Baird Term Associate Professor of Psychology    

Date & Time: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 from 5-6pm

Location: Goddard Labs 200, 3710 Hamilton Walk

 
Register for The Neuroscience of Making a Decision Here!
 

Food for Thought: The Marvel of Creation

 
 

What does it mean to be an animal, and what does it mean to be a person? What is life? How ought we think about and relate to God’s Creation in light of these things? These weighty questions will be central to the third Food for Thought Module of the Fall semester.

Preceptorial Leader: Dr. Janice Chik, Barry Foundation Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of Collegium Institute’s Magi Project

Date & Time: Wednesdays, November 13, 20 & December 4, 2019 from 5:45 -7pm

Location: Harrison College House, Seminar Room M20

Dinner and Digital Reader provided.

     
     
     
     
     
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    David Fox, Director 
    Troy Majnerick, Associate Director
    Andrea Naughton, Assistant Director 

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