In Spring 2018 students selected one of the two following books
The soul of an octopus: A surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness by Susan Montgomery
Montgomery, S., 2015. The soul of an octopus: A surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness. Simon and Schuster. [SWEM] [Amazon]
Reviews: Publishers Weekly, The Guardian, NPR.
Other minds: The octopus, the sea, and the deep origins of consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Godfrey-Smith, P., 2016. Other minds: The octopus, the sea, and the deep origins of consciousness. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. [SWEM] [Amazon]
Reviews: The New York Times, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly.
Dennett, D., 2019. Review of Other Minds: the octopus, the sea and the deep origins of consciousness. Biology & Philosophy, 34(1), p.2. [PDF]
The deliverable (and audience) was to be one of the following:
- Critical review for a neuroscience major
- Reader response essay for a science or non-science college graduate
- Pedagogical summary for an elementary, middle or high school student who might be interested in neuroscience
The media was to be chosen from written, video, or podcast.
Gallery
A Tour of the Octopus’s Brain by LeAnn Lo
The Soul of an Octopus by Savannah Gonzalez
Octopus Podcast by Peter Eckel
The 5 Facts of the Octopus Poster by Nicole Ma
Value in Experience: a Review of Soul of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery
The Consciousness of the Octopus by Kandall Branham
Shakir Naji – An Alien on Earth (Khan Academy)
Three-level discussion of Octopus consciousness by Mark Agrios
Speculation on Language and the Octopus by Sean Rogers
Infographic and Review of The Soul of an Octopus by Sonia Jindal
Thoughts on Evolutionary Neuroscience by Nick LaGamma
Octopus by Matthew Zachary
The Real Aliens Live Under the Sea by Jessica Seidenberg
Computational Neuroscience 
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