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‘Cognitive Studies’

Why Peabody?

Mar. 24, 2019—“What’s the deal with Peabody?” “How manageable is your course load?” “Are all Peabody students future teachers?” Being a ‘Dore for a Day host and a writer for this blog, I get asked these sorts of questions a lot. So I’m here to answer some of them for you guys! Peabody is one of my...

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School is Cool. Like, Actually.

Dec. 6, 2014—So I just finished my last class of the semester. I am not an emotional person, but I swear to you, the last meetings of some of my classes made me irrationally sad. Maybe I’m really invested in my classes, or maybe I’m just a nerd, but regardless, I just need to take a moment...

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What is Cognitive Studies?

Apr. 30, 2014—What is cognitive studies and why should you study it? This major in Peabody College of Education and Human Development is the study of the mind and the brain and their relationship to each other, with elements of computer science, philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology.

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A Plug for Biodiversity (and My Major)

Dec. 6, 2013—Dear readers, I have the best major. My introductory/foundational Cognitive Studies class, PSY-PC 1207 Minds, Brains, Contexts, & Cultures, just wrapped up with a final project about effecting social change. In the spirit of my second passion, Communication of Science, I integrated topics from my human biology class (BSci 105) to present the importance of biodiversity...

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Registration Woes

Apr. 15, 2013—I can't really complain about registration since I'm a rising senior, and we get the best registration days. I can, however, complain about the fact that I am a rising senior, and last week I registered for classes for the second-to-last time. And I panicked about classes for the second-to-last time. I feel old.

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Course Considerations

Oct. 25, 2012—It's that time of the year—registration for the spring semester is fast approaching!

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Semester Five

Oct. 1, 2012—Now that my fifth semester at Vanderbilt is underway, I feel qualified to tell y'all about my schedule for the semester and how declaring my major has practically changed my life. (cheesy but true.)

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Educational Psychology

May. 9, 2012—For my Educational Psychology class this past semester, we could pretty much do anything that we wanted for our final project.  Our professor suggested that we use our future careers as inspiration, with the only requirements being that it had to have seven to nine sections and it had to be related back to Educational...

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Parlez-vous Francais?

Feb. 3, 2012—It’s one in the morning, my room is a disaster, my homework is not done, and what am I doing? I’m blogging, of course.

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