Justin P. Halberda
Assistant Professor
Dept of Psychological & Brain Sciences
231 Ames Hall
3400 North Charles Street
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218

halberda@jhu.edu

phone: 410-516-6289
fax: 410-516-4478


Lab Sites


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COURSES

Mental Models, Mental Logic
Psych 200.383
Taught in the Fall
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This is an advanced seminar course where students read and discuss scientific papers. Readings focus on the question, "are mental representations image-like or sentence-like, and what difference would this make for mental computation?"

 
Foundations of Mind
Psych 200.206
Team-taught in the Spring with Prof. Feigenson

This course is an interdisciplinary investigation into the innateness of concepts. Perception number, language, morality, physics and more are discussed. Students read book chapters and papers from Philosophy, Anthropology and the scientific literature. A combination of lecture and small section meetings. Students collect data in sections investigating the claims made in the readings.

 

Special Topics in Cognitive Development
Psych 200.356/656 Cognitive Science 050.356/656
Team-taught in the Fall with Prof. Landau
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Advanced seminar on tools/background for developmental theorist/researchers. Readings cover human cognitive development, other species, computational modeling, and theoretical-philosophical underpinnings. Intense round-table debate, heavy reading, graduate and advanced undergraduates.