About the Course

The Science + Art of the Mind is a semester-long course taught by Peter Nadin at The Cooper Union.

The course has three main goals:

  1. To familiarize the students with the general macroscopic and microscopic anatomy of the brain.
  2. To familiarize the students with the current theories of consciousness.
  3. To explore how the biological processes of the brain and theories of consciousness are related to visual culture and artistic practice.