Global Arc

Effortless abilities like object recognition, decision-making, movement, and navigation arise from underlying algorithms. Neuroscience has revealed key neural computations from perception to action, inspiring AI advances. In turn, AI provides models to test theories of brain function. This seminar explores computational principles underlying perception, cognition, and action, drawing parallels between biological and artificial systems. By analyzing cutting-edge research from neuroscience and machine learning, we will discuss how AI systems can model brain processes and how insights from neuroscience can inspire more efficient AI algorithms.

Junior Independent Work requires students to complete a substantial piece of research and scholarship under the supervision and advisement of a Princeton faculty member. The work requires sustained investment and attention throughout the semester. See below for details on works-in-progress submissions and due dates.

This combined lecture and seminar class explores neural circuit mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders through the lens of animal models. We examine the molecular, cellular, and computational basis of conditions like depression, anxiety, addiction, and schizophrenia. After reviewing core brain systems (basal ganglia, amygdala, PFC, hippocampus) and neuromodulators (dopamine, serotonin), the class transitions to weekly disease-specific units. By engaging deeply with primary literature, you will evaluate biological hypotheses regarding how dysfunctions arise within the circuitry underlying learning and emotion.

The senior thesis (PHY 498-499) is a year-long project in which students complete a substantial piece of research and scholarship under the supervision and advisement of a Princeton faculty member. While a year-long thesis is due in the student's final semester of study, the work requires sustained investment and attention throughout the academic year.

The senior thesis (PHY 498-499) is a year-long project in which students complete a substantial piece of research and scholarship under the supervision and advisement of a Princeton faculty member. While a year-long thesis is due in the student's final semester of study, the work requires sustained investment and attention throughout the academic year.

Junior Independent Work requires students to complete a substantial piece of research and scholarship under the supervision and advisement of a Princeton faculty member. The work requires sustained investment and attention throughout the semester. See below for details on works-in-progress submissions and due dates.

Racial ideology was developed to facilitate European elites' and colonizers' attainment of cheap labor and resources. Accordingly, to understand the history of race, we need to understand the relationship between race and labor. This course begins by examining "race" and "labor" as concepts in and of themselves. After that, we look at the relationship between the two ideas, from colonization to the modern day. The course looks at this dynamic through both historical and theoretical lenses. While we will attend to some of the global dimensions of race and labor, we will primarily examine how the two relate in the United States.

Experiments to study and influence politics are increasingly widespread, partly because they identify cause-and-effects that are not possible with polls and other data. No longer confined to the lab, political scientists and campaign operatives use new technology to conduct experiments on thousands of voters in real elections. Massive political experiments have been conducted on Facebook, by mail and telephone, but is it ethical to influence politics in pursuit of new knowledge? What have experiments taught us about voting, identity, and representation in America? This class will cover these and other aspects of using experiments in politics.

The senior thesis (498-499) is a year-long project in which students complete a substantial piece of research and scholarship under the supervision and advisement of a Princeton faculty member. While a year-long thesis is due in the student's final semester of study, the work requires sustained investment and attention throughout the academic year.

The senior thesis (498-499) is a year-long project in which students complete a substantial piece of research and scholarship under the supervision and advisement of a Princeton faculty member. While a year-long thesis is due in the student's final semester of study, the work requires sustained investment and attention throughout the academic year.