PSYC 3760

Survey of the diversity of systems of communication found in animals, including humans, and how they are tailored to the variety of social and ecological challenges that different species face. The overarching goal will be to distill from this variety some common design principles from which we can begin to understand how communication systems function, how they evolve, and how they are organized mechanistically. Prerequisite(s): Psychology 2700 AND One of Psychology 2030, Sociology 2130, Statistics 1770, or Psychology 3450/Health Sciences 3450