Also offered as AS.050.371. This course introduces techniques for computational modeling of aspects of human cognition, including perception, categorization, and induction. Possible topics include maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference, structured statistical models (including hierarchical and graphical models), nonparametric models. The course emphasizes the close connections among data analysis, theory development, and modeling, with examples drawn from language and vision.

• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Wilson, Colin
• Room: Krieger 111
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/6
• PosTag(s): n/a

Participants in this graduate seminar will read and discuss current research articles in cognitive neuropsychology of vision or language, and present their own research.

• Days/Times: T 8:30AM - 10:30AM
• Instructor: McCloskey, Michael E
• Room: Krieger 143
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

A specialized research seminar for individuals researching language acquisition, cognitive development and the interface between language and cognition. Students must actively carry out empirical or theoretical research in these areas. Permission required.

• Days/Times: Th 12:00PM - 1:30PM
• Instructor: Landau, Barbara
• Room: Krieger 231
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 7/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

This seminar will discuss papers and ongoing research in the areas of computational cognitive neuroscience, with a focus on different areas of visual and social perception.

• Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Isik, Leyla
• Room: Krieger 119
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

This seminar is based on topics in computational vision with the option of attending additional subgroup meetings on specific topics.

• Days/Times: F 11:00AM - 1:00PM
• Instructor: Yuille, Alan L
• Room: Malone 228
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/20
• PosTag(s): n/a

Readings and research presentations on varying topics in mathematics, computation, and formal linguistics with bearing on cognitive science.

• Days/Times: F 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Wilson, Colin
• Room: Krieger 234C
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 6/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

Introduces advanced research topics in cognitive science to graduate students through a series of speakers and discussions.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bonner, Mick; Isik, Leyla
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/25
• PosTag(s): n/a

How does the mind work? Cognitive science addresses this question from a multidiscliplinary perspective, drawing upon methods and ideas from psychology, neurophysiology, neuroscience, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science. Within this framework, computational cognitive science has two related goals. The first is to create computational models of human cognition, computer programs that simulate certain aspects of the mind. The second is to understand how to produce intelligent behavior in machines, taking cues from humans. The computational frameworks we will discuss include symbolic structured representations, probabilistic inference and artificial neural networks, as applied to concept learning, language and vision. Some programming experience and mathematical preparation are essential if interested in this course. Interested undergraduate students should enroll in AS.050.202.

• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Rawlins, Kyle
• Room: Krieger 111
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 0/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course surveys theory and research concerning how mental processes are carried out by the human brain. Currently a wide range of methods of probing the functioning brain are yielding insights into the nature of the relation between mental and neural events. Emphasis will be placed on developing an understanding of both the physiological bases of the techniques and the issues involved in relating measures of brain activity to cognitive functioning. Methods surveyed include electrophysiological recording techniques such as EEG, ERP, single/multiple unit recording and MEG; functional imaging techniques such as PET and fMRI; and methods that involve lesioning or disrupting neural activity such as cortical stimulation, animal lesion studies, and the study of brain-damaged individuals. Also offered as AS.050.203.

• Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
• Instructor: Bonner, Mick
• Room: Hodson 110
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 6/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Do children get confused when they grow up exposed to more than one language? Is it possible to forget one’s native language? Are the first and second language processed in different areas of the brain? How does brain damage impact the different languages of a polyglot? Does knowing a second language affect non-linguistic cognitive processing? This course will address questions such as these through an exploration of mental and neural processes underlying bilingual and multilingual language processing. Also listed as AS.050.206.

• Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia
• Room: Krieger 111
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course explores theories of speech sound generation in the human vocal system, in order to learn the relationships between discrete linguistic classes of sounds and their articulatory and acoustic manifestations. Foundations for these theories include an understanding of the anatomy employed during speech, as well as principles of airflow and pressure, which are united in the source-filter theory of speech production. As speech unfolds in time, the resulting acoustic signal is altered according to the vocal tract’s configuration, leading to characteristic acoustic manifestations for vowels and consonants. These phonetic cues, in turn, ground formal phonological representations via distinctive feature theory. The course includes a practical introduction to measurement of the acoustic correlates of speech sounds.

• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Renwick, Margaret
• Room: Krieger 134A
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 8/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Introduces the basic methods and means of analysis used in contemporary syntax investigations, practicing with data from different languages. Also offered as AS.050.320.

• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Koval, Pasha
• Room: Krieger 111
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 4/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

An introduction to the basic principles underlying the mental representation and manipulation of language sounds and their relation to human perception and vocal articulation: how units of sound are both decomposable into elementary features and combined to form larger structures like syllables and words. The role of rules and constraints in a formal theory of phonological competence and in accounting for the range of variation among the world’s languages. Also offered as AS.050.325.

• Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Wilson, Colin
• Room: Krieger 111
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Also offered as AS.050.326. This course explores general issues and methodologies in cognitive science through the reading of classic works (from Plato and Kant through Skinner and Turing) and recent research articles to begin construction of a coherent picture of many seemingly divergent perspectives on the mind/brain. Recent brain-based computational models serve to focus discussion. Also offered as AS.050.326.

• Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
• Instructor: Hale, John
• Room: Krieger 134A
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 0/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Recent advancements in neuroscience, computational cognitive science and machine learning have led to new possibilities for understanding the mind and brain. With the current neural network modelling and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, scientists are able to decode neural representation to understand one’s internal mental state. In this course, we will discuss how to utilize the latest technologies, including voxel-wise encoding models, convolutional neural networks (CNNs), generative adversarial networks (GANs) and transformers, to model neural representations with a focus on vision. Students will read latest primary research articles and gain hands-on neural modelling experience. Recommended course background: At least one course in each cognitive neuroscience and introduction to computing. Also offered as AS.050.373

• Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Li, Donald
• Room: Krieger 108
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 0/2
• PosTag(s): CSCI-OTHER

This is a survey course in developmental psychology designed for individuals with some basic background in psychology or cognitive science, but little or none in development. The course is strongly theoretically oriented, with emphasis on issues of nature, and development psychology as well as relevant empirical evidence. The principle focus will be early development, i.e., from conception through middle childhood. The course is organized topically, covering biological and prenatal development, perceptual and cognitive development, the nature and development of intelligence, and language learning. Also offered as AS.050.239.

• Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
• Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia
• Room: Krieger 111
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

First language acquisition is natural and seemingly effortless. The situation is reversed when one tries to learn another language. This course discusses in what ways first and second language acquisition (SLA) differ and how individual differences of the learners as well as external factors contribute to the variability observed in rates and ultimate proficiency of second language learning in children and adults. We will discuss such topics as Universal Grammar access in early and late SLA, first language influence, critical periods, possibility of native-like attainment, and language attrition. Recommended background in at least one of the following: AS.050.102 Language and Mind, AS.050.606 Bilingualism, AS.050.620 Syntax I, AS.050.625 Phonology I, AS.050.648 First Language Acquisition, or equivalent. Recommended background in at least one prior linguistics course.

• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia
• Room: Krieger 111
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Have you ever wondered about the relationships between language and thought? Philosophers, linguists, psychologists, evolutionary theorists and cognitive scientists have too and this course will survey the current thinking on this matter. Classical papers such as those by Whorf and Sapir, more recent philosophical papers by people such as Fodor and Dennett, and recent empirical work by linguists and psycholingists on the relationship between language and thinking in development and in adults will be covered. Discussions will focus on the theoretically possible relationships between language and thought and the empirical data that speak to these.

• Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Landau, Barbara
• Room: Krieger 134A
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): BEHB-BIOBEH, COGS-COGPSY, COGS-LING

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Landau, Barbara
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Legendre, Geraldine
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: McCloskey, Michael E
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Kocab, Annemarie
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bonner, Mick
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Rapp, Brenda C
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Rawlins, Kyle
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Wilson, Colin
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Yuille, Alan L
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Isik, Leyla
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Directed readings on current topics in cognitive science. Instructor approval required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Hale, John
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Participants in this graduate seminar will read and discuss current research articles in cognitive neuropsychology of vision or language, and present their own research.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: McCloskey, Michael E
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 8/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

Permission required. Current issues and ongoing research on human cognition are discussed.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Rapp, Brenda C
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 8/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

Participants in this seminar will read and discuss current research articles in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The seminar will focus on research that provides insights into the representations and algorithms of the human brain, with an emphasis on vision and natural semantic understanding.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bonner, Mick
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 8/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

A specialized research seminar for individuals researching language acquisition, cognitive development and the interface between language and cognition. Students must actively carry out empirical or theoretical research in these areas. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Landau, Barbara
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 8/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

This seminar is based on topics in computational vision with the option of attending additional subgroup meetings on specific topics.

• Days/Times: F 11:00AM - 1:00PM
• Instructor: Yuille, Alan L
• Room: Malone 228
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 16/20
• PosTag(s): n/a

A critical analysis of current issues and debates in natural language semantics. Discussion of on-going research. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Rawlins, Kyle
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 7/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

Readings and research presentations on varying topics in mathematics, computation, and formal linguistics with bearing on cognitive science. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Wilson, Colin
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 8/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

Participants in this graduate seminar will read and discuss current research articles in language learning, creation, and evolution. To enroll, students must be actively carrying out empirical or theoretical research in these areas. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Kocab, Annemarie
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 6/8
• PosTag(s): n/a

This seminar offers a critical exploration of foundational issues and current debates in experimental syntax. Students will engage with recent empirical studies, develop methodological skills, and design their own experiments to investigate syntactic phenomena. Topics will range from data collection and analysis to the interpretation of experimental results in relation to the central findings of theoretical syntax.

• Days/Times: T 11:00AM - 1:00PM
• Instructor: Koval, Pasha
• Room: Krieger 234C
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Landau, Barbara
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Legendre, Geraldine
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: McCloskey, Michael E
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Kocab, Annemarie
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 4/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bonner, Mick
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Rapp, Brenda C
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Rawlins, Kyle
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Smolensky, Paul
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Wilson, Colin
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Yuille, Alan L
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Isik, Leyla
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 4/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Current topics in any area of cognitive science, including language and vision, with discussion of recent developments in theory, experimental study, and computational modeling. Permission required.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Hale, John
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Landau, Barbara
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 1/1
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: McCloskey, Michael E
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 1/3
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Kocab, Annemarie
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bonner, Mick
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 3/4
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Rapp, Brenda C
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Rawlins, Kyle
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 2/2
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Wilson, Colin
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 1/2
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Yuille, Alan L
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Isik, Leyla
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 2/2
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 2/2
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Li, Donald
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 0/1
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Koval, Pasha
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 1/2
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Hale, John
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Essential for Teaching Assistants to satisfy graduate degree TA requirements. Students must register to the appropriate instructor's section based on department assignments.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Renwick, Margaret
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 2/2
• PosTag(s): n/a

Introduces advanced research topics in cognitive science to graduate students through a series of speakers and discussions.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bonner, Mick; Isik, Leyla
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 14/20
• PosTag(s): n/a