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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.050.102 (01)
Language and Mind
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
Language and Mind AS.050.102 (01)
Introductory course dealing with theory, methods, and current research topics in the study of language as a component of the mind. What it is to "know" a language: components of linguistic knowledge (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics) and the course of language acquisition. How linguistic knowledge is put to use: language and the brain and linguistic processing in various domains.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/125
PosTag(s): COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
AS.050.105 (01)
Introduction to Cognitive Neuropsychology
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
McCloskey, Michael E
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Introduction to Cognitive Neuropsychology AS.050.105 (01)
When the brain is damaged or fails to develop normally, even the most basic cognitive abilities (such as the ability to understand words, or perceive objects) may be disrupted, often in remarkable ways. This course explores a wide range of cognitive deficits, focusing on what these deficits can tell us about how the normal brain works. Topics include brain anatomy and causes of brain damage, reading and spelling deficits, unilateral spatial neglect, hemispheric disconnection, cortical plasticity, and visual perception of location and orientation. Students read primary sources: journal articles that report deficits and discuss their implications.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: McCloskey, Michael E
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/200
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.121 (01)
Freshman Seminar: Theory of Mind and the Science of “Mindreading”
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Davis, Elizabeth Emory
COGS-PHLMND, COGS-COGPSY
Freshman Seminar: Theory of Mind and the Science of “Mindreading” AS.050.121 (01)
Fundamental to nearly all of human social behavior – including the use of language, the development of complex societies and cultures, pretending and storytelling – is the understanding that others have their own thoughts, beliefs, and intentions guiding their behavior. This capacity for “mindreading” is known as theory of mind. This course will explore what it means to have a theory of mind. Are humans born with a theory of mind? Does theory of mind interact with other aspects of cognition? How and why did theory of mind evolve in humans? Are humans unique amongst animals in having a theory of mind? The course will examine basic concepts of the mind and intention in philosophy and psychology, and review research from psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience on topics including the development of theory of mind in children, the relationship between language and theory of mind, neurological correlates of theory of mind, links between theory of mind and autism, and theory of mind in non-human animals.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Davis, Elizabeth Emory
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): COGS-PHLMND, COGS-COGPSY
AS.050.121 (02)
Freshman Seminar: Theory of Mind and the Science of “Mindreading”
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Davis, Elizabeth Emory
COGS-PHLMND, COGS-COGPSY
Freshman Seminar: Theory of Mind and the Science of “Mindreading” AS.050.121 (02)
Fundamental to nearly all of human social behavior – including the use of language, the development of complex societies and cultures, pretending and storytelling – is the understanding that others have their own thoughts, beliefs, and intentions guiding their behavior. This capacity for “mindreading” is known as theory of mind. This course will explore what it means to have a theory of mind. Are humans born with a theory of mind? Does theory of mind interact with other aspects of cognition? How and why did theory of mind evolve in humans? Are humans unique amongst animals in having a theory of mind? The course will examine basic concepts of the mind and intention in philosophy and psychology, and review research from psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience on topics including the development of theory of mind in children, the relationship between language and theory of mind, neurological correlates of theory of mind, links between theory of mind and autism, and theory of mind in non-human animals.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Davis, Elizabeth Emory
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): COGS-PHLMND, COGS-COGPSY
AS.050.206 (01)
Bilingualism
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-LING
Bilingualism AS.050.206 (01)
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 offered as AS.050.606.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-LING
AS.050.311 (01)
Written Language: Normal Processing and Disorders
W 3:00PM - 5:45PM
Rapp, Brenda C
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO, NEUR-CG, NEUR-ST
Written Language: Normal Processing and Disorders AS.050.311 (01)
This course surveys both the historical development of written language as well as current cognitive theories that account for the manner in which the written language is represented and processed by readers/writers of a language. Issues regarding the relationship between the written and spoken language, the neural bases of written language, the acquisition of written language skills, as well as acquired and developmental disorders of reading and writing will be examined.
Practicum in Language Disorders- Community Based Learning
Rapp, Brenda C
CSC-CE
Practicum in Language Disorders- Community Based Learning AS.050.318 (01)
This course provides the opportunity to learn about adult aphasias, language disorders which are one of the most common consequences of stroke. You will receive training in supportive communication techniques and work as a communication partner with an individual with aphasia for two hours per week. Three class meetings for orientation and reading assignments will be held on campus; training and practicum will be conducted at a local aphasia support center. Transportation required. Colisted with Neuroscience (AS.080.400). Additional information can be found on http://krieger.jhu.edu/neuroscience/academics/practicums/practicum-in-language-disorders, the Department of Neuroscience's Website. Find out more on the practicum location at
http://www.scalebaltimore.org, SCALE Baltimore.
In-depth examination of the current literature on cognitive development in the context of developmental cognitive neuroscience. Please see course prerequisites. Meets with AS.050.632.
This is an introduction to the study of meaning in natural language. We address the conceptual and empirical issues in semantic theory and introduce some formal machinery that has been developed to deal with such problems. After discussing foundational questions, we turn to formal semantics and pragmatics, as well as their interfaces with syntax and the lexicon. Specific topics include presupposition, type-driven composition, quantification, lexical aspect, argument structure, and lexical representations of meaning.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Rawlins, Kyle
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 22/35
PosTag(s): COGS-LING
AS.050.348 (01)
First Language Acquisition
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
First Language Acquisition AS.050.348 (01)
This course provides an introduction to the fields of first and second language acquisition by looking at questions such as the following: Can the grammar of a native language be learned solely on the basis of noticing statistical correlations among words? How does native language acquisition explain — or is explained by — the universal properties, shared by all languages, of words and grammars? How does being exposed to multiple languages from birth affect language acquisition and what happens when a child is not exposed to any language early in life? Does the same cognitive mechanism guide language learning in children and adults? What factors account for individual differences in ease and ultimate attainment when a second language is learned later in life? Is it possible to become indistinguishable from a native speaker in a foreign language? What changes take place in the brain when a new language is learned? Also offered as AS.050.648.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/19
PosTag(s): COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
AS.050.365 (01)
Cracking the code: Theory and modeling of information coding in neural activity
Cracking the code: Theory and modeling of information coding in neural activity AS.050.365 (01)
One of the most foundational concepts in neuroscience is the idea that neural activity encodes information about an animal’s sensory environment and internal mental states. This idea is closely connected to the concept of mental representation in cognitive science and philosophy, whereby the mind is proposed to contain internal symbols that represent things in the external world. There have been many fascinating discoveries about how neural signals encode information, but we are still far from a comprehensive theory of neural representation. Recent major developments in neuroscience and machine learning have opened up a new world of possibilities for investigating the underlying principles of information coding in the brains of humans and other animals. In this course, we will discuss primary research articles on neural representation and information processing, and students will implement computational analyses that address issues in these domains. We will mostly focus on vision as a system that illustrates broader principles of information processing in the human brain. The reading material will include work from philosophy, neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and computational modeling. The topics covered include mental and neural representation, neural tuning, population coding, information theory, encoding and decoding models, dimensionality reduction, computational models, deep learning, and other applications of machine learning in neuroscience. Enrollment is limited to Juniors and Seniors. While this class does not have formal prerequisites, programming experience (e.g., AS 250.205 Introduction to Computing) and mathematical preparation (e.g., AS.110.107 Calculus II) are essential. It is also highly recommended that students have previously taken introductory courses in cognitive or systems neuroscience (e.g., AS.050.203 Neuroscience: Cognitive) and machine learning or neural network modeling (e.g., AS.050.372 Foundations of Neural Network Theory).
What underlies our aesthetic response to music? How and why are we able to identify certain sounds as music? To what extent are music and natural language similar? What is it about music that evokes such powerful emotions such as happiness and sadness? What is unique to musical creativity? Examining such questions from cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophical perspectives, this course explores relevant research and theory in the emerging domain of music perception and cognition. Students will complete a final research paper on the topic of their choice that integrates the course material.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 11:30AM
Instructor: Lopez-Gonzalez, Monica
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY
AS.376.371 (02)
Introduction to Music Cognition
M 5:00PM - 7:30PM
Lopez-Gonzalez, Monica
COGS-COGPSY
Introduction to Music Cognition AS.376.371 (02)
What underlies our aesthetic response to music? How and why are we able to identify certain sounds as music? To what extent are music and natural language similar? What is it about music that evokes such powerful emotions such as happiness and sadness? What is unique to musical creativity? Examining such questions from cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophical perspectives, this course explores relevant research and theory in the emerging domain of music perception and cognition. Students will complete a final research paper on the topic of their choice that integrates the course material.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 5:00PM - 7:30PM
Instructor: Lopez-Gonzalez, Monica
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY
AS.200.313 (01)
Models of Mind and Brain
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Honey, Christopher
NEUR-CG, NEUR-CP, COGS-COMPCG
Models of Mind and Brain AS.200.313 (01)
This is a seminar surveying computational approaches to understanding mental and neural processes, including sensory and conceptual representation, categorization, learning and memory. The course will also develop familiarity with computational tools such as numerical simulation, linear transformation and data visualization.
Recommended Course Background: AS.110.106 / Calculus I OR AS.110.108 Calculus I, AS.050.101 / Cognition OR AS.200.211 / Sensation & Perception OR AS.080.105 / Introduction to Neuroscience OR other introductory coursework in cognitive & neural sciences. Experience with at least one programming language is strongly recommended.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Honey, Christopher
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): NEUR-CG, NEUR-CP, COGS-COMPCG
AS.050.375 (01)
Probabilistic Models of the Visual Cortex
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Yuille, Alan L
COGS-COMPCG, NEUR-CG, NEUR-ST, NEUR-CP, CSCI-APPL
Probabilistic Models of the Visual Cortex AS.050.375 (01)
The course gives an introduction to computational models of the mammalian visual cortex. It covers topics in low-, mid-, and high-level vision. It briefly discusses the relevant evidence from anatomy, electrophysiology, imaging (e.g., fMRI), and psychophysics. It concentrates on mathematical modeling of these phenomena taking into account recent progress in probabilistic models of computer vision and developments in machine learning, such as deep networks.
Required Background: Calculus I and experience in a programming language (Python preferred).
