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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.050.105 (01)
Introduction to Cognitive Neuropsychology
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
McCloskey, Michael E
Remsen Hall 101
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: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/125
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.348 (01)
Language Acquisition
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Krieger 111
COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
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 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Room: Krieger 111
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
AS.050.212 (01)
Introduction to Computational Cognitive Science Lab
F 2:15PM - 3:30PM
Kim, Najoung
Krieger 111
Introduction to Computational Cognitive Science Lab AS.050.212 (01)
This course is a hands-on lab supplement for Introduction to Computational Cognitive Science. While this lab is optional, it is highly recommended to students with less extensive computational and mathematical experience.
Credits: 0.50
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 2:15PM - 3:30PM
Instructor: Kim, Najoung
Room: Krieger 111
Status: Open
Seats Available: 27/50
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.050.346 (01)
Decoding the Brain: Multivariate Analysis in Cognitive Neuroscience
Decoding the Brain: Multivariate Analysis in Cognitive Neuroscience AS.050.346 (01)
Neural decoding through Machine Learning has become an ever-important tool for neuroscientists to understand how the brain processes information. This course introduces students to this exciting field with seminar-style lectures and hands-on practice sessions. The course will be organized around a number of corner-stone applications of neural decoding in Cognitive Neuroscience, topics include face recognition, concept knowledge representation, and bridging language model and the brain. In the practice sessions, students will learn to analyze actual neuroimaging data and replicate the published findings with off-the-shelf software. By the end of the course, students will be familiar with the basic methods of neural decoding, and acquire hands-on experience of data analysis. Prior programming knowledge is not required and programming skill per se is not part of the evaluation, yet students are expected to familiarize themselves with the scripting interface and understand the basics through the practice sessions. If an interested student has taken a statistics course comparable to one of the listed prerequisite courses, contact the instructor and include the course number and description.
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: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Wilson, Colin
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 58/125
PosTag(s): COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
AS.050.202 (01)
Introduction to Computational Cognitive Science
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Linzen, Tal
Krieger 111
COGS-COMPCG
Introduction to Computational Cognitive Science AS.050.202 (01)
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. While this class does not have formal prerequisites, some programming experience (e.g., AS 250.205 Introduction to Computing or equivalent) and mathematical preparation (e.g., AS.110.107 Calculus II or equivalent) are essential.
An optional, hands-on lab (AS.050.212) is offered to supplement this course. It is highly recommended that students with less extensive computational and mathematical experience register for this lab.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Linzen, Tal
Room: Krieger 111
Status: Open
Seats Available: 17/50
PosTag(s): COGS-COMPCG
AS.050.346 (02)
Decoding the Brain: Multivariate Analysis in Cognitive Neuroscience
Decoding the Brain: Multivariate Analysis in Cognitive Neuroscience AS.050.346 (02)
Neural decoding through Machine Learning has become an ever-important tool for neuroscientists to understand how the brain processes information. This course introduces students to this exciting field with seminar-style lectures and hands-on practice sessions. The course will be organized around a number of corner-stone applications of neural decoding in Cognitive Neuroscience, topics include face recognition, concept knowledge representation, and bridging language model and the brain. In the practice sessions, students will learn to analyze actual neuroimaging data and replicate the published findings with off-the-shelf software. By the end of the course, students will be familiar with the basic methods of neural decoding, and acquire hands-on experience of data analysis. Prior programming knowledge is not required and programming skill per se is not part of the evaluation, yet students are expected to familiarize themselves with the scripting interface and understand the basics through the practice sessions. If an interested student has taken a statistics course comparable to one of the listed prerequisite courses, contact the instructor and include the course number and description.
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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Room: Krieger 111
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/29
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-LING
AS.050.360 (01)
Computational Psycholinguistics
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Linzen, Tal
Krieger 134A
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-LING, COGS-COMPCG, NEUR-CP
Computational Psycholinguistics AS.050.360 (01)
How do we understand and produce sentences in a language we speak? How do we acquire the knowledge that underlies this ability? Computational psycholinguistics seeks to address these questions using a combination of two approaches: computational models, which aim to replicate the processes that take place in the human mind; and human experiments, which are designed to test those models. The perspective we will take in this class is that the models and experimental paradigms do not only advance our understanding of the cognitive science, but can also help us advance artificial intelligence and language technologies. While computational psycholinguistics spans all levels of linguistic structure, from speech to discourse, our focus in this class will be at the level of the sentence (syntax and semantics). The course will assume familiarity with programming and computational modeling frameworks in cognitive science, as covered by Introduction to Computational Cognitive Science or equivalent. Also offered as AS.050.660.
An optional, hands-on lab (AS.050.361) is offered to supplement this course. It is highly recommended that students with less extensive computational and mathematical experience register for this lab.
This course is an optional hands-on lab supplement for Computational Psycholinguistics. While this lab is optional, it is highly recommended to students with less extensive computational and mathematical experience.
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.
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: Mattin Center 101
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY
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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.050.203 (01)
Neuroscience: Cognitive
Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Shaffer 3
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Neuroscience: Cognitive AS.050.203 (01)
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.
It’s strongly recommended that students have background in one of the following courses: AS.050.101 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.200.141.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.203 (05)
Neuroscience: Cognitive
Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Shaffer 3
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Neuroscience: Cognitive AS.050.203 (05)
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.
It’s strongly recommended that students have background in one of the following courses: AS.050.101 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.200.141.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.116 (01)
Visual Cognition
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Isik, Leyla
Krieger 170
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-COMPCG, COGS-NEURO
Visual Cognition AS.050.116 (01)
How do humans make sense of the visual world around them? This course will provide an introductory survey of current research, methods, and theories in visual cognition. We will draw upon topics in cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive neuropsychology, and artificial intelligence.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Isik, Leyla
Room: Krieger 170
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/55
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-COMPCG, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.203 (03)
Neuroscience: Cognitive
Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Shaffer 3
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Neuroscience: Cognitive AS.050.203 (03)
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.
It’s strongly recommended that students have background in one of the following courses: AS.050.101 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.200.141.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.203 (04)
Neuroscience: Cognitive
Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Shaffer 3
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Neuroscience: Cognitive AS.050.203 (04)
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.
It’s strongly recommended that students have background in one of the following courses: AS.050.101 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.200.141.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.203 (07)
Neuroscience: Cognitive
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Shaffer 3
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Neuroscience: Cognitive AS.050.203 (07)
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.
It’s strongly recommended that students have background in one of the following courses: AS.050.101 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.200.141.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/25
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.203 (09)
Neuroscience: Cognitive
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Shaffer 3
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Neuroscience: Cognitive AS.050.203 (09)
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.
It’s strongly recommended that students have background in one of the following courses: AS.050.101 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.200.141.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/25
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.203 (06)
Neuroscience: Cognitive
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Shaffer 3
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Neuroscience: Cognitive AS.050.203 (06)
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.
It’s strongly recommended that students have background in one of the following courses: AS.050.101 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.200.141.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/25
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.203 (08)
Neuroscience: Cognitive
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Shaffer 3
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Neuroscience: Cognitive AS.050.203 (08)
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.
It’s strongly recommended that students have background in one of the following courses: AS.050.101 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.200.141.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/25
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.203 (02)
Neuroscience: Cognitive
Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Shaffer 3
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Neuroscience: Cognitive AS.050.203 (02)
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.
It’s strongly recommended that students have background in one of the following courses: AS.050.101 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.200.141.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.315 (01)
Cognitive Neuropsychology of Visual Perception: The Malfunctioning Visual Brain
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
McCloskey, Michael E
Mergenthaler 111
COGS-NEURO, COGS-COGPSY, NEUR-CG
Cognitive Neuropsychology of Visual Perception: The Malfunctioning Visual Brain AS.050.315 (01)
When we think about our ability to see, we tend to think about our eyes, but in fact vision happens mostly in the brain. This course explores the remarkable perceptual deficits that occur when the visual regions of the brain are damaged or fail to develop normally, focusing on what these perceptual malfunctions tell us about normal visual perception. Topics include visual system anatomy and physiology; functional specialization in the lower visual system as revealed by cerebral achromatopsia (color blindness resulting from brain damage) and akinetopsia (impaired motion perception); cortical plasticity in the visual system; spatial deficits in perception and action; and the implications of high-level visual deficits, including prosopagnosia (impaired face recognition), Charles Bonnet syndrome (complex visual hallucinations in blind areas of the visual field), blindsight (accurate responding to visual stimuli despite apparent inability to see them), and aphantasia (lack of visual imagery).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: McCloskey, Michael E
Room: Mergenthaler 111
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/50
PosTag(s): COGS-NEURO, COGS-COGPSY, NEUR-CG
AS.050.203 (10)
Neuroscience: Cognitive
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Shaffer 3
COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Neuroscience: Cognitive AS.050.203 (10)
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.
It’s strongly recommended that students have background in one of the following courses: AS.050.101 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.200.141.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bonner, Michael, Rapp, Brenda C
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/25
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.050.326 (01)
Foundations of Cognitive Science
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Smolensky, Paul
Krieger 134A
NEUR-CG, NEUR-CP, COGS-COMPCG, COGS-PHLMND
Foundations of Cognitive Science AS.050.326 (01)
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.050.626.
This course will be devoted to the study of formal systems that have proven useful in the cognitive science of language. We will discuss a wide range of mathematical structures and techniques and demonstrate their applications in theories of grammatical competence and performance. A major goal of this course is bringing students to a point where they can evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing formal theories of cognitive capacities, as well as profitably engage in such formalization, constructing precise and coherent definitions and rigorous proofs. Also offered as AS.050.670.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Rawlins, Kyle
Room: Krieger 134A
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/17
PosTag(s): COGS-LING, COGS-COMPCG
AS.050.349 (01)
Second Language Acquisition
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Krieger 300
COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
Second Language Acquisition AS.050.349 (01)
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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Room: Krieger 300
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
AS.050.371 (01)
Bayesian Inference
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Wilson, Colin
Krieger 111
NEUR-CG, NEUR-CP, COGS-COMPCG
Bayesian Inference AS.050.371 (01)
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. Also offered as AS.050.671.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Wilson, Colin
Room: Krieger 111
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): NEUR-CG, NEUR-CP, COGS-COMPCG
AS.050.320 (01)
Syntax I
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Legendre, Geraldine
Krieger 111
COGS-LING
Syntax I AS.050.320 (01)
Introduces the basic methods and means of analysis used in contemporary syntax investigations, practicing with data from different languages. Also offered as AS.050.620.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Legendre, Geraldine
Room: Krieger 111
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/20
PosTag(s): COGS-LING
AS.050.318 (01)
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. Independent mode of transportation required. Co-listed as AS.080.400 in Neuroscience. Find out more about the practicum site at https://www.leagueforpeople.org/scale.
Credits: 2.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times:
Instructor: Rapp, Brenda C
Room:
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 1/3
PosTag(s): CSC-CE
AS.050.358 (01)
Language & Thought
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Landau, Barbara
Krieger 134A
COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
Language & Thought AS.050.358 (01)
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. Juniors and seniors only. Freshmen and sophomores by permission of instructor only.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Landau, Barbara
Room: Krieger 134A
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
AS.050.339 (01)
Cognitive Development
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Krieger 300
BEHB-BIOBEH, COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Cognitive Development AS.050.339 (01)
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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Room: Krieger 300
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/20
PosTag(s): BEHB-BIOBEH, COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.376.372 (01)
Topics in Music Cognition
T 9:00AM - 11:30AM
Lopez-Gonzalez, Monica
Mattin Center 101
COGS-COGPSY
Topics in Music Cognition AS.376.372 (01)
This course explores the similarities and differences between music and language, the effects of musical training on cognitive development, and the expressive power of music, with an introduction to music and its role in film. We will read relevant research and theory on these topics from cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology, musicology, and philosophical perspectives.
