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Cognitive neuroscience2011VT
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Course plan
No of Lectures
10
Recommended for
All Ph.D. students in SweCog
The course was last given
The course has not been given before
Goals
cognitive processes
• The students should know understand the principles of cognitive processing in
the brain
• The student should have knowledge of the main theories about the functions of
different
brain regions
• The student should have an overview of the different methods used within
cognitive
neuroscience
• The students should be able to read and analyze the scientific literature in
cognitive
neuroscience
Prerequisites
The course can be taken by all Ph.D. students in SweCog and Ph.D. students in related areas.
Organization
Two meetings of one day and a half.
Contents
The course gives basic insights about the anatomy and function of the brain
from a cognitive
perspective and describes the biological basis for cognitive abilities. This
includes the relation between
learning, motivation, attention and memory. The course addresses questions
like: how do we recognise
and object or understand a visual scene? What are emotions? What is the
relation between conscious
and unconscious processes? How can we think about the future, make decisions
and plan? How are
actions controlled?
Literature
Gazzaniga, M. S., Ivry, R. B. & Mangun, G. R. (2006): Cognitive Neuroscience:
The Biology of the
Mind. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Lecturers
Christian Balkenius, et al.
Examiner
Christian Balkenius
Examination
Course paper based in a number of specific questions
Credit
7,5 hp
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