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Neuroscience 3680 - Cognitive Neuroscience Dr. Matthew Tata and Dr. Robert Sutherland

Neuroscience 3680 - Cognitive Neuroscience Dr. Matthew Tata and Dr. Robert Sutherland. The Plan. Techniques of Cognitive Neuroscience Some functional anatomy Vision Attention and Executive Functions Memory Language and Music Consciousness. Foundations. The Brain in Action. Text.

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Neuroscience 3680 - Cognitive Neuroscience Dr. Matthew Tata and Dr. Robert Sutherland

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  1. Neuroscience 3680 - Cognitive Neuroscience Dr. Matthew Tata and Dr. Robert Sutherland

  2. The Plan • Techniques of Cognitive Neuroscience • Some functional anatomy • Vision • Attention and Executive Functions • Memory • Language and Music • Consciousness Foundations The Brain in Action

  3. Text • Cognitive Neuroscience, Second or Third Edition by Gazzaniga, Ivry and Mangun

  4. Website www.uleth.ca -> Class Web Sites -> Neuroscience -> NEUR 3680 click on “A” Course outline will be available here Lecture slides will be available here

  5. Evaluation • Class Participation 10% • Mid-Term 1 20% Date TBA in class • Mid-Term 2 20% Date TBA in class • Final 25% Date TBA • Project 25% Due in last class Midterms will be in-class, location of final T.B.A.

  6. Evaluation • Project will be a written research proposal describing a research question, a theory that potentially answers this question and an experiment to test that theory…more details in the coming weeks

  7. Grades Rounding will be by convention except when we decide otherwise!

  8. Interaction • Matt’s Office hours: immediately after class • Email: matthew.tata@uleth.caor robert.sutherland@uleth.ca • Rules: • 1. No emailing the night before a test • 2. You must try to answer your question on your own first before emailing me…trust me

  9. Interaction • TAs: Tine Gulbrandsen (tine.gulbrandsen@uleth) and Megan Metzler (megan.metzler@uleth.ca) email them to make an appointment

  10. What is Cognitive Neuroscience? • Cognition = “Representing”, interpreting, using and storing information by the mind • Neuroscience = the study of the nervous system

  11. What is Cognitive Neuroscience? • Cognition = “Representing”, interpreting, using and storing information by the mind • Neuroscience = the study of the nervous system • Cognitive Neuroscience = the study of the neurobiology that underlies/creates/IS cognition

  12. What is Cognitive Neuroscience? • Cognition = “Representing”, interpreting, using and storing information by the mind • Neuroscience = the study of the nervous system • Cognitive Neuroscience = the study of the neurobiology that underlies (creates?) cognition So why isn’t all Neuroscience “Cognitive Neuroscience”?

  13. Topics we will (try) to cover • Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience • Perception (Mainly Vision) • Attention • Memory • Language and Music • Consciousness

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