Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience

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Course Description

How does our brain give rise to our abilities to perceive, act and think? Survey of the basic facts, empirical evidence, theories and methods of study in cognitive neuroscience exploring how cognition is instantiated in neural activity. Representative topics include perceptual and motor processes, decision making, learning and memory, attention, reward processing, reinforcement learning, sensory inference and cognitive control.

Grading Basis

ROP - Letter or Credit/No Credit

Min

4

Max

4

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

No

Course Component

Discussion

Enrollment Optional?

Yes

Course Component

Lecture

Enrollment Optional?

No

This course has been approved for the following WAYS

Scientific Method and Analysis (SMA), Social Inquiry (SI)

Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?

No

Programs

PSYCH50 is a completion requirement for: