Neuroscience 3680 - Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr. Matthew Tata
The Plan
Foundations
-Techniques of Cognitive Neuroscience
-Some functional anatomy
The Brain in
Action
-Vision
-Attention and Executive Functions
-Memory
-Language
-Consciousness
Text
-Cognitive Neuroscience, Second or
Third Edition by Gazzaniga, Ivry and
Mangun
Evaluation
•
•
•
•
Mid-Term 1 25%
Mid-Term 2 25%
Final 25%
Project 25%
Oct. 10 in class
Nov. 12 in class
Dec. 12 9:00 – 12:00
Due in last class
Midterms will be in-class, location of
final T.B.A.
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
Grades
Your f inal Lett er grade will be calculat ed as fo llows:
Percenta ge
Lett er Grade
90 -100
A+
84 -89
A
80 -83
A77 -79
B+
73 -76
B
70 -72
B67 -69
C+
63 -66
C
60 -62
C55 -59
D+
50 -54
D
<50
F
Rounding will be by convention except
when I decide otherwise!
Interaction
• My Office hours: immediately after class
• Email: [email protected]
– 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
Interaction
• TA:
Crystal Ehresman
[email protected]
email her to make an appointment
What is Cognitive Neuroscience?
•
Cognition = Interpreting, using and storing
information by the mind
What is Cognitive Neuroscience?
•
Cognition = “Representing”, interpreting,
using and storing information by the mind
•
Neuroscience = the study of the nervous
system
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
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”?
Topics we will (try) to cover
•
•
•
•
•
•
Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience
Perception (Mainly Vision)
Attention
Memory
Language
Consciousness
Important Stuff that we won’t
cover (but you should know)
• Some of the history of neuroscience
(Chapter 1)
• Neurons and how they work (Chapter 2)
• Basic Gross Anatomy (Chapter 3)
– We will go into some functional anatomy in
detail
The Methods of Cognitive
Neuroscience
• How many of you have heard the statement
that you only use 10% of your brain?
The Methods of Cognitive
Neuroscience
• How many of you have heard the statement
that you only use 10% of your brain?
• What do you suppose this means? Would
that be a bad thing?
The Methods of Cognitive
Neuroscience
• How many of you have heard the statement
that you only use 10% of your brain?
• What do you suppose this means? Would
that be a bad thing?
• Is it true? How could you know?
The Methods of Cognitive
Neuroscience
• Next time: Goals and Techniques