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September 8 2010
Neuroscience 3680
Cognitive Neuroscience
Matthew Tata
Fall 2011
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-Techniques of Cognitive Neuroscience
-Some functional anatomy
-Vision
-Attention
-Memory
-Language and Music-Executive Control
-Consciousness
Foundations
The Brain inAction
The Plan
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Cognitive Neuroscience, Second or Third Edition by
Gazzaniga, Ivry and Mangun
Consider Scholarpedia as alternative to Wikipedia
Review articles in Trends in Neuroscience, Trends in
Cognitive Science and Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Brain Voyager Tutor:
www.brainvoyager.com/BrainTutor.html
Textbook and Other
Resources
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www.uleth.ca-> Class Web Sites -> Neuroscience -> NEUR3680 click on A
Course outline will be available here
Lecture slides will be available here
Website
http://www.uleth.ca/http://www.uleth.ca/8/11/2019 3680 Lecture 3680Lecture1
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Class Participation 10%
Mid-Term 1 20% Tentatively Oct 5; date to be adjusted slightly
Mid-Term 2 20% Tentatively Nov 2; date to be adjusted slightly
Final 25% TBA
Project 25% December 9
Midterms will be in-class, location of final T.B.A.
Evaluation
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Project will be a written research proposal describing a research question, atheory that potentially answers this question and an experiment to test thattheorymore details in the coming weeks
Evaluation
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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 A-77 -79 B+
73 -76 B
70 -72 B-
67 -69 C+
63 -66 C
60 -62 C-
55 -59 D+
50 -54 D
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TAs:
Karla Ponjavic and Amanda McMullen
Interaction
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Cognition = Representing, interpreting, using and
storing information by the mind
Neuroscience = the study of the nervous system
What is Cognitive
Neuroscience?
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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
What is Cognitive
Neuroscience?
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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
So why isnt all Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience?
What is Cognitive
Neuroscience?
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Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience
Perception (Mainly Vision)
AttentionMemory
Language and Music
Consciousness
Topics we will (try) to cover
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How many of you have heard the statement
that you only use 10% of your brain?
Start Thinking Like aNeuroscientist...
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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?
Start Thinking Like aNeuroscientist...
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Does it refer to 10% of brain tissue or 10% of amore abstract functional capacity?
If it refers to 10% of brain tissue, then which10%!?
Does it mean at any moment or ever in yourlife?
If it means at any moment (and it were true),would it be a good thing to boost this number to100%!?
What does use mean?
Start Thinking Like aNeuroscientist...
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