3680 Lecture 3680Lecture1

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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/


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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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Cognitive Neuroscience = the study of the

neurobiology that [underlies creates is ]cognition

What is Cognitive

Neuroscience?


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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?



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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?



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