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Course Outlines

Summer 2024 - PSYC 382 D100

Cognitive Neuroscience (3)

Class Number: 3956

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Mon, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Wed, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Ryan deKergommeaux
    rdekergo@sfu.ca
    Office: RCB 6242
    Office Hours: Wednesday 1:30pm - 2:30pm

  • Prerequisites:

    PSYC 201, 221, and 280.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Examines the neurophysiological bases of cognitive and perceptual phenomena such as memory, attention, language, thinking, imagery, vision, audition, and sensory processes. The study of human cognitive performance with measurement techniques such as ERP, PET, and MRI is also discussed.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course offers a broad and general overview of the field of cognitive neuroscience, touching on topics such as attention, learning and memory, sensation and perception, motor control, language, brain development, and cognitive disorders. The neurophysiological bases of these cognitive phenomena are examined, along with the measurement techniques that have been used to investigate the brain's role in mental functions including EEG, ERPs, fMRI, and PET.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Topics:

Brain Anatomy, Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience, Motor Control, Sensation and Perception, Attention, Object Recognition, Spatial Cognition, Language, Learning and Memory, Executive Function, Emotion, Cognitive Disorders, Psychopathology, Brain Development and Plasticity, Social Cognition.

Grading

  • Quiz 1: 10%
  • Quiz 2: 10%
  • Quiz 3: 10%
  • Quiz 4: 10%
  • Mid-Term Exam: 25%
  • Final Exam: 35%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Banich, M. T., & Compton, R. J. (2023). Cognitive Neuroscience (5th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN: 9781108926386

Registrar Notes:

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