Cognitive neuroscience

This course explores the cognitive and neural processes that support attention, vision, language, motor control, navigation, and memory. It introduces basic neuroanatomy, functional imaging techniques, and behavioral measures of cognition, and discusses methods by which inferences about the brain bases of cognition are made. We consider evidence from patients with neurological diseases (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Balint's syndrome, amnesia, and focal lesions from stroke) and from normal human participants.

There are no required texts for this course; however, there is an extensive reading list of primary research literature.

Class attendance is mandatory.

Neuroanatomy demonstration, wet lab

Jerry Schneider

Sonal Jhaveri

Neuroimaging methods in cognitive neuroscience

1 student presentation

8-min quiz

1 student presentation

8-min quiz

1 student presentation

8-min quiz

1 student presentation

8-min quiz

1 student presentation

8-min quiz

1 student presentation

8-min quiz

Parkinson's disease

Case presentation

8-min quiz

1 student presentation

8-min quiz

2 student presentations

1 student presentation

8-min quiz

2 student presentations

1 student presentation

8-min quiz

Mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer's disease

Case presentation

8-min quiz

Paper due

2 student presentations

Developmental cognitive neuroscience

2 student presentations

No quiz

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