| source Yale (X) |
level |
department Cognitive Science (X) |
MW 2.30-3.45 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of how the mind works. Discussion of tools, theories, and assumptions from psychology, computer science, neuroscience, linguistics, and philosophy.
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TTh 2.30-3.20 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 27) 12/17/2009 Th 2.00 Areas Sc Permission of instructor required An introduction to human brain anatomy, physiology, and function for Cognitive Science and non-science majors. Focus on basic concepts of neural function and on brain mechanisms underlying higher cognitive abilities. Includes readings about and videos of patients with neuropsychiatric disorders or brain lesions.
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MW 1.00-2.15 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 36) 12/14/2009 M 2.00 Areas So A survey of historical and current approaches to questions about the perception and cognition of music. Topics include psychoacoustics; the cognitive neuroscience of music; relationships between music and language; the nature of musical knowledge; and debates about aesthetics, evolutionary psychology, and musical universals.
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W 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Recent advances in modern neuroscience as they inform or complicate issues in society. Views from disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, economics, political science, law, and religion.
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T 2.30-4.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Consideration of what we like and why we like it. Examination of the pleasure that we get from sex, food, art, fiction, consumer products, and religious rituals. An eclectic approach draws on fields such as behavioral economics and neuroeconomics, evolutionary theory, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and analytic philosophy.
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T 7.00-8.50p Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Introduction to the emerging field of moral cognition. Focus on questions about the philosophical significance of psychological findings. Topics include the role of emotion in moral judgment; the significance of character traits in virtue ethics and personality psychology; the reliability of intuitions and the psychological processes that underlie them.
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1 HTBA Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required Research projects for qualified students. The student must be supervised by a member of the Cognitive Science faculty, who sets the requirements and directs the research. To register, a student must submit a written plan of study to the director of undergraduate studies and the faculty supervisor. The normal minimum requirement is a written report of the completed research, but individual faculty members may set alternative equivalent requirements.
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1 HTBA Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required Individual study for qualified students who wish to investigate an area of cognitive science not covered in regular courses. The student must be supervised by a member of the Cognitive Science faculty, who sets the requirements and meets regularly with the student. To register, a student must submit a written plan of study to the director of undergraduate studies and the faculty supervisor. The normal minimum requirement is a term paper, but individual faculty members may set alternative equivalent requirements.
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W 4.00-5.50 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required A research colloquium leading to the selection of a topic for, and the completion of, the senior essay. Students attend regular colloquium presentations by outside scholars. By the end of the fall term students choose an essay topic. During the spring term presentations become more narrowly focused on students? senior projects.
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