Syllabus:

Class Time and Place

Q551 meets Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00-5:15 in room 111 of Psychology.

The section number is 15042.

The home page is at:

http://cognitrn.psych.indiana.edu/busey/q551

Textbook and Readings

(1) Gazzaniga, M.S., Ivry, R.B., and Mangun, G.R. (2002)  2nd edition
Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind.   New York: W.W. Norton.

(2) Assigned readings are announced each week.  Generally, pdf files or some other electronic file will be posted on the webpage.  You should print these papers yourself and bring them to class with you.

Assignments

There are two quizzes, one group project, one perception/phenomenonlogy paper and one final paper. There are also homework assignments peppered throughout the semester.

Quizzes:The quizzes focus on material from the neuroscience section of the course. They cover material from both the lecture and the book.

Grading Breakdown:

• Quiz 1 : 10%
• Quiz 2 : 10%
• Machine Vision Group Project: 15%
• Perception Paper : 15%
• Homework Assignments: 5%
• Participation: 5%
• Final Project: 40%

Grading Scale:

• 38-40    A
• 37         A-
• 35-36    B+
• 34         B
• 32-33    B-
• 29-31    C+
• 27-28    C
• 24-26    C-
• 20-23    D

Schedule

Unit 1 (approximately weeks 1-4)

• History of Cognitive Neuroscience
• Summary of Neurons, Synaptic Transmission
• Brain Areas
• Recording Technologies

Unit 2 (approximately weeks 5-7)

• Perceptual Systems
• Object Recognition
• Attention/Consciousness

Unit 3 (approximately weeks 8-12)

• Learning
• Memory
• Language

Unit 4 (approximately weeks 13-14)

• Development/Plasticity
• Computational Models

Policies

If you know you will miss a class, let me know ahead of time. If you know you will be late with an assignment, send me an email.

The final paper will be due on the day we would ordinarily have a final exam.