COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of the psychology of knowledge representation, beginning from the foundations of perception, attention, memory, and language to examining concepts, imagery, thinking, decision making, and problem solving. The course address es findings of neuroscience, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience involved in the biological bases of fundamental psychological processes, including sensation and perception, action, memory, language and higher cognition. From a philosophical pers pective of profound body-soul unity, the course considers the human brain as a remarkable substrate which facilitates truly human personality, thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships. Prerequisites: PSYC 201, BIOL 201 or BIOL 211 or BIOL 304, BIOL 202 or BIOL 212 or BIOL 309.