Introduction into Cognitive Science (030005-WiSe21/22)

The lecture introduces the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science in combining philosophy, psychology, computational modeling and neurosciences. The lecture has the aim to deliver important basic knowledge from empirical sciences in the framework of theory formation. For philosophy student the credit points are delivered on the basis of a written examination or on the basis of an oral exam. For cognitive science students the credit point can only be acquired on the basis of the written examination and it presupposes in addition some active work in the obligatory additional seminar.
The structure of the lecture:
  1. Introduction: History of Cognitive Science
  2. Basic Concepts in Cognitive Science.
  3. Cognitive Neuroscience of Perception
  4. Modeling Vision
  5. Philosophy of Perception
  6. Development of Vision
  7. Enacted and Embodied Cognition
  8. Models of Motor Control
  9. Theories of Emotion
  10. Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion
  11. Psychology of Learning
  12. Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory
  13. Models of Learning and Memory
  14. Social Cognition: Evolution, Development, Pathology

Semester: SoSe 2025