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Introduction to Cognitive Science / Lecture (030007-WiSe20/21)

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. Cognitive Neuroscience of Perception
  3. Modeling Vision
  4. Consciousness and Perception
  5. Cognitive models of semantics and pragmatics
  6. Psychology of Learning
  7. Principles of Motor Control
  8. Theories of Emotion
  9. Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion
  10. Enacted and Embodied Cognition
  11. Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory
  12. Models of Learning and Memory
  13. Social Cognition: Evolution, Development, Pathology

Semester: WT 2024/25
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