Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience Dr. Matthew Tata

-Techniques of Cognitive Neuroscience -Some functional anatomy -Vision -Attention and Executive Functions -Memory -Language -Consciousness Foundations The Brain in Action The Plan

-Cognitive Neuroscience, Second or Third Edition by Gazzaniga, Ivry and Mangun Text

Evaluation Mid-Term 1 25%Oct. 10 in class Mid-Term 2 25%Nov. 12 in class Final 25% Dec. 12 9:00 – 12:00 Project 25%Due in last class Midterms will be in-class, location of final T.B.A.

Evaluation Project will be a written research proposal describing a research question, a theory that potentially answers this question and an experiment to test that theory…more details in the coming weeks

Grades Rounding will be by convention except when I decide otherwise!

Interaction My Office hours: immediately after class –Rules: –1. No ing the night before a test –2. You must try to answer your question on your own first before ing me…trust me

Interaction TA: Crystal Ehresman her to make an appointment

Cognition = Interpreting, using and storing information by the mind What is Cognitive Neuroscience?

Cognition = “Representing”, interpreting, using and storing information by the mind Neuroscience = the study of the nervous system What is Cognitive Neuroscience?

Cognition = “Representing”, interpreting, using and storing information by the mind Neuroscience = the study of the nervous system Cognitive Neuroscience = the study of the neurobiology that underlies (creates?) cognition What is Cognitive Neuroscience?

Cognition = “Representing”, interpreting, using and storing information by the mind Neuroscience = the study of the nervous system Cognitive Neuroscience = the study of the neurobiology that underlies (creates?) cognition What is Cognitive Neuroscience? So why isn’t all Neuroscience “Cognitive Neuroscience”?

Topics we will (try) to cover Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience Perception (Mainly Vision) Attention Memory Language Consciousness

Important Stuff that we won’t cover (but you should know) Some of the history of neuroscience (Chapter 1) Neurons and how they work (Chapter 2) Basic Gross Anatomy (Chapter 3) –We will go into some functional anatomy in detail

The Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience How many of you have heard the statement that you only use 10% of your brain?

The Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience How many of you have heard the statement that you only use 10% of your brain? What do you suppose this means? Would that be a bad thing?

The Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience How many of you have heard the statement that you only use 10% of your brain? What do you suppose this means? Would that be a bad thing? Is it true? How could you know?

The Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience Next time: Goals and Techniques