PSYCH 349 (Research Experience in Cognitive Neuroscience)
Fall 2003, 2004
Brain imaging, particularly functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is a promising state-of-the-art tool used to study specialized human brain regions that are involved in cognitive functions. In the first half of the course, we will review the basics of fMRI technique, current experimental design and analysis strategies, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of neuroimaging as a tool for cognitive neuroscientists. In the second half of the course, students will form into groups and propose a new experiment. As a team, you will program the experiment, acquire the fMRI data, and analyze your data. Each student will submit a paper describing the project and each group will give a presentation of their research.
Prerequisites: Psychology 149 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited.
PSYCH 459 (Visual Cognition)
Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2009
This course examines the interaction of vision with higher-order cognitive processes. In plain terms: once the visual system has recovered a set of surfaces from the surrounding scene, what does the brain then do with that information to make it useful? Possible topics will include: object and face recognition, attention, awareness, mental imagery, spatial cognition, and action. Particular emphasis will be placed on cognitive neuroscientific work that addresses these topics.
PSYCH 149 (Cognitive Neuroscience)
Spring 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, Fall 2008
The study of the neural systems that underlie human perception, memory, and language, and of the pathological syndromes that result from distress to these systems.
Graduate
PSYCH 745 (Seminar: fMRI Data Analysis)
Fall 2005, Spring 2009
(with Aguirre)
PSYCH 630 (Proseminar: Cognitive Neuroscience)
Spring 2004, 2006, Fall 2007
(with Jha & Thompson-Schill)
