september 8 2010 neuroscience 3680 cognitive neuroscience matthew tata fall 2011
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September 8 2010
Neuroscience 3680 Cognitive Neuroscience
Matthew Tata
Fall 2011
-Techniques of Cognitive Neuroscience-Some functional anatomy
-Vision-Attention -Memory
-Language and Music-Executive Control
-Consciousness
Foundations
The Brain in Action
The Plan
•Cognitive Neuroscience, Second or Third Edition by Gazzaniga, Ivry and Mangun
•Consider Scholarpedia as alternative to Wikipedia
•Review articles in Trends in Neuroscience, Trends in Cognitive Science and Nature Reviews Neuroscience
•Brain Voyager Tutor: www.brainvoyager.com/BrainTutor.html
Textbook and Other Resources
•www.uleth.ca -> Class Web Sites -> Neuroscience -> NEUR 3680 click on “A”
•Course outline will be available here
•Lecture slides will be available here
Website
Class Participation 10% Mid-Term 1 20% Tentatively Oct 5; date to be adjusted slightly Mid-Term 2 20% Tentatively Nov 2; date to be adjusted slightly Final 25% TBA Project 25% December 9
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
Evaluation
Your final Letter grade will be calculated as follows:Percentage Letter Grade90-100 A+84-89 A80-83 A-77-79 B+73-76 B70-72 B-67-69 C+63-66 C60-62 C-55-59 D+50-54 D<50 F
Rounding will be by convention except when we decide otherwise!
Grades
Matt’s Office hours: immediately after class
Email: [email protected] Rules: 1. No emailing the night before a test 2. You must try to answer your question on your own first before
emailing me…trust me
Interaction
TAs:
Karla Ponjavic and Amanda McMullen
Interaction
• 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”
“is” ]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”
“is” ]cognition
So why isn’t all Neuroscience “Cognitive Neuroscience”?
What is Cognitive Neuroscience?
Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience Perception (Mainly Vision) Attention Memory Language and Music Consciousness
Topics we will (try) to cover
How many of you have heard the statement that you only use 10% of your brain?
Start Thinking Like a Neuroscientist...
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?
Start Thinking Like a Neuroscientist...
Does it refer to 10% of brain tissue or 10% of a more abstract “functional capacity”?
If it refers to 10% of brain tissue, then which 10%!?
Does it mean “at any moment” or “ever in your life”?
If it means “at any moment” (and it were true), would it be a good thing to boost this number to 100%!?
What does “use” mean?
Start Thinking Like a Neuroscientist...
Is the 10% “myth” true? More importantly, how could you go
about testing this proposition?
Start Thinking Like a Neuroscientist...