Psychology 246 - Cognitive Neuroscience

Spring
2018
01
4.00
Mara Breen
MW 08:35AM-09:50AM
Mount Holyoke College
102926
Reese 302
mbreen@mtholyoke.edu
Cognitive psychologists investigate the features and functions of the human mind through behavioral techniques; neuroscientists explore the physiology of the human brain. Cognitive Neuroscience lies at the intersection of these disciplines, and asks questions like: How are memories represented in the brain? Is our brain pre-prepared to learn language and if so, how? How does the average human brain still outperform most face recognition software? This course explores the cognitive and neural processes that support vision, attention, language, memory, and music. It introduces basic neuroanatomy, functional imaging techniques, and behavioral measures of cognition.
Prereq: PSYCH-100 or NEURO-100.
This course counts in the cognitive or biol bases area of the psychology major.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.