Cognitive Neuroscience

Listed material: This course has the following required textbook and supporting material:

Listed material: Name: Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind (including ZAPS digital resources) Edition: 5th Authors: Gazzaniga, M.S., Ivry, R.B., & Mangun, G.R. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Listed material: Online Activities Core Topics 1 Jan 8th An Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience

Listed material: 2 Jan 15th A Refresher on Cognition & Neuroscience

Listed material: Chapter 2: Structure & Function of the Nervous System (sections 2.1 to 2.6)

Listed material: Chapter 3: Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience

Listed material: VIDEO: What is so special about the human brain? 3 Jan 22nd The History of Cognitive Neuroscience

Listed material: Chapter 1: A Brief History of Cognitive Neuroscience

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook -- Foundations of cognitive neuroscience

Listed material: VIDEO: How does the brain work in everyday situations? 4 Jan 29th In-Class Exam #1

Listed material: Covering material from Weeks 1 to 3 Basic Cognitive Functions 5 Feb 5th Visual Perception

Listed material: Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception (sections 5.1, 5.6, and 5.7)

Listed material: CASE STUDY: Seeing beyond the visual cortex 6 Feb 12th Attention

Listed material: Chapter 7: Attention

Listed material: Last updated: 6th January 2025

Listed material: Chapter 2: Structure & Function of the Nervous System (section 2.7)

Listed material: Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception (sections 5.4 and 5.9)

Listed material: Chapter 8: Action (sections 8.1, 8.5, and 8.6)

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook -- Language, Plasticity, and the Brain

Listed material: CASE STUDY: Phantom limb 8 Mar 5th In-Class Exam #2

Listed material: Covering material from Weeks 5 to 7 Higher-Order Cognitive Functions 9 Mar 12th Memory

Listed material: Chapter 9: Memory

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook -- Multiple systems of memory

Listed material: This course has the following required textbook and supporting material:

Listed material: Name: Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind (including ZAPS digital resources) Edition: 6th (prior editions may not sufficiently cover course content) Authors: Gazzaniga, M.S., Phelps, E.A., Bassett, D.S., Mangun, G.R., & Ivry, R.B. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Listed material: Online Activities 1 Sep 2nd An Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook Chapter 1: Conversation with philosopher Mazviita Chirimuuta on what insights philosophy can offer to science [6 mins]

Listed material: Last updated: 1st September 2025

Listed material: 2 Sep 9th A Refresher on Cognition & Neuroscience

Listed material: Chapter 2: Structure & Function of the Nervous System

Listed material: ZAPS: Signal Detection

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook Chapter 2: Neurons [9 mins]

Listed material: Chapter 1: A Brief History of Cognitive Neuroscience

Listed material: ZAPS: Problem Solving

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook Interviews: Foundations of cognitive neuroscience [3 mins]

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook Chapter 1: Conversation with philosopher Lauren Ross on causal diversity [11 mins]

Listed material: ARTICLE: Human endeavor, human biases [8 mins] 4 Sep 23rd In-Class Exam #1

Listed material: Covering material from Weeks 1 to 3

Listed material: Chapter 3: Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience

Listed material: ZAPS: Implicit Association Test

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook Interviews: Historical and Physiological Foundations of Modern Neuroimaging [7 mins]

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook Chapter 3: How does an MRI scan work? [2 mins]

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook Interviews: Using fMRI to Measure Brain Activity [3 mins]

Listed material: CASE STUDY: Direct Electric Stimulation of Left Hemisphere Regions Disrupts Language Processing [2 mins]

Listed material: 6 Oct 21st Visual Perception

Listed material: Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception (sections 5.1, 5.6, and 5.7)

Listed material: Chapter 14: Consciousness (section 14.5 until 2nd paragraph after Figure 14.15)

Listed material: ZAPS: Ponzo Illusion

Listed material: VIDEO: Textbook Chapter 5: What We See Is What We Hear [2 mins]

Listed material: CASE STUDY: Seeing beyond the visual cortex [2 mins] 7 Oct 28th Attention

Listed material: Text book: Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind by M.S, Gazzangia, R.B. Ivry and G.R. Mangun, Norton Fifth Edition.