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Except where noted below, chapter readings are from the course text:
Reisberg, Daniel. Cognition: Exploring the Science of The Mind. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2001. ISBN: 039397622X.
| ses # | TOPICS | readings | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction How We Read | Chapter 1 and 2 | |
| 2 | Object Recognition | Chapter 3 | |
| 3 | Attention I | Chapter 4 | |
| 4 | Attention II | Luck, S. J., E. K. Vogel, and K. L. Shapiro. "Word Meanings can be Accessed but not Reported During the Attentional Blink." Nature 383, no. 6601 (October 17, 1996): 616-618. | |
| 5 | Lab 1: Memory | ||
| 6 | Memory I: Working Memory | Chapter 5 | Lab 1 report due |
| 7 | Memory II: Conceptual Short Term Memory | ||
| 8 | Memory III: Implicit Memory | Chapter 6 | Quiz 1 due two days after Lec 8 |
| 9 | Memory IV: Remembering and Forgetting | Chapter 7 (Jodi Davenport) | |
| 10 | Memory V: Associative Memory | Chapter 8 | |
| 11 | Learning | Anderson, J. R. Learning and Memory: an Integrated Approach. 2nd ed. NY: Wiley, 2000. Chapter 2, and some of 3. ISBN: 0471249254. | |
| 12 | Lab 2: Images, Concepts, Language | ||
| 13 | Concepts and Prototypes | Chapter 9 | Lab 2 report due |
| 14 | Language: Psycholinguistics | Chapter 10 | |
| 15 | Visual Knowledge | Chapter 11 | Quiz 2 due two days after Lec 15 |
| 16 | Mental Codes I | Potter, M. C., and B. A. Faulconer. "Time to Understand Pictures and Words." Nature 253, no. 5491 (1975): 437-438. | |
| 17 | Mental Codes II | ||
| 18 | Lab 3: Judgment, Reasoning, and Problem-solving | ||
| 19 | Judgment and Reasoning I | Chapter 12, and 13 (Tevye Krynski) | Lab 3 report due |
| 20 | Judgment and Reasoning II | (Tevye Krynski) | |
| 21 | TBA | ||
| 22 | Solving Problems | Chapter 14 | |
| 23 | Conscious and Unconscious Thought | Chapter 15 | |
| 24 | Review |