NRSC 4500 Cognitive Neuroscience

The origins and principles of cognitive neuroscience and the methods of research conducted in the field. Classic, seminal, and current studies on how the brain performs various tasks. The course discusses the organization of the cerebral cortex and the cortex' role in cognitive processes such as attention, memory, decision making, social decisions, executive function, consciousness, and dementias. Neuroscience majors must take the accompanying Cognitive Neuroscience lab.

Registration Name

Cognitive Neuroscience

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PSYC-3360, NRSC 4300, NRSC 4400

Offered

Demorest: As needed

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Define cognitive processes in terms of their adaptive function(s)
2. Relate cognition processes to the neural circuitry underlying cognitive processes
3. Construct the neural networks involved in generating the behavior of an organism in a real world scenario