This course provides an introduction to the neuroscientific study of cognition. Topics surveyed in the course include the neural bases of perception, attention, memory, language, executive function, emotion, social cognition, and decision making. In covering these topics, the course will draw on evidence from brain imaging (fMRI, EEG, MEG), transcranial magnetic stimulation, electrophysiology, and neuropsychology. The course will also consider how knowledge about the brain constrains our understanding of the mind.

CILO-1: Student will be able to identify the methods used to study human cognition and its neural basis. CILO-2: Student will be able to explain how neural functions support cognitive processes and how multiple cognitive processes are interdependent. CILO-3: Student will be able to read, interpret, and critique experimental evidence pertaining to current theories and hypotheses in cognitive neuroscience. CILO-4: Student will be able to organise information about cognitive neuroscience, clearly and concisely.