COGNITIVE SCIENCE

050.102 (N,S)

LANGUAGE AND MIND (3) Badecker  Introductory course dealing with theory, methods, and current research topics in the study of language as a component of the mind.  What it is to “know a language”: components of linguistic knowledge (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics) and the course of language acquisition.

Sec. 01

MTW 10

050.105 (N,S)

INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY (3) McCloskey Explores cognitive deficits caused by brain damage (including language, perceptual, and spatial deficits), and considers how the deficits shed light on normal mental processes. Cross-listed with Neuroscience

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

050.112 (N,S)

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NATURE, NURTURE, AND COGNITION (3) Landau  Freshmen Only  Limit 12   Using both seminal and contemporary readings as a foundation, this seminar explores how genetics and experience interact to influence thinking, understanding, and the underlying cognitive processes (both human and otherwise). In so doing, we will discuss how innate determination of various components of cognition ultimately influences human nature.

Sec. 01

W 1-3:30

050.320 (N,S)

SYNTAX I (3) Legendre   Prereq: 050.102 or 050.140 or 050.205 or 050.227   Introduces the basic methods and means of analysis used in contemporary syntax investigations, practicing with  data from different languages.

Sec. 01

ThF 2-3:30

050.325 (N,S)

PHONOLOGY I (3) Burzio
Prereq: Previous experience with one other language-related course desirable but not mandatory.  An introduction to the basic principles underlying the mental representation and manipulation of language sounds and their relation to human perception and vocal articulation: how units of sound are both decomposable into elementary features, and combined to form larger structures like syllables and words.

Sec. 01

MT 1-2:15

050.334 (N,S,Q)

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF COGNITION (3) Frank   Prereq: 100-level course in Cognitive Science or Perm. Req’d   Introduction to connectionist, symbolic and statistical techniques used in computational modeling of language, learning and reasoning.  Students will implement models, but no extensive programming background will be assumed. 

Sec. 01

MT 2:30-4

050.339 (N,S)

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT (3) Landau  Limit 25 50  This is a survey course in developmental psychology, designed for individuals with some basic background in psychology or cognitive science, but little or none in development.  The course is strongly theoretically oriented, with emphasis on issues of nature, nurture, and development.

Cross-listed with Psychological and Brain Sciences and Neuroscience

MW 11-12:30

050.372 (Q)

FORMAL METHODS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE: NEURAL NETWORKS (3) Smolensky  Introduction to continuous mathematics for cognitive science, with applications to biological and cognitive network models: real and complex numbers, differential and integral multi-variable calculus, linear algebra, dynamical systems, numerical optimization.

ThF 12-1:30

090.384 (H)
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A DIALOGUE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE (3) Wilczek     Limit 18     
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course
Cross-listed with Romance Languages, German, and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

M 3-4:30
W 2-3:30

200.383 (S)

MENTAL MODELS AND MENTAL LOGIC (3) Halberda  Limit 20
Cross-listed with Psychological and Brain Sciences

Sec. 01

MT 3:30-5

050.501

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - FRESHMEN

050.503

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - FRESHMEN

050.505

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - SOPHOMORES

050.507

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - SOPHOMORES

050.511

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - JUNIORS

050.513

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - JUNIORS

050.515

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - SENIORS

050.517

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE – SENIORS

050.620

SYNTAX I  Legendre Prereq: 050.102 or 050.140 or 050.205 or 050.227  Introduces the basic methods and means of analysis used in contemporary syntax investigations, practicing with data from different languages.

Sec. 01

ThF 2-3:30

050.625

PHONOLOGY I Burzio   Prereq: Previous experience with one other language –related course desirable but not mandatory. An introduction to the basic principles underlying the mental representation and manipulation of language sounds and their relation to human perception and vocal articulation: how units of sound are both decomposable into elementary features, and combined to form larger structures like syllable and words. 

Sec. 01

MT 1-2:15

050.634

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF COGNITION Frank  Prereq: 100-level course in cognitive science or Perm. Req’d  Introduction to connectionist, symbolic and statistical techniques used in computational modeling of language, learning and reasoning.  Students will implement models, but no extensive programming background will be assumed.

Sec. 01

MT 2:30-4

050.639

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Landau Limit 25 50  This is a survey course in developmental psychology, designed for individuals with some basic background in psychology or cognitive science, but little or none in development.  The course is strongly theoretically oriented, with emphasis of nature, nurture and development.
Cross-listed with Psychological and Brain Sciences and Neuroscience

Sec. 01

MW 11-12:30

050.672

FORMAL METHODS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE: NEURAL NETWORKS Smolensky   Introduction to continuous mathematics for cognitive science, with applications to biological and cognitive network models: real and complex numbers, differential and integral multi-variate calculus, linear algebra, dynamical systems, numerical optimization.

Sec. 01

ThF 12-1:30

050.800

DIRECTED READINGS
Sec. 01   Staff
Sec. 02  Badecker
Sec. 03   Burzio
Sec. 04   Frank
Sec. 05   Landau
Sec. 06   Legendre
Sec. 07   McCloskey
Sec. 08   Rapp
Sec. 09   Smolensky

Sec. 01

TBA

050.801

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY McCloskey  Participants in this graduate seminar will read and discuss current research articles in cognitive neuropsychology of vision or language, and present their own research.

Sec. 01

TBA

050.802

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN COGNITIVE PROCESSES Rapp  Current issues and on-going research on human cognition are discussed.

Sec. 01

TBA

050.811

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN LANGUAGE & COGNITION Landau   A specialized research seminar for individuals researching language acquisition, cognitive development and the interface between language and cognition.  Students must actively carry out empirical or theoretical research in these areas.

Sec. 01

TBA

050.823

RESEARCH SEMINAR: PHONOLOGY Smolensky   Prereq: 050.627 or Perm. Req’d   Classic and contemporary readings from the phonology literature on topics of interest to seminar participants.

Sec. 01

W 2-4:30

050.824

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN LEXICAL REPRESENTATION Burzio, Badecker  A critical review of evidence bearing on the question of how words are represented and stored in the mind.

Sec. 01

TBA

050.826

RESEARCH – FORMAL APPROACHES Frank  Topics range from mathematical analysis of neural networks to computational studies of linguistic structure. Focus is on on-going research and current literature.

Sec. 01

TBA

050.827

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Legendre  Prereq: 050.620 Focus is on current research in acquisition of syntax.

Sec. 01

TBA

050.832

RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE PROCESSING Badecker  Current topics in human language processing with discussion of recent developments in theory and experimental study. Course added 09/14/05

Sec. 01

TBA

050.839

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Sec. 01   Staff
Sec. 02  Badecker
Sec. 03   Burzio
Sec. 04   Frank
Sec. 05   Landau
Sec. 06   Legendre
Sec. 07   McCloskey
Sec. 08   Rapp
Sec. 09   Smolensky

050.849

TEACHING PRACTICUM