COGNITIVE
SCIENCE |
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text indicates the current, updated information. |
| 050.102
(N,S) |
LANGUAGE
AND MIND (3)
Badecker Limit 200 150
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 Limit
125 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 |
| 050.109
(N,S) |
MINDS,
BRAINS, AND COMPUTERS (3) Smolensky Prereq: Calculus I recommended Limit 80
40 Mental processes such as language comprehension
and visual perception involve complex computations carried out
by the brain. But how do brains compute? What exactly does it
mean to “compute” anyway? How do the brain and mind relate?
These questions will be explored from a range of interdisciplinary
perspectives, including recent attempts to develop “neural network”
computers which strive to be models of how both the mind and
the brain compute. |
Sec. 01 |
MW 2-3:30 |
| 050.205
(N,S) |
THE
STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH (3) Burzio
Limit 40 Our knowledge of English has a complex
and yet regular structure in all major linguistic domains: word-formation
(morphology), sound structure (phonology), and structure of
phrases (syntax). This course uncovers the principles that make
up our knowledge of English and reflects on the fact that they
are largely acquired without specific instruction. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 1:30-3:30 |
| 050.227
(N,S) |
TOPICS
IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES (3) Burzio / Legendre
Limit 40 The major romance languages such as
French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese are only a few of the myriad
of local languages, all descendants of Latin that the collapse
of the Roman Empire gave rise to. This course explores the major
changes both in sound structure and in general grammatical organization
that marked the transition between Latin and the Romance Languages,
and their different territorial distributions. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 10:30-12 |
| 050.356
(N,S) |
SPECIAL
TOPICS IN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT (3) Halberda/Landau
Limit 4 Junior
or Senior status for undergrads Advanced seminar on tools/background for developmental
theorist/researchers. Readings cover human cognitive development, other
species, computational modeling, and theoretical-philosophical
underpinnings. Intense round-table debate, heavy reading, graduate
and advanced undergraduates.
Co-listed with Psychological and Brain Sciences |
Sec. 01 |
W 12-2:30 |
| 050.364
(N,S) |
ADVANCED
TOPICS IN COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY (3) McCloskey Limit 30 Course added 9/14/06 |
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F 2-4 |
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050.370
(N,S) |
FORMAL
METHODS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE (3) Frank Limit 40 This course will be devoted to the study of formal
systems that have proven useful in the cognitive science of
language. We will discuss a wide range of mathematical structures
and techniques and demonstrate their applications in theories
of grammatical competence and performance. A major goal of this
course is bringing students to a point where they can evaluate
the strengths and weaknesses of existing formal theories of
cognitive capacities, as well as profitably engage in such formalization,
constructing precise and coherent definitions and rigorous proofs. |
|
ThF 12-1:30 |
| 150.476 (H) |
PHILOSOPHY
AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE (3) Gross
Limit 25 An examination of
some philosophically important foundational issues in the cognitive
sciences. Topics covered this year will include modularity (the
"Swiss Army Knife" view of the mind), innate knowledge,
adaptationist hypotheses in psychology, and the computational
theory of mind. The first part of the course will provide background
for understanding a recent series of exchanges between Steven
Pinker (How the Mind Works) and Jerry Fodor (The Mind Doesn't
Work That Way), which will occupy the second part of the course.
Other figures read will include Chomsky, Sperber, Carruthers,
Tooby and Cosmides, Sterelny, etc., as well as a few selections
from Plato, Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz for historical perspective.
Cross-listed with Philosophy & Psychological and Brain
Sciences Course added 7/19/06 |
Sec. 01
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ThF 12-1:30 |
| 050.501 |
READINGS IN COGNITIVE
SCIENCE - FRESHMEN |
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| 050.503 |
RESEARCH
IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - FRESHMEN |
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| 050.505 |
READINGS IN COGNITIVE
SCIENCE - SOPHOMORES |
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| 050.507 |
RESEARCH
IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - SOPHOMORES |
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| 050.509 |
COGNITIVE
SCIENCE INTERNSHIP |
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| 050.511 |
READINGS IN COGNITIVE
SCIENCE - JUNIORS |
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| 050.513 |
RESEARCH
IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - JUNIORS |
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| 050.515 |
READINGS IN COGNITIVE
SCIENCE - SENIORS |
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| 050.517 |
RESEARCH
IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE – SENIORS |
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| 050.602 |
TOPICS
IN COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY Limit 30 Course
added 08/24/06 |
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TBA |
| 050.656 |
SPECIAL
TOPICS IN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Halberda / Landau Limit
15 Same as course 050.356
Co-listed with Psychological and Brain Sciences |
Sec. 01 |
W 12-2:30 |
| 050.670 |
FORMAL
METHODS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE Frank Limit 40 Same as course 050.370. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 12-1:30 |
| 050.800 |
DIRECTED
READINGS Limit 40 per section
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 Limit 30 Course
added 08/24/06 |
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TBA |
| 050.802 |
RESEARCH
SEMINAR IN COGNITIVE PROCESSES McCloskey Limit 20 Current issues and on-going
research on human cognition are discussed. |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
| 050.811 |
RESEARCH
SEMINAR IN LANGUAGE AND COGNITION Landau Limit 20
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 |
| 050.822 |
RESEARCH
SEMINAR: SYNTAX Frank
/ Legendre Limit 20
Prereq: 050.620 or Perm. Req’d. A critical analysis of current issues and debates
in theoretical syntax. Discussion of ongoing research. |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
| 050.825 |
SEMINAR
IN OPTIMALITY THEORY Smolensky Limit 20 This seminar will read
selected chapters from the book, Smolensky
& Legendre (2006), The Harmonic
Mind: From Neural Computation to Optimality Theoretic Grammar. |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
| 050.835 |
SEMINAR
IN EXPERIMENTAL AND PROCESSING LINGUISTICS Badecker / Smolensky
Limit 20 Readings and research addressing the
application of experimental methods to core questions of grammatical
theory and the application of grammatical theory to questions
of language processing. |
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 |
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| 050.849 |
TEACHING
PRACTICUM Required course for Teaching
Assistants |
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