050.101 (N,S)

COGNITION (3) Frank    Limit 100 Introduces the Cognitive Science perspective on the study of mental processes, drawing upon cognitive psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, and artificial intelligence. The course explores theories of human vision, reasoning, and language.

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ThF 10:30-12

050.140 (H,N,S)

THE WORLD OF LANGUAGE (3) Legendre   This course exposes students to the fascinating variety and uniformity to be found among the world’s languages. Does language determine thought? Are languages related? How did English change over time?

Sec. 01

MTW 11

050.203 (N,S)

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE: EXPLORING THE LIVING BRAIN (3) Rapp   Limit 30   Freshmen by permission    Co-listed as 080.203 in Neuroscience

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TTh 2-3:15 ThF 9-10:30

050.314 (H,N)

CLASSIC PAPERS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING (3) Landau Perm. Req’d Prereq: Jr. or Sr. standing – CogSci or PBS major     Classic and current issues in language acquisition focusing on enduring questions and issues – how different scientific disciplines and theorists and experimentalists have addressed these issues.

Sec. 01

W 2-4

050.315 (N,S)

COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF VISUAL PERCEPTION  (3) McCloskey Prereq: any one of the following: 050.105, 050.311, 050.203 or  080.203  When the visual areas of the brain are damaged or fail to develop normally, remarkable perceptual deficits may result. Course explores a variety of visual deficits, focusing on what the deficits tell about normal visual perception. Cross-listed with Neuroscience

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M 2-4:15

050.330 (N,S)

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS (3) Badecker

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T 2-4:15

050.331 (S,N,Q)

ATYPICAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (3) Barriere  Prereq: Lower division course in Cogsci or psychological development Limit 11
This course will explore atypical language development in populations with mental retardation, communication breakdowns or morphosyntactic impairment, with an emphasis on how their study informs theories of development and conceptualizations of cognitive functions.

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F 2-4:30

200.160 (S)

FOUNDATIONS OF MIND (4) Feigenson/Halberda  
Limit 25 per section

Cross-listed with Psychological and Brain Sciences, Behavioral Biology, and Philosophy

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Th 1

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050.502

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE FOR FRESHMEN

050.504

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE FOR FRESHMEN

050.506

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE FOR SOPHOMORES

050.508

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE FOR SOPHOMORES

050.510

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP/COGNITIVE SCIENCE Course added 11/16/04

050.512

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE FOR JUNIORS

050.514

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE FOR JUNIORS

050.516

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE FOR SENIORS

050.518

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE FOR SENIORS

050.614

CLASSIC PAPERS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING Landau   Perm. Req’d  Prereq:  Jr. or Sr. standing – Cogsci or PBS major     Classic and current issues in language acquisition focusing on enduring questions and issues – how different scientific disciplines and theorists and experimentalists have addressed these issues.

Sec. 01

W 2-4

050.628

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS Badecker Graduate level course added 01/27/05

Sec. 01

T 2-4:15

050.631

ATYPICAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT   Barriere    Prereq: Lower division course in Cogsci or psychological development. Limit 4 This course will explore atypical language development in populations with mental retardation, communication breakdowns or morphosyntactic impairment, with an emphasis on how their study informs theories of development and conceptualizations of cognitive functions.

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F 2-4:30

050.666

INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM SPEECH AND TEXT Staff   Prereq: 550.310 or equiv. expertise in C or C++ programming     Introduction to statistical methods of speech recognition (automatic transcription of speech) and understanding. Continuation of 600.465 but independent of it. Weekly assignments and several programming projects   Co-listed with Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:15

050.800

DIRECTED READINGS Staff

050.801

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY  McCloskey Current issues and ongoing research in cognitive neuropsychology are discussed.

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TBA

050.802

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN COGNITIVE PROCESSES Rapp Open to undgraduates with instructor's perm. Current issues and ongoing research on human cognition are discussed. Behavioral and neuroimaging literature on the development of written language abilities (reading and spelling) in both normally and abnormally developing children will be discussed.

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TBA

050.811

RESEARCH SEMINAR: LANGUAGE & COGNITION Landau  A specialized research seminar for individual researching language acquisition, cognitive development and the interface between language and cognition. Active research.

Sec. 01

TBA

050.821

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE Frank / Legendre  Topics in phonological, morphological, syntactic, and/or semantic theory. Discussion of the current literature and specifically of the relevance of linguistic results for the study of the mind.

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TBA

050.825

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN OPTIMALITY THEORY Burzio This seminar aims to look at the ways in which knowledge of language in the domains of phonology and morphology can be said to have a statistical or numerical basis and explore the possible consequences for formal theories, and the OT framework in particular. Current topics in optimality theory, taken from areas such as phonology, syntax, acquisition and learnability, computational and psychological issues in processing, and relations to neural networks and cognitive theory.

Sec. 01

Th 1-3:30 2-3:30

050.839

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

050.849

TEACHING PRACTICUM Staff

050.850

DEPARTMENTAL READING COURSE Legendre  Offered on non-Colloquium Thursdays

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Th 3:30-5:30