| Date | Topic | *Readings / +Assignments | Notes and Events |
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| Week 1 |
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| Tu Aug 27 | Course introduction |
Suggested readings: transition to college and cognitive science of studying
| Themester orientation
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| Th Aug 29 | What is Cognitive Science? |
Overview doc 1
Thagard 2010 and
Wikipedia
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| Fr Aug 30 | Concept Maps | discussion sections |
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| Week 2 |
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| Tu Sep 03 | Anatomy of an experimental report |
Overview doc 2
Roediger & Karpicke 2006
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| Th Sep 05 | Learning Processes |
Overview doc 3
Roediger & Karpicke 2006 (reread)
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| Fr Aug 31 | | discussion sections |
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| Week 3 |
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| Tu Sep 10 | Stereotype Threat |
Overview doc 4
Rydell et al. 2010
| optional:Science News, July 2010
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| Th Sep 12 | Attention! |
Overview doc 5
Simons & Chabris 1999
| optional:Discover Magazine 2011
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| Fr Sep 07 | | discussion sections |
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| Week 4 |
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| Tu Sep 17 | Turing Dreams: IBM Watson |
Overview doc 6
Ferrucci et al. 2010
| optional:NY Times, Feb 2011
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| Th Sep 19 | Computation: mind or model? |
Overview doc 7
Searle 1980
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| Fr Sep 20 | | discussion sections |
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| Week 5 |
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| Tu Sep 24 | Modeling connections |
Overview doc 8
reading tbd
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| Th Sep 26 | EEG and Face Processing |
Overview doc 9
Carrick et al. 2007
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| Fr Sep 27 | | discussion sections |
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| Week 6 |
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| Tu Oct 01 | Mapping the Connectome |
Overview doc 10
Sporns tbd
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| Th Oct 03 | Eye Contact and the Autistic Spectrum |
Overview doc 11
Pelphrey et al. 2002
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| Fr Oct 04 | | discussion sections |
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| Week 7 |
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| Tu Oct 08 | Midterm review |
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| Th Oct 10 | Exam |
++MIDTERM EXAM
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| Fr Oct 11 | | discussion sections |
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| Week 8 |
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| Tu Oct 15 | Please sir, can I have some more? |
Overview doc 12
Wansink et al.
| Optional: Scheibehenne et al. 2002a
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| Th Oct 17 | Human irrationality? |
Overview doc 13
Tversky & Kahnemann 1983
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| Fr Oct 18 | NO CLASS! | Fall break |
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| Week 9 |
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| Tu Oct 22 | Evolved logic? |
Overview doc 14
Cosmides & Tooby 1997
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| Th Oct 24 | Heuristics & Rationality |
Overview doc 15
Gigerenzer & Todd 2007
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| Fr Oct 25 | | discussion sections |
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| Week 10 |
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| Tu Oct 29 | Search inside and out |
Overview doc 16
Hills et al. 2008
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| Th Oct 31 | Self-knowledge in rats? |
Overview doc 17
Foote & Crystal 2007
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| Fr Nov 01 | | discussion sections |
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| Week 11 |
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| Tu Nov 05 | A-not-B? |
Overview doc 18
Smith & Thelen 1999
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| Th Nov 07 | Throwing arms |
Overview doc 19
Zhu & Bingham 2011
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| Fr Nov 08 | | discussion sections |
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| Week 12 |
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| Tu Nov 12 | Language and Number |
Overview doc 20
Frank et al. 2008
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| Th Nov 14 | Varieties of experience |
Overview doc 21
Brang et al. 2008
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| Fr Nov 15 | | discussion sections |
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| Week 13 |
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| Tu Nov 19 | Social Networks, Group Cognition |
Overview doc 22
tba
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| Thu Nov 21 | Social Networks: Cowbirds |
Overview doc 23
Miller, West and King
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| Fr Nov 22 | | discussion sections
++PAPER Proposals due 5 p.m.
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| Week 14 |
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| Tu Nov 26 | NO CLASS! | Thanksgiving break |
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| Th Nov 28 | NO CLASS! | Thanksgiving break |
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| Fr Nov 29 | NO CLASS! | Thanksgiving break |
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| Week 15 |
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| Tu Dec 03 | Paper conferences |
by appointment |
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| Th Dec 05 | Paper conferences |
by appointment |
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| Fr Dec 06 | | discussion sections
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| Su Dec 08 | | ++PAPER due at midnight |
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| Week 16 |
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| Tu Dec 10 | Weird people? |
Overview doc 24
Henrich et al. 2010 |
[Read sections 1-4 pages 1-14 for today]
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| Th Dec 12 | More Weird
| Henrich et al. 2010 |
[Read sections 5-7 pages 14-23 for today]
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| Fr Dec 13 | | discussion sections |
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| Finals Week |
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| Tu Dec 17 | EXAM | +EXAM as scheduled | Final examination Tuesday 7:15-9:15 p.m. Note time/date!
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