Psychology 506: Cognitive Neuroscience

Winter Quarter, 2009

Monday & Wednesdays 12:00 – 1:20, PAA A214

 

Instructors: Lee Osterhout & Scott Murray

Email: losterho@u.washington.edu & somurray@u.washington.edu



 

Date

Topic

Assignments

Readings

Jan 5

Class mechanics, Introduction to topic

 

 

Jan 7

Discussion: Cognitive Neuroscience "big picture"

 

Discussion: #1, #2, #3, #4

       

Jan 12

Methods: fMRI & ERP

 

Background: fMRI Article; ERP Article

Jan 14

Discussion: fMRI ROI approach; ERP source localization

 

fMRI Discussion: Friston et al; Saxe et al

ERP Discussion: Michel et al; Luck

 

 

 

 

Jan 19

HOLIDAY

 

 

Jan 21

Discussion: Other Methods

 

DTI, lesion, TMS, VBM

       

Jan 26

Visual Processing & Encoding

Position Paper #1 Due

Background:  Retinotopy 1, Retinotopy 2, MT article, Color Article

Jan 28

Visual Processing & Encoding

 

Discussion of Face/Expertise Debate: Article 1, Article 2, Tsao et al., Grill-Spector et al., Reply 1, Reply 2, Reply 3, Behrmann_DTI_prosopag

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

 

     

Feb 2

Higher Perceptual Functions

 

Background:  LOC paper, Adaptation paper, Repetition paper, Dorsal/Ventral paper

Feb 4

Higher Perceptual Functions

 

Discussion: Article 1, Article 2, Article 3

Discussion Questions

 

 

 

 

Feb 9

Selective Attention

 

Background: Kanwisher Review, Corbetta Review

Feb 11

Selective Attention

Position Paper #2 Due

Discussion: Yi et al., Wolmesdorf et al

Discussion Questions

 

 

 

 

Feb 16

HOLIDAY

 

 

Feb 18

Learning and Memory

 

Marshall_Nature Stickgold_comment Vanderwerf_NN

 

 

 

 

Feb 23

Learning and Memory

 

Assigned: Maguire_PNAS, Draganski_JNeurosci, Discussion Points Optional: Maguire_lesion, Spiers_NN Janzen_NN

Feb 25

Executive Function

Position Paper #3 Due

 

 

 

 

 

March 2

Executive Function

 

 

March 4

Language

 

Emmorey_NI_07, Emmorey_PNAS_2003

 

 

 

 

March 9

Language

 

 

March 11