Lecture Notes

Only selected lecture notes are available.

LEC # TOPICS
1 Overview of cognition (PDF)
2

Nervous system

3

Organization of the brain and neurotransmitters (PDF)

4

Research: methods, concepts, and concerns (PDF)

5

Vision

6

Color perception

7 Visual processing
8

Optical illusions

9 Attention I
10 Attention II
11 Working memory I (PDF)
12

Working memory II

13

Learning and memory (PDF)

14 Learning and long term potentiation
15 Number processing
16 Numbers and math (PDF)
17 Auditory perception (PDF)
18 Language processing
19 Language and the brain (PDF)
20 Language production (PDF)
21 Some thoughts about music (PDF)
22 Alzheimer's disease (PDF)
23

Decision making and choices (PDF)