Week 6 - The brain
A brief introduction to cognitive neuroscience
Tasks
- Submit Assignment 1, which is due on 28 February 2024.
- Do Quiz 3, which will is due on 4 March at 12:00 noon.
- Attend lectures 16, 17, and 18.
- Attend your tutorial group. Make sure to first attempt the Questions for Tutorial 5 on your own.
- Attend one of the drop-in labs.
- Read the readings for this week.
Lectures
| No | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 27 Feb | Modelling in Cognitive Neuroscience |
| 17 | 29 Feb | The Human Brain |
| 18 | 01 Mar | Neurons |
All lectures will be livestreamed and recorded on Echo Video. You may have to log on through Learn before this link works.
Readings
| Gage and Baars 2018 | Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience (Second Edition): Chapter 2 - The Brain | Required |
| Ward 2019 | The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience: Chapter 2 - Introducing the brain | Recommended |
| Brooks, R., Hassabis, D., Bray, D., & Shashua, A. (2012) | Is the brain a good model for machine intelligence?. Nature, 482(7386), 462. | Recommended |
Assignments
To access the assignments, please login in through Learn, and then go the link “Notable LTI 1.2”.
Quizzes
To access the quizzes, please login in through Learn, and then go the link “Gradescope”.
Tutorials
Please attempt to answer the Questions for Tutorial 5. These will be discussed in the tutorial sessions this week.
Labs
Please attend one of the drop-in lab sessions this week. The labs are designed to help with the assignments, and you can ask the lab demonstrator if anything is unclear with Assignment 1.
