Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Behaviour and the Brain 2: Cognitive Neuroscience
Course Number:
P_BBAC_2
Course Description:
At the end of the course, you will have gained a basic understanding of some explanatory models in cognitive neuroscience (computational, mechanistic). In addition, you will have obtained a broad overview of the history of cognitive neuroscience, the most important discoveries that were crucial in developing the field, and the people who made them. You will have gained basic knowledge of the architecture of the brain and the evolutionary history of the nervous system. You will have gained basic knowledge of the methods and techniques used in cognitive neuroscience such as electrophysiology, EEG, fMRI, TMS and tDCS. You will know which neural mechanisms are involved in vision and perception. You will know some of the mechanisms involved in neural plasticity and memory, and finally, you will have obtained a bird’s eye view of some current neurobiological theories of consciousness and how they relate to attention.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
PSYC 461
Attachment Files:
Studyguide (22)_3.pdf
