9.65 | Spring 2004 | Undergraduate

Cognitive Processes

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Except where noted below, chapter readings are from the course text:

Reisberg, Daniel. Cognition: Exploring the Science of The Mind. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2001. ISBN: 039397622X.

ses # TOPICS readings KEY DATES
1

Introduction

How We Read

Chapter 1 and 2  
2 Object Recognition Chapter 3  
3 Attention I Chapter 4  
4 Attention II Luck, S. J., E. K. Vogel, and K. L. Shapiro. “Word Meanings can be Accessed but not Reported During the Attentional Blink.” Nature 383, no. 6601 (October 17, 1996): 616-618.  
5 Lab 1: Memory    
6 Memory I: Working Memory Chapter 5 Lab 1 report due
7 Memory II: Conceptual Short Term Memory    
8 Memory III: Implicit Memory Chapter 6 Quiz 1 due two days after Lec 8
9 Memory IV: Remembering and Forgetting Chapter 7 (Jodi Davenport)  
10 Memory V: Associative Memory Chapter 8  
11 Learning Anderson, J. R. Learning and Memory: an Integrated Approach. 2nd ed. NY: Wiley, 2000. Chapter 2, and some of 3. ISBN: 0471249254.  
12 Lab 2: Images, Concepts, Language    
13 Concepts and Prototypes Chapter 9 Lab 2 report due
14 Language: Psycholinguistics Chapter 10  
15 Visual Knowledge Chapter 11 Quiz 2 due two days after Lec 15
16 Mental Codes I Potter, M. C., and B. A. Faulconer. “Time to Understand Pictures and Words.” Nature 253, no. 5491 (1975): 437-438.  
17 Mental Codes II    
18 Lab 3: Judgment, Reasoning, and Problem-solving    
19 Judgment and Reasoning I Chapter 12, and 13 (Tevye Krynski) Lab 3 report due
20 Judgment and Reasoning II (Tevye Krynski)  
21 TBA    
22 Solving Problems Chapter 14  
23 Conscious and Unconscious Thought Chapter 15  
24 Review    

Course Info

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Spring 2004
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Lecture Notes