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PSY-2547: Cognitive Neuroscience Work Load
5 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical. | Level of course/Year of study
Clinical program. | Language of instruction
Norwegian. | Examination semester
Spring | Objectives
The goal of the course is to present the specialized functions of different brain areas of the human brain and to characterize their processing. | Contents
The course will focus on the cognitive neuroscience of the human visual system based on current evidence gathered with a variety of methods, which include neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI), single neural cells'' recordings, effects of localized brain lesions, as well as unusual subject populations (e.g., split-brain patients) and evidence from studies with non-human primates. The lectures will particularly focus on the processes of attention and perception and how the human brain achieves awareness of visual objects. These topics will be dealt with from both the angle of normal performance and of pathology. The evolutionary basis of brain organization and human behavior will also be discussed. | Form of teaching
About 20 hours (teaching and group work) | Exam and assessment
A 4 hours exam with multiple choice questions as well as short essay questions.
Grading: A-E, F=fail. The course is open for re-sit examination early in the following semester.
| Date(s) of written examination
26.05.2006
The exam date is preliminary and may be subject to change. Definitive exam date will be announced on the notice boards at the faculties in the beginning of May for the spring semester and in the beginning of November for the autumn semester. | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request. | Course overlap
PSYKPRO-200B -1 5 sp
PSYKPRO-200B -H03 5 sp |
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