Cognitive Seminar, Fall 2004
Why should anyone care about development? This course will explore
this question as it pertains to the study of cognitive science and
cognitive neuroscience. We will see how many fundamental issues and
controversies in these fields have been (or could be) addressed
through developmental research. The readings will span a range of
domains (e.g., language, cognitive control, memory, face processing,
and spatial processing), populations (e.g., typical adults, adults
with acquired brain damage, children and adults with developmental
disorders, and typically developing children), and methods (e.g.,
behavioral studies, neuroimaging studies, and computational models).
The goal will be to come away from the course with a better sense of:
1) how to read the developmental literature for information relevant
to cognitive theorizing, and 2) how to design developmental studies
that can answer cognitive questions more definitively than standard
methods.
Graduate students in all areas of psychology and related disciplines
are welcome to enroll.
Syllabus (as html or
as pdf)
Readings (password protected)