Brain and Cognition

Course Structure

1. [\'Programming for experimental data analysis with Matlab or Python.\', \'Mathematical methods for univariate and multivariate statistical analysis of neurophysiological, behavioural and neuroimaging.\', \'Experimental methodologies for neuroimaging techniques.\', \'Mathematical and statistical analysis of neuroimaging data (eg, EEGs, ERPs, fMRI).\', \'General learning mechanisms.\', \'Techniques of research in cognitive science with animals.\', \'Animal models: psychological processes, language in animal and human research.\', \'Ethical considerations.\', \'Historical and philosophical foundations of theories of cognition.\', "Infants\' understanding of the physical world.", "Infants\' understanding of other minds.", \'Numerical and logical reasoning in infancy.\', \'From the retina to the cortex.\', \'Retinotopic organization.\', \'Functional specialization for colour and movement.\', \'Segmentation, occlusion and illusory contours.\', \'Object recognition.\', \'Visual attention.\', \'Binocular rivalry and ambiguous figures.\', \'Perception and action.\', \'Spiking neurons.\', \'Dynamic Synapses.\', \'Cortical networks.\', \'Plasticity/Learning.\', \'How language is represented and processed in the brain.\', \'Perception of language.\', \'Production of language.\', \'The bilingualism: how the brain handles two languages.\', \'Cognitive and neural processes involved in perception.\', \'Perceptual mechanisms.\', \'Multisensory aspects of perceptual functions.\', \'Awareness.\', \'Empathy and emotions.\', \'Moral reasoning.\', \'Justice, cooperation and trust.\', \'Speech and communication.\', \'Development of social cognition.\', \'Presentation of experimental articles and results.\', \'Analysis of data.\', \'Designing of a research project.\']