Cognitive Studies (COGS)
Committee Chair: Jay Rueckl
Office: 121 Bousfield Building
For major requirements, see the Cognitive Studies listing in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of this Catalog . 201. Foundations of Cognitive Science
Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: PSYC 132 or PHIL 101 or LING 101. Open to sophomores or higher.
Origins of and current developments within scientific study of the mind-brain. Topics include: computational theories of mind, artificial and natural intelligence, cognitive neuroscience and the mind/body problem, embodied and distributed cognition, neural networks, self-organizing cognitive systems, learning and innateness. |
