Language, Mind, and Thought

An Introduction to Cognitive Science

ILAS/ENGL/ANTH 261

Fall 2024


Last updated Wed. 12/05/2024

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Class schedule

Future material is provided for your convenience. Details may change until we get to each section.

DateFieldTopic
Tue., Aug. 27Overview Intro/What is Cognitive Science?
Thu., Aug. 29Psychology 1. Pre-Cog Sci history (behaviorism)
Tue., Sept. 3NeurologyBrain anatomy
Thu., Sept. 5Psychology2. Attention/auditory
Tue., Sept. 10Psychology3. Memory: sensory
Thu., Sept. 12Psychology4. Memory: LTM, STM
Tue., Sept. 17Psychology5. Vision: eye and brain
Thu., Sept. 19Psychology6. Vision: object recognition
Tue., Sept. 24AI1, 2. AI issues, apps
Thu., Sept. 26PsychologyReview: amnesia
Tue., Oct. 1PsychologyReview: object recognition
Thu., Oct. 3Exam 1
Tue., Oct. 8AI0, 5a. Neural networks
Thu., Oct. 10AI2, 3. AI apps, robotics
Tue., Oct. 15AI4a, 4b. Machine learning
Thu., Oct. 17AI4b, 4c. ML (examples), ML ethics
Tue., Oct. 22AI4c. ML ethics (cont.)
Thu., Oct. 24AIRecommender systems; games
Tue., Oct. 29AIMore on rec. systems, games
Thu., Oct. 31LinguisticsLanguage acquisition: Chomsky
Tue., Nov. 5Election Day (no class)
Thu., Nov. 7Exam 2
Tue., Nov. 12LinguisticsLanguage acquisition: children
Thu., Nov. 14LinguisticsChildren (cont.); lang and cognition
Tue., Nov. 19LinguisticsPhonology
Thu., Nov. 21LinguisticsSyntax (Greenberg, Baker)
Tue., Nov. 26LinguisticsPhonology (worksheet); syntax (cont.)
Thu., Nov. 28Thanksgiving (no class)
Tue., Dec. 3LinguisticsSemantics (anthro, Bowerman)
Thu., Dec. 5Linguistics
Tue., Dec. 10Exam 3 (2-3:50 PM)


TBD

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