Cognitive Science 1: Syllabus for Spring 2013

Professor
Srini Narayanan Email: snarayan@icsi.berkeley.edu Office Hours: Thursday 11-1 PM. 441 Soda Hall

GSIs
Michael Ellsworth Email: infinity@berkeley.edu Office Hours: Friday 2-3:30, M22 Wheeler Omoju Miller Email: omoju@icsi.berkeley.edu Office Hours: Wednesday 10:30-12, FSM Cafe Sunaina Shenoy Email: sunaina@berkeley.edu Office Hours: Wednesday 2-3:30, M22 Wheeler Lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-11:00, 390 Hearst Mining Sections 101 Monday 12-1pm Omoju Miller 102 Monday 4-5pm Sunaina Shenoy 103 Wednesday 12-1pm Omoju Miller 104 Wednesday 3-4pm Sunaina Shenoy 105 Friday 9-10am Michael Ellsworth 106 Friday 10-11am Michael Ellsworth Grading and Point Distribution

Description Section/Lab work/Research Participation Midterm I Midterm II Final

Points 25% 20% 20% 35%

1. All exams will be a mix of multiple choice, short answer and essay questions drawing on material from required readings, lectures, and sections. 2. The raw scores from the components of assessment outlined above will be adjusted to give a median in the B- to B range. In previous versions of this course approximately 20-25% of grades were A- or higher and 5-10% were Fs. 3. Section assignments will receive scores from 0-4. Late assignments lose one point for every 24 hours (or part thereof) after the deadline (i.e. 1 hour late or 23 hours late is one point less).

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Other information 1. Updates on the syllabus, course calendar, and other pointers will be posted at bSpace. 2. Classes start at 10 minutes past the hour. Please make sure to come with enough time in advance. 3. Misconduct: I follow Professor Kris Pisters policy on cheating. Please read the following link which includes information about the University Policy on Cheating or Plagiarism. http://wwwbsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/~pister/etc/Cheating.htm 4. Contact the instructor for accommodation of religious beliefs, disabilities, and other special circumstances. Syllabus and Lecture Schedule

Week and Section

Week 1 No Section Week 2 Section: Intro Week 3 Section: Logic

Module
Introduction Rational Thought Rational Thought Rational Computation Rational Action Rationalityhuman behavior Neuroscience Neuroscience Neuroscience

Lecture Breakdown
1/22 1/24 1/29 1/31 2/5 2/7 Introduction Logic Logic Computation Utility Behavior

Readings
None/Slides Davis Ch.1-2 Davis Ch.1-2, Davis.Frege Davis Ch.7 DT Intro Kahneman Nobel video, Reading Chapter 4 Feldman Chapter 7, Stallings McClelland. al 1986 Feldman Chapter 9 Guest Lecture (Feldman) Mirror Neuron Article Marr-vision p24-29 Chomsky/Skinner Lakoff and Gallese Feldman Chapter 8 Guest Lecture (Lakoff)

Week 4 Section: Lab (Comp) Week 5 Section Neurons

2/12 Neuron 2/14 Networks 2/19 Connectionist model 2/21 Connectionist Learning

Week 6 Section: Lab (Connectionist Models) Week 7 Section: Bridging and Embodiment Week 8 Section: Review Week 9 Section: Midterm Week 10 Section Neuroeconomics Week 11 Section Review Week12 Section Bridging Experiments Week13 Section Bridging

Neuroscience Bridging Techniques Bridging Techniques Bridging Techniques

2/26 Mirror System 2/28 Debates: Marr and Levels, Empiricist/rationalist 3/5 Embodiment 3/7 Metaphor and Framing

Bridging Techniques Bridging Techniques

3/12 3/14 3/19 3/21 4/2 4/4 4/9 4/11 4/16 4/18

Review Midterm Decision Making Neuroeconomics Intro to AI Knowledge Rep/ML Midterm Review Midterm Psycholinguistics Cognitive Neuroscience

Neuroeconomics-1 Neuroeconomics-2 Slides Slides

Bridging Techniques Applications Applications

Bergen Guest Lecture (TBD) Guest Lecture (TBD)

4/23 Language and Cognition 4/25 MetaNet and FrameNet

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Experiments Ex Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Books Textbook: There is no textbook for the course. The following books are recommended. Whenever readings from these books are used, they will be on bSpace. Recommended books: 1. Davis, M. The universal computer: The road from Leibniz to Turing. New York: Norton,2000. 2. Cognitive Science: Introduction to the Study Of Mind. By Friedenberg, Jay ; Silverman, Gordon, ISBN: 9781412925686 (Paperback - 31082009), SAGE Publications. 3. Stillings, N.A., Weisler, S.E., Chase, C.H., Feinstein, M.H., Garfield, J.L., Rissland, E.L. (1995). Cognitive science: An introduction. (2nd ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. It is also available for free online reading from MIT Press Cognet: http://cognet.mit.edu/library/books/view?isbn=0262193531 4. Feldman, From Molecule to Metaphor, MIT Press 2006. 5. Bermudez, J.L. Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Science of the Mind, Cambridge University Press, 2010. 6. The Cognitive Sciences:An Interdisciplinary Approach, Carolyn Panzer Sobel, Paul Li, SAGE Publications, Jan 22, 2013. Applications Applications 4/30 5/2 5/7 5/15 Brain Machine Interface Web Semantics Summary/Review (11:30 2:30) PM Guest (Jose Carmena)