851-0252-02L  Introduction to Cognitive Science

SemesterAutumn Semester 2018
LecturersC. Hölscher, V. Schinazi, T. Thrash
Periodicityyearly recurring course
Language of instructionEnglish
CommentParticularly suitable for students of D-ITET



Courses

NumberTitleHoursLecturers
851-0252-02 VIntroduction to Cognitive Science2 hrs
Thu16:15-18:00IFW A 32.1 »
C. Hölscher, V. Schinazi, T. Thrash

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AbstractThe lectures provide an overview of the foundations of cognitive science and investigate processes of human cognition, especially perception, learning, memory and reasoning. This includes a comparison of cognitive processes in humans and technical systems, especially with respect to knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation and usage in information processing tasks.
ObjectiveCognitive Science views human cognition as information processing and provides an inter-disciplinary integration of approaches from cognitive psychology, informatics (e.g., artificial intelligence), neuroscience and anthropology among others. The lectures provide an overview of basic mechanisms of human information processing and various application domains. A focus will be on matters of knowledge acquisition, representation and usage in humans and machines. Models of human perception, reasoning, memory and learning are presented and students will learn about experimental methods of investigating and understanding human cognitive processes and representation structures.

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Performance assessment as a semester course
ECTS credits3 credits
ExaminersT. Thrash, L.-E. Cederman, C. Hölscher, V. Schinazi
Typegraded semester performance
Language of examinationEnglish
RepetitionRepetition possible without re-enrolling for the course unit.

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ProgrammeSectionType
Doctoral Department of Humanities, Social and Political SciencesDoctoral and Post-Doctoral CoursesWInformation
GESS Science in PerspectivePsychology, PedagogicsWInformation
GESS Science in PerspectiveD-ITETWInformation