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Cognitive Neuroscience (BHA Concentration)

Erik Thiessen, BHA Cognitive Neuroscience Concentration Advisor (BH 342D)

BHA Cognitive Neuroscience Concentration

(90 units minimum)

Cognitive neuroscience is a science concerned with discovering biological bases of psychological functions. It addresses questions of how behavior is produced by neural circuits of the brain and also how those neural circuits are in turn influenced by behavioral experiences. Students with a concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience are expected to learn about existing findings within the field and also to become proficient in how to conduct and analyze scientific investigations directed toward understanding the biological basis of behavior. This includes observing behavior, formulating hypotheses, designing experiments to test these hypotheses, running experiments, performing statistical analyses and writing reports.

Introductory and Survey Coursework (4 courses, 36 units)
Units
03-121Modern Biology9
03-363Systems Neuroscience9
85-110Cognitive Psychology9
or 85-213 Human Information Processing and Artificial Intelligence
85-170Foundations of Brain and Behavior9
Research Methods Training (3 course, 27 units)
36-309Experimental Design for Behavioral & Social Sciences9
or 85-309 Statistical Concepts and Methods for Behavioral and Social Science
85-300Introduction to Research Methods9
85-370Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Methods9

* 85-310 Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology may be substituted if necessary.

Distribution Requirements (3 courses, 27 units)

Complete three courses with at least one from each category below.

Approaches to Cognitive Neuroscience:
15-386Neural Computation9
85-412Cognitive Modeling9
85-414Cognition in the Age of AI9
85-419Introduction to Parallel Distributed Processing9
85-426Reverse engineering brains and machines9
85-471How the Brain Makes Meaning9
85-472Cognitive Neuropsychology9
Cognitive Neuroscience Electives:
03-133Neurobiology of Disease9
03-362Cellular Neuroscience9
85-408Visual Cognition9
85-411Introduction to Music Cognition Research9
85-413Perception9
85-454Health Psychology9
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