Cognitive Neurosciences
Cognitive Neurosciences is a core course in the fourth semester of Psychology majors and also part of the minor sequence. his course will be both theoretical and practical- will enable students to understand the fundamentals of various mental processes, through well-established theoretical frameworks, complemented with knowledge of underlying neuronal mechanisms. The course will be an advanced course, building upon concepts from the ‘Brain and Behaviour’ course. While the second core course ‘Brain and Behaviour’ provided a comprehensive systems view of the brain and associated cognitive and behavioural patterns, this course would focus on important cognitive processes, namely, perception, attention, memory, computation, emotions, and decision-making. The ‘Cognitive Neurosciences’ course, along with the existing ‘Programming for Cognitive Psychologists’ course would help students with the domain expertise and skills required for future courses such as ‘Lab Techniques in Cognitive Science’ and ‘Psychopathology’. In summary, students would be trained to discuss and apply prevalent theories, neurobiological underpinning, and empirical evidences for cognition through this course
