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COGS 541: Cognitive Neuroscience

Course description:

Relationship between brain and cognition. Emphasizes the structure and function of cerebral cortex.


Required textbooks:

Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind (2nd Ed)
by M. Gazzaniga, R. B. Ivry, and G. R. Mangun
W. W. Norton & Co., 2002
ISBN: 0-393-97777-3

The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach
by Christoff Koch
Roberts and Co., 2004
ISBN: 0-9747077-0-8

Supplemental textbooks:

Physiology of Behavior (8th Ed)
by Neil R. Carlson
Allyn & Bacon, 2003
ISBN: 0-205-38175-8

The Human Brain: An Introduction to Its Functional Anatomy (5th Ed)
by John Nolte
C.V. Mosby, 2002
ISBN: 0-323-01320-1

Laboratories:

Koch Lab

Nicolelis Lab

Itti Lab

Shadlen Lab

Hasselmo Lab

Biederman Lab

Ungerleider Lab

Mishkin Lab

Newsome Lab


Cognitive Science Sites:

Nature Reviews

MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences

MIT Cognet