Undergraduate Course: Cognitive Neuroscience (NEBM10003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The brain is an information-processing device. This course outlines the concepts and techniques used by cognitive neuroscientists to study the neural basis of information processing, including perception, attention, spatial cognition and decision making. Key theoretical concepts at the psychological, anatomical and physiological level will be described. Experimental studies to be discussed are based on both human (e.g. neurological studies of brain-damaged patients and functional imaging work) and animals (e.g. behavioural, electrophysiological, and lesion techniques). This Semester 1 course will consist of lectures and student-led seminars. |
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Increased understanding of biological processes.
Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Special Arrangements |
Directors of Studies must contact the Programme Administrator or Programme Organiser for Honours Neuroscience before registering a student for this course. Priority is given to Honours Neuroscience students. |
| Keywords | NEUROCognitive |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Richard Ribchester
Tel: (0131 6)50 3256
Email: rrr@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Caroline Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 3255
Email: c.d.morris@ed.ac.uk |
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