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Introduction
As human beings, we have bodies and brains, but another integral part of us is something that seems non-physical, or immaterial to many people, something that we call ‘mind’. Equipped like this, we can experience, remember, forget, and learn, we can make strategic plans, daydream, do research or invent things and nonsense and tell our friends about it or visualize what we come up with to communicate our ideas to others. How is it that we do all this?
Many disciplines contribute to the understanding of how our minds and brains work. The lecture series aims to reflect the broad range of perspectives on human and non-human cognition and explore the potential of interdisciplinary dialog.
Researchers from a variety of disciplines including psychology, neurosciences, psychiatry, psycholinguistics, computer science, art history, and others contribute to the lecture series.
Preliminary Program
Note: Topics and dates may be subject to changes.
Date | Topic | Venue |
20.10. | Introduction - Scope, Goals, Formalities | NN |
27.10. | What can we know? Jochen Briesen | NN |
3.11. | Cognitive Development Sabina Pauen / Trin Nguyen | NN |
10.11. | How to measure brain functions Dr. Torsten Wüstenberg | NN |
17.11. | Auditorische Wahrnehmung Alexander Gutschalk | NN |
24.11. | NN | NN |
1.12. | Inner Speech and inner voices Johannes Gerwien / Christian Wolff | NN |
8.12. | Memory Jan Rummel / Andreas Draguhn | NN |
15.12. | Social Decision-Making and Learning Christoph Korn | NN |
12.1. | NN | NN |
19.1. | Art Perception and Cognition André Rupp / Michael Hoff | NN |
26.1. | NN | NN |
2.2. | Panel Discussion | NN |
Students of all faculties are welcome!
Course credit
To earn credit (2 ECTS), you need to attend regularly and choose one of the following options:
- Essay & Peer Review: Write a short essay of 1,000-2,000 words on one session topic (submission deadline: February 28) and review and score two essays from peers (review deadline: March 15).
- Podcast Project: In an interdisciplinary team with another student, design a podcast on a session topic.
The session topic for the essay or podcast can be chosen freely.
This course is a mandatory for students of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Cognitive Science.
Contributors
- Arndt Bröder (Mannheim University, Psychology)
- Jochen Briesen (Philosophy)
- Andreas Draguhn (Physiology)
- Johannes Gerwien (Psycholinguistics)
- Michael Hoff (Art History)
- Georgia Koppe (Scientific Computing)
- Christoph Korn (Social Neuroscience)
- Trinh Nguyen (Developmental Psychology)
- Jan Rummel (Psychology)
- André Rupp (Neurology)
- Christian Wolf (Psychiatry)
- Torsten Wüstenberg (Neurocognition)
Room
see program
Time
Monday, 16:00 - 18:00 (Sessions last 120 minutes, not the usual 90 minutes for regular courses! )
E-Learning
Link to Moodle (The password will be announced during the first session)
Links
Infos on the Certificate of advanced studies "Cognitive Science"