1 neurocognitive psychology dr. lars kuchinke freie universität berlin sose2009 1 introduction -...

1 Neurocognitive Psychology Dr. Lars Kuchinke Freie Universität Berlin www.fu-berlin.de/allgpsy SoSe2009

1 Introduction - outline

Lecture:

1) History

2) Neurocognitive Methods

3) Working Memory Framework

4) Vision

5) Hearing, Speech & Language

6) Learning & Memory

7) Emotion & Social Cognition

8) Consciousness

Exam: Mo 20. 7. 2009, 120min

10.00 -12.00 Uhr, HS 1b


Exam information

Exam: Mo 20. 7. 2009, 120min

10.00 -12.00 Uhr, HS 1b

lecture: 20p (2/3)

-10 short questions/ multiple choice á 1p

- 2 open questions á 5p

seminar: 10p (1/3)

- 5 short questions/ multiple choice á 1p

- 1 open question á 5p


1 Introduction

1. invitation to mind-brain sciences

2. the brain from different perspectives

3. brief historical review of mind brain sciences


2 Methods

1. Single Cell Recordings2. EEG & ERP3. MEG4. MRI & fMRI5. TMS6. (Eyetracking)


2 Methods

1. Single Cell Recordings

-the active brain-Hubel & Wiesel-temporal & spatial coding-grandmother cells


2 Methods

2. EEG & ERP-EEG brain waves-ERP components-time-frequency analysis


2 Methods

4. MRI & fMRI

-MRI basic principles-voxel-based morphometry-fMRI: BOLD & HRF-PET vs fMRI

-subtraction logic-beyond cognitive subtraction -bock & event-related designs-future directions of functional imaging


3 working memory framework

1. modal memory model2. working memory (Baddeley)3. WM capacity4. measuring WM5. modality specifity of WM6. WM & episodic buffer7. Fuster‘s Perception Action Cycle


4 vision

Vision

-early visual processing-ventral & dorsal pathway-object recognition-vision & modality specifity-blindsight, agnosia & neglect-visual experience (binocular rivalry)-visual awareness


5 hearing, speech and language

1. Hearing

-auditory what & where pathway

2. Speech

-units of speech

-speech perception: lack of invariance & motor theory

-functional mapping of speech-specific processes

-Damage to speech perceptual systems

-Poeppel‘s model of speech perception

-music perception

-auditory awareness

-auditory imagery

-cohort model

-Broca‘s area, language and beyond


5 hearing, speech and language

2. Speech

-meaning of words

-meaning of words: categorical specifity

-sentences: syntax processing

-senteces: ERP compoents

3. Language

-word superiority effect

-eye movements in reading

-visual word recognition

-visual word form area

-dual route model & dyslexia


-Introduction -Amnesia -Memories are made of this

consolidation -Varieties of memory

familiarity & recollectionforgetting

-MTL in explicit learning and memory -Prefrontal cortex, consciousness and working memory -Retrieval and metacognition

6 learning & memory


1.) What are the basic units of analysis for speech? Name 5 different basic units.-> 1p

2) Briefly describe the lack of invariance in speech processing.-> 1p

3) Fill in the missing EEG brain waves and frequency ranges! -> 1p

There are five different brain waves – Beta which we operate in most of the time (??? Hz), ??? which is a much more relaxed state (7.5-13Hz), Theta which is an even slower state that is often a product of REM sleep (???) but can also be entered into through tasks that are so automatic they don’t engage our immediate attention such a driving or taking a bath. ??? brain waves are even slower than Theta (0.5-4Hz) and are found in deep sleep. ??? are very fast brain waves that we know the least about (??? Hz).

sample questions - short


1) Broca’s area and the surrounding left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) are the proposed basis of different cognitive functions. a)Name at least three different functions, and describe one in more detail? b) Describe a neurocognitive study that provides evidence for LIFG involvement in language processingc) What is meant by the ‘convergence zone’ metaphor of LIFG?

-> 5p

2) Name and describe 5 different components of the ERP. What exactly is the ERP, and how is it computed? Do you know a study that selectively increased one component of the ERP?

-> 5p

sample questions - open

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