Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h + 10.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Duque Julie; Legrain Valéry; Missal Marcus (coordinator);
Language
English
Prerequisites
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Content
The main topic of these lectures will be to study higher order cogntive functions (consciousness, language, social cognition). These lectures will be organized around important papers in the domain of cognitive neurosciences. A system level approach will be favored. At the end of this unit, the student will be able to read and critizise recent papers in cognitive neurosciences.
Teaching methods
Lectures and paper reading.
Evaluation methods
Oral presentation of an essay on a scientific paper about topics presented during lectures.
Online resources
https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=9029
Bibliography
- https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=9029
Teaching materials
- https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=9029
Faculty or entity
FASB
