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PSYC 311. Human Cognition and the Brain.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2026
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Description

The course is an introduction to the field studying how human cognitive processes, such as perception, attention, language, learning and memory, planning and organization, are related to brain processes. The material covered is primarily based on studies of the effects of different brain lesions on cognition and studies of brain activity in relation to cognitive processes with modern functional neuroimaging methods.
  • Fall
  • 2 lectures; 1 conference

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