Tentative Course Offerings

COGS ​2​60 (A00): Scientific Writing Workshop | Professor Anastasia Kiyonaga

This course is a workshop and practical seminar to promote effective scientific writing. The main goal is to help students write more frequently—and to produce more writing in general—with the understanding that the practice will lead to better writing.

Class meets Mondays 3:00pm - 5:50pm in CSB 272

COGS ​2​60 (C00): Neuroimaging and brain disorders | Professor Deanna Greene

This course surveys current “hot topics” in cognitive neuroscience with a focus on brain disorders and neuroimaging. In the field cognitive neuroscience, there are often certain questions of interest or methods that become at the forefront of discussion and the direction of many labs. Some of these topics cause a splash, some are controversial, and some are critical for moving the field forward. Students will read the literature on these topics and gain an understanding of the many moving parts in this evolving field.

Class meets Thursdays 11:00am - 1:50pm in CSB 180

COGS ​2​60 (D00): Cognitive Science of Bilingualism | Professor Anne Beatty-Martinez

In this course we will examine the processes engaged by bilingualism and the ways that it
changes minds and brains. We will see that far from harming cognition or confusing development,
using two or more languages produces a range of positive consequences for bilingual speakers.
We will consider how the variation in the languages that are spoken and the social contexts in
which they are used may shape the way we communicate. We will also discuss the ways that the
newly emerging science of bilingualism might be better communicated to the public to benefit all
individuals, whether they are bilingual or not.

Class meets Tuesdays 9:00am - 11:50pm in CSB 272

COGS ​2​60 (E00): Communicating Science | Professor Bradley Voytek

In this course, we’re going to challenge ourselves to make our research relevant, interesting, and worthwhile. To do this, we’ll think about what makes us care about our own work and hopefully rediscover our own joy for what we do. From there, we can build toward inspiring others’ curiosity, wonder, and trust.

This course may be taken for either 2 or 4 units.

Class meets Mondays 2:00pm - 3:50pm in CSB 180

COGS ​232: Designing with Generative AI | Professor Philip Guo

This graduate course will introduce students to the latest research in Generative AI from a human-computer interaction (HCI) and design perspective. Students will read research papers in HCI and design that use the latest generative AI technologies to augment human cognition and abilities in creative fields ranging from science to engineering to design.

Restrictions: Majors Allowed: Cognitive Science (CG75), Cog Sci w/Spec Anthropogeny (CG84), Cog Sci w/Spec in Hmn-Cntr Des (CG85), CogSci w/Spec in Comp Soc Sci (CG86)

Class meets MWF 11:00am - 11:50am in COA B30

COGS ​2​60 (A00): Interacting "like a human being” | Professor Federico Rossano

In recent years the psychological processes underlying cooperation and communication have received considerable attention both from a developmental and a comparative, evolutionary perspective. Experimental studies have shown that several group-living primate species are able to coordinate their actions flexibly in cooperative problem-solving tasks by either carrying out identical or complementary actions to achieve their objectives. Similarly, recent research on the evolutionary roots of language has highlighted both the complexity of primate communication and its difference from human communication. Simultaneously, scholars investigating human sociality from a sociological, anthropological and linguistic perspective have begun to uncover different layers of order in terms of structure, timing, sequential and pragmatically consequential unfolding of social interaction in adult human beings. In this seminar we will read papers from these very diverse lines of research to better understand the key building blocks of human sociality and we will discuss how we can systematically investigate what it means to interact “like a human being”. 

Class meets Wednesdays 9:00am - 11:50am in CSB 003