729A10 · 6 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Kognitionsvetenskap
Introduction to Cognitive Science
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About the course
Aim
On completion of the course, the student should, at an advanced level, be able to:
- account for the central questions and research areas of cognitive science from both a historical and current perspective.
- account for and compare differnet perspectives of what cognition in natural and artificial systems is
- account for and compare the different research methods that are used within cognitive science
Content
Covered in the course are
- the scientific roots and origins of cognitive science
- computation and algorithms
- information processing in humans and the computer as symbolic and sub-symbolic computations
- embodied, situated and distributed cognition
- interdisciplinarity and theoretical and methodological diversity
- current research and application areas
- Examiner
- Annika Silvervarg
- Main field of study
- Kognitionsvetenskap