9.65 Cognitive Processes, Fall 2001
Descartes' representation of how the visual system perceives objects. (Image by René Descartes. L'Homme de Rene Descartes. Paris: Charles Angot, 1664, Ministère de l'éducation nationale. 1897 Œuvres de Descartes L. Cerf.)
Highlights of this Course
This undergraduate course is designed to introduce students to cognitive processes. The broad range of topics covers each of the areas in the field of cognition, and presents the current thinking in this discipline. The in-class
labs are designed to train students in analyzing and understanding the cognitive processes involved in memory and vision. The in-class
presentations are intended to prepare students to present scientific findings at conferences.
Course Description
An introduction to human information processing and learning; topics include the nature of mental representation and processing; the architecture of memory; pattern recognition; attention; imagery and mental codes; concepts and prototypes; reasoning and problem solving.