PSYCH 209 - The Neural Basis of Cognition:A Parallel Distributed Processing Approach

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Stanford University

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The neural basis of perception and attention; memory, learning, and semantic knowledge; language and reading; and action selection, planning, and problem solving. Findings from human behavioral experiments, neurophysiology, functional brain imaging, and the effects of brain disorders on performance; computational models that address these findings from the parallel distributed processing point of view which holds that brain representations are patterns of activity over widely dispersed populations of neurons, that mental processing involves coherent distributed engagement of neurons in these populations, and that learning occurs primarily through the adjustment of the strengths of the connections between the neurons. Corequisite: 209B. 3 units, not given this year

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stanford.edu/

Phone Number:

(650) 723-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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