Course: Introduction to Cognitive Sciences

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Course title Introduction to Cognitive Sciences
Course code KSA/UKVED
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bubík Tomáš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kotherová Silvie, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The course introduces the basics of cognitive science, which is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the human mind and its processes such as memory, consciousness, emotion, and language. The course will also include selected problems of cognitive science in the form of so-called "case studies". Various methods used in field and laboratory research in cognitive science will also be introduced. The course will pay attention to issues of cognitive philosophy, cognitive anthropology, cognitive religious studies, neuroeconomics, and neuroscience.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

Attendance at lectures; reading of required literature; seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • Adams, Frederick; Aizawa, Kenneth. (2010). The Bounds of Cognition. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.
  • Petrů, Marek. (2008). Fyziologie mysli ? Úvod do kognitivní vědy. Olomouc.
  • Slingerland, Edward. (2008). What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Sternberg, Robert. (2002). Kognitivní psychologie. Praha.
  • Thagard, Paul. (2001). Úvod do kognitivní vědy. Portál, Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2019) Category: Social sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2024) Category: Social sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2024) Category: Social sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2019) Category: Social sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: -