Course Description
By the end of the course, students should be familiar with the neural basis of learning and memory, as well as theories of learning and memory.
Course Content
- The psychology of learning and memory
- The neuroscience of learning and memory
- Episodic and semantic memory: memory for facts and events
- Skill memory: learning by doing
- Working memory and executive control
- Non-associative learning
- Classical conditioning
- Instrumental conditioning: learning the consequences of behaviour
- Generalization, discrimination, and the representation of similarity
- Observational learning: watching, listening, and remembering
Course Audience
PG students with a background in cognitive science/psychology/neuroscience
Class timings
TF- 14:00-15:15 Live classes on Zoom link shared in the announcement section