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HU Credits:
3
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof Shahar Arzy
Coordinator Office Hours:
Please schedule an appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Shahar Arzy,
Prof Yoram Yovell
Course/Module description:
In this course we shall investigate the human self with respect to body consiousness, spatial cognition, temporal cognition, social cognition ,emotions, and even higher spaces like moral, politiacl and religious ones. these will be done thfouth different pathological conditions: we will meet patients with unique disorders, delve into their stories and discuss experiments aiming at understanding their situation. We will also compare them to insights from philosophy and literature, computational models and approaches, and hopefully have some insights regarding our own lives.
The course will take place in Givat Ram.
Course/Module aims:
Encouraging a discussion in issues concerning mind and body
Encouraging creative thought
Gaining experience in empirical lab work and data analysis
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
get knowledge about neuropsychiatric phenomena
Consider the interrelations between pathology and physiology
analyze phenomenological description and translate conclusions to experimental settings and / or computational model
Attendance requirements(%):
60% frontal lectures
80% workshop meetings
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Weekly lecture
Course/Module Content:
Part I - Introduction
Philosophy of the Self
Psychology of the self and crowd
Me, Golem and Body: Aspects of the Psychophysical Problem
Part B - the self in cognitive spaces
- bodily consiousness
- spatial cognition: cognitive maps, cognitive graphs and schemata
temporal cognition, memory and mental time travel
- cognition of social networks
- Emotions
- higher cognitive spaces
Required Reading:
Principles of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology
Second Edition
M.-Marsel Mesulam (recommended)
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 100 %
Additional information:
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