PSY4316 – Visual curiosity and Learning
Course content
Visual curiosity and learning involve active exploration, information sampling, and learning to guide and adapt behaviour in a dynamic environment. This module provides an overview of these processes from the perspectives of cognitive science, neuroscience, and computational approaches. Processes related to core cognitive and motivational concepts such as attention, memory, decision-making, effort, reward, uncertainty reduction, and utility are core topics. Recent work with neuroimaging and eye-tracking methods will be particularly central.
Learning outcome
Learning outcome
The students will learn to
- conceptually relate specific cognitive processes to complex behavior, and
- specify the known and unknown aspects regarding the neural underpinnings of curiosity and learning.
Admission to the course
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Formal prerequisite knowledge
PSY4307 – Fundamentals of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience
Teaching
From spring 2023:
6 lectures á 2h, 4 seminars á 2h
Compulsory activity: Video essay (ca 3 minutes), based on a written manuscript (300 - 500 words). A practical course on how to make video essays will be given during the seminars.
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Examination
Video-essay (30% of overall grade) and oral examination (70% of overall grade).
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
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