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(9/10):
Course overview. Intro to Cognitive Science. Slides Print
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2
(9/15):
More overview of Cognitive Science Slides Print
Read:
Cognitive Science from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
| 3
(9/17):
Language Slides Print
Read:
S. Pinker, 1995. Language Acquisition in Gleitman et al, "Invitation to Cog Sci: Language"
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4
(9/22):
LAB: Language (in Lewis 1307) Slides Print
Read:
Come to the lab with your list of verbs
| 5
(9/24):
Past tense Slides Print
Read:
Pinker and Ullman (2002), The past and future of the past tense, Trends in Cognitive Science. Reading guide
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6
(9/28):
Scientific method, Symbolic models Slides Print
Read:
Anderson, 1996. ACT: A
Simple Theory of Complex Cognition, American Psychologist. Reading guide
Due:
P1: Verb conjugation | 7
(10/01):
Repair Theory Slides Print
Read:
Brown, 1980. Repair theory: A
Generative theory of bugs in procedural skills, Cognitive Science,
4. Problems with the link above? Here's another pdf version if
that one didn't work And here is: an MS Word version.
Reading guide.
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8
(10/06):
LAB: Subtraction (in Lewis 1307) Slides Print
Read:
Each group should bring a list of 10 bugs from Appendix 2 that they think could be generated by 2 procedures (5 each). For each, give the bug name, an example problem, and how you think you could generate the bug (i.e. what line of the procedure do you think you'd have to delete, and what repair (if any) would be used?).
| 9
(10/08):
Learning (Soar) Slides Print
Read:
Laird, 2006. Gentle
Introduction to Soar: 2006 Update, from Soar homepage:
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/soar. Reading guide
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10
(10/13):
Neural Nets Slides Print
Read:
Stergiou and Siganos, Neural
networks.
Due:
P2: Subtraction | 11
(10/15):
Midterm quiz
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12
(10/20):
Neural Nets Examples Slides Print
Read: First page, second page, third page
| 13
(10/22):
LAB: Neural nets (in Lewis 1307) Slides Print
Read:
Each student should bring a picture of what you think the symmetry net should look like.
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14
(10/27):
Similarity Slides Print
Read:
Goldstone, 1994. Similarity,
Interactive Activation, and Mapping, Journal of Experimental
Psychology, 20. Reading guide
| 15
(10/29):
Multitasking Slides Print
Read:
Find something on the web or in the library about multitasking, either from the popular press (good) or from scholarly research (better). Read it and write up a short summary (a paragraph or two) to present to class and hand in. (Not the usual critical analysis.)
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16
(11/03):
Emotion Slides Print
Read:
Can computers have emotions? Follow "The Panel" link and read their position statements. Also read the "Key questions and possible answers".
Due:
P3: Neural Nets | 17
(11/05):
LAB: Project 4 (in Lewis 1307) Slides Print
Read:
Each group should bring a short description of what their plan is for Project 4, including the topic and how they will approach it.
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18
(11/10):
Embodiment Slides Print
Read:
Rohrer, 2006. The Body in Space:
Dimensions of Embodiment. Body, Language and Mind. If that
link didn't work, try this
one or else google the title
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(11/12):
Philosophy: Chinese Room, Turing test Slides Print
Read:
The Turing
Test
Harnad, 1990. The Symbol
Grounding Problem. Physica D 42: 335-346,
Searle's
Chinese room,
and the
Loebner Prize.
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20
(11/17):
Brain damage/deficits Slides Print
Read:
Find an article about our topic from the popular press (good) or scholarly journal/conference (better), read it, and write up a short summary (a couple paragraphs) to present to class and hand in, including relations to other topics covered in class.
Due:
P4 (Change blindness or handwriting) |
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22
(11/24):
Final Exam, 2:45 - 5:00 PM
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