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Cognition and its Computation

Prof. Sharba Bandyopadhyay and Prof. Rajlakshmi Guha · IIT Kharagpur

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About

Information as representation of knowledge is the object of study of an emergent scientific field - Cognitive Science. Increasing applications in Human-centered design, BMI and BCI, where actors like the structural, functional and computational mechanisms of the brain are engaged, necessitates advanced knowledge and research in “Cognition and its Computation”. The proposed course will dwell on the fundamentals of Cognitive Processing in humans and will also discuss some recent challenges, discoveries and some open problems. The course will include topics on both understanding natural and developing artificial cognitive information processing systems.

Intended audience: Students interested in Neural and Cognitive Sciences

Prerequisites: 1st year college Mathematics and Biology

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Lecture 01 : Introduction YouTube
  2. Lecture 02 : Historical Origin of Cognition Studies YouTube
  3. Lecture 03 : The Cognitive Revolution YouTube
  4. Lecture 04 : Anatomical Structures of the Brain YouTube
  5. Lecture 05 : Frontal Lobes and Cognition YouTube

Week 2

  1. Lecture 06 : Neuropsychological Testing YouTube
  2. Lecture 07 : Eye Tracking and Cognition YouTube
  3. Lecture 08 : EEG, fMRI, MEG YouTube
  4. Lecture 09 : Single Neuron Level Measurements YouTube
  5. Lecture 10 : Single Neuron Imaging and Manipulation of Neural Activity YouTube

Week 3

  1. Lecture 11 : Introduction to Computation YouTube
  2. Lecture 12 : Currency of Computation in Neurobiology – Action Potential YouTube
  3. Lecture 13 : Synapse and Synaptic Transmission YouTube
  4. Lecture 14 : Synaptic Plasticity YouTube
  5. Lecture 15 : Short Term Plasticity and STDP YouTube

Week 4

  1. Lecture 16 : Coding by neurons YouTube
  2. Lecture 17 : Sensory Circuits: Visual-I YouTube
  3. Lecture 18 : Sensory Circuits: Visual-II YouTube
  4. Lecture 19 : Sensory Circuits: Auditory-I YouTube
  5. Lecture 20 : Sensory Circuits: Auditory-II YouTube

Week 5

  1. Lecture 21 : Sensory Circuits: Somatosensory YouTube
  2. Lecture 22 : Sensory Circuits: Olfactory and Gustatory YouTube
  3. Lecture 23 : Motor circuits – Sensory-motor YouTube
  4. Lecture 24 : Reward Circuits YouTube
  5. Lecture 25 : Executive Circuits YouTube

Week 6

  1. Lecture 26 : Types of Attention, Theories Broadbent Triessman YouTube
  2. Lecture 27 : Alerting Orientation and Executive Network YouTube
  3. Lecture 28 : Disorders of Attention YouTube
  4. Lecture 29 : Basics of Perception – Object, Depth and Movement YouTube
  5. Lecture 30 : Constancy and Illusions YouTube

Week 7

  1. Lecture 31 : Neurobiology of attention, Working Memory YouTube
  2. Lecture 32 : Cholinergic System, Bottom up and Top down YouTube
  3. Lecture 33 : Object Recognition YouTube
  4. Lecture 34 : Visual Search and Pattern Recognition YouTube
  5. Lecture 35 : Auditory Scene Analysis, McGurk Effect YouTube

Week 8

  1. Lecture 36 : Learning Processes YouTube
  2. Lecture 37 : Learning Processes (Contd.) YouTube
  3. Lecture 38 : Memory YouTube
  4. Lecture 39 : Learning Disorders YouTube
  5. Lecture 40 : Memory Failure - Forgetting YouTube

Week 9

  1. Lecture 41 : Learning in biological neural networks YouTube
  2. Lecture 42 : Examples YouTube
  3. Lecture 43 : Different types of Plasticity YouTube
  4. Lecture 44 : Developmental Plasticity/Learning/ Critical Period YouTube
  5. Lecture 45 : Examples of Disorders in Plasticity YouTube

Week 10

  1. Lecture 46 : Introduction to speech and language (development) YouTube
  2. Lecture 47 : Components of Speech, Speech Production YouTube
  3. Lecture 48 : Speech Perception YouTube
  4. Lecture 49 : Lessons from Animal Communication YouTube
  5. Lecture 50 : Language and Thought – Speech Language Disorders YouTube

Week 11

  1. Lecture 51 : Theories of Emotion YouTube
  2. Lecture 52 : Neurophysiology of emotions - Limbic System YouTube
  3. Lecture 53 : Problem Solving YouTube
  4. Lecture 54 : Decision Making YouTube
  5. Lecture 55 : Frontal cortex in decision making YouTube

Week 12

  1. Lecture 56 : Topics in current research-I YouTube
  2. Lecture 57 : Topics in current research-II YouTube
  3. Lecture 58 : Topics in current research-III YouTube
  4. Lecture 59 : Topics in current research-IV YouTube
  5. Lecture 60 : Topics in current research-V YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kharagpur
Department
Biotechnology
Taught by
Prof. Sharba Bandyopadhyay, Prof. Rajlakshmi Guha
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Biology
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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