# Cognition and its Computation

- Institution: IIT Kharagpur
- Department: Biotechnology
- Taught by: Prof. Sharba Bandyopadhyay, Prof. Rajlakshmi Guha
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105185)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105185)
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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

1. [Lecture 01 : Introduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/c8ff90daf806) (YouTube)
2. [Lecture 02 : Historical Origin of Cognition Studies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/8cdae4c3ffeb) (YouTube)
3. [Lecture 03 : The Cognitive Revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/a0908eded12c) (YouTube)
4. [Lecture 04 : Anatomical Structures of the Brain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/e93a7114dad6) (YouTube)
5. [Lecture 05 : Frontal Lobes and Cognition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/454111084470) (YouTube)
6. [Lecture 06 : Neuropsychological Testing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/0309280fba98) (YouTube)
7. [Lecture 07 : Eye Tracking and Cognition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/99a57860a857) (YouTube)
8. [Lecture 08 : EEG, fMRI, MEG](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/49b5952f28aa) (YouTube)
9. [Lecture 09 : Single Neuron Level Measurements](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/241741e429df) (YouTube)
10. [Lecture 10 : Single Neuron Imaging and Manipulation of Neural Activity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/041f2971e416) (YouTube)
11. [Lecture 11 : Introduction to Computation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/2acf23f8585a) (YouTube)
12. [Lecture 12 : Currency of Computation in Neurobiology – Action Potential](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/370f909bb8fe) (YouTube)
13. [Lecture 13 : Synapse and Synaptic Transmission](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/752345391fdb) (YouTube)
14. [Lecture 14 : Synaptic Plasticity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/4e40f20158f3) (YouTube)
15. [Lecture 15 : Short Term Plasticity and STDP](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/df4c10a18a8b) (YouTube)
16. [Lecture 16 : Coding by neurons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/303aeaaf2e63) (YouTube)
17. [Lecture 17 : Sensory Circuits: Visual-I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/631e039e8ded) (YouTube)
18. [Lecture 18 : Sensory Circuits: Visual-II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/43f1b5255e2e) (YouTube)
19. [Lecture 19 : Sensory Circuits: Auditory-I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/cfd42a9c3869) (YouTube)
20. [Lecture 20 : Sensory Circuits: Auditory-II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/401e2fe6ed81) (YouTube)
21. [Lecture 21 : Sensory Circuits: Somatosensory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/e28c88887937) (YouTube)
22. [Lecture 22 : Sensory Circuits: Olfactory and Gustatory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/8fbca2f75a2f) (YouTube)
23. [Lecture 23 : Motor circuits – Sensory-motor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/81c9ac8ab5ca) (YouTube)
24. [Lecture 24 : Reward Circuits](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/e83c273e428b) (YouTube)
25. [Lecture 25 : Executive Circuits](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/21a97c365106) (YouTube)
26. [Lecture 26 : Types of Attention, Theories Broadbent Triessman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/4f921cc50705) (YouTube)
27. [Lecture 27 : Alerting Orientation and Executive Network](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/2beca67da2e4) (YouTube)
28. [Lecture 28 : Disorders of Attention](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/2fe72ed4f99d) (YouTube)
29. [Lecture 29 : Basics of Perception – Object, Depth and Movement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/630ba618663c) (YouTube)
30. [Lecture 30 : Constancy and Illusions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/5bf48aaaeb8c) (YouTube)
31. [Lecture 31 : Neurobiology of attention, Working Memory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/e7345a92326f) (YouTube)
32. [Lecture 32 : Cholinergic System, Bottom up and Top down](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/2bd99639faea) (YouTube)
33. [Lecture 33 : Object Recognition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/7a31f212eab4) (YouTube)
34. [Lecture 34 : Visual Search and Pattern Recognition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/9711d7ead8c6) (YouTube)
35. [Lecture 35 : Auditory Scene Analysis, McGurk Effect](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/a8fc6d02d5dd) (YouTube)
36. [Lecture 36 : Learning Processes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/af79a4b60269) (YouTube)
37. [Lecture 37 : Learning Processes (Contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/37dc633f5518) (YouTube)
38. [Lecture 38 : Memory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/30342096bda0) (YouTube)
39. [Lecture 39 : Learning Disorders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/2c4c450b258f) (YouTube)
40. [Lecture 40 : Memory Failure - Forgetting](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/0a51de4a8bb3) (YouTube)
41. [Lecture 41 : Learning in biological neural networks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/1a1cc06eb944) (YouTube)
42. [Lecture 42 : Examples](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/4406609aabed) (YouTube)
43. [Lecture 43 : Different types of Plasticity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/8c3a3f655504) (YouTube)
44. [Lecture 44 : Developmental Plasticity/Learning/ Critical Period](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/6b2ad17b665b) (YouTube)
45. [Lecture 45 : Examples of Disorders in Plasticity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/fe4960b849ec) (YouTube)
46. [Lecture 46 : Introduction to speech and language (development)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/e3c7091b6588) (YouTube)
47. [Lecture 47 : Components of Speech, Speech Production](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/40f3eb9cd11b) (YouTube)
48. [Lecture 48 : Speech Perception](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/9fa4091a3172) (YouTube)
49. [Lecture 49 : Lessons from Animal Communication](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/c8bd60205112) (YouTube)
50. [Lecture 50 : Language and Thought – Speech Language Disorders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/ac16aad0d4bb) (YouTube)
51. [Lecture 51 : Theories of Emotion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/6a49eb61d621) (YouTube)
52. [Lecture 52 : Neurophysiology of emotions - Limbic System](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/b13f45268a4b) (YouTube)
53. [Lecture 53 : Problem Solving](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/6e1cb789a5bb) (YouTube)
54. [Lecture 54 : Decision Making](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/61e97c1c809d) (YouTube)
55. [Lecture 55 : Frontal cortex in decision making](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/20b291a6b2a7) (YouTube)
56. [Lecture 56 : Topics in current research-I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/8a594ca3caa2) (YouTube)
57. [Lecture 57 : Topics in current research-II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/6686822bd3db) (YouTube)
58. [Lecture 58 : Topics in current research-III](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/5ea38cc3b086) (YouTube)
59. [Lecture 59 : Topics in current research-IV](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/3bd2c2a0896e) (YouTube)
60. [Lecture 60 : Topics in current research-V](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105185/5d28aa03788e) (YouTube)