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Greetings and Syllabus Discussion
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Introduction to comparative cognitive neuroscience. --------- Perception: Interpreting sensory information from the environment. Neuronal substrates such as optic lobes (insects), entopallium (birds), and occipital lobe (primates).
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Higher-Order Perception: Object-level and multisensory integration of sensory input. Neuronal substrates such as mushroom bodies and central complex (insects), mesopallium (birds), and extrastriate and parietal cortex (primates).
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Attention: Selecting relevant sensory information. Neuronal substrates such as central complex (insects), optic tectum and nidopallium (birds), and parietal cortex (primates).
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Attention: Selecting relevant sensory information. Neuronal substrates such as central complex (insects), optic tectum and nidopallium (birds), and parietal cortex (primates).
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Memory: Encoding and storing information. Neuronal substrates such as mushroom bodies (insects), hippocampal formation (birds), and hippocampus (primates).
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Memory: Maintaining and retrieving information across short time scales. Neuronal substrates such as mushroom bodies (insects), nidopallium (birds), and prefrontal–hippocampal interactions (primates).
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Executive Function: Coordinating behavior and inhibiting prepotent responses. Neuronal substrates such as central complex (insects), nidopallium caudolaterale (birds), and prefrontal cortex (primates).
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Executive Function: Flexible control of behavior across changing contexts. Neuronal substrates such as central complex and mushroom bodies (insects), nidopallium caudolaterale (birds), and prefrontal–parietal networks (primates).
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Decision Making: Selecting actions among alternatives. Neuronal substrates such as central complex (insects), nidopallium caudolaterale (birds), and prefrontal cortex (primates).
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Decision Making: Evaluating outcomes and adjusting choices based on experience. Neuronal substrates such as central complex and mushroom bodies (insects), nidopallium caudolaterale (birds), and prefrontal–striatal circuits (primates).
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Non-perceptual Abstraction: Forming generalized representations beyond immediate sensory input. Neuronal substrates such as mushroom bodies (insects), nidopallium (birds), and prefrontal cortex (primates).
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Non-perceptual Abstraction: Applying abstract rules and relationships across contexts. Neuronal substrates such as mushroom bodies (insects), nidopallium caudolaterale (birds), and prefrontal association cortex (primates).
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Social Cognition: Processing social information and guiding interactions with others. Neuronal substrates such as mushroom bodies (insects), nidopallium caudolaterale (birds), and medial prefrontal and temporoparietal regions (primates).