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NSC 519

Comparative Cognitive Neuroscience

Cognition isn't owned by big brains, insects, birds, and primates have all evolved their own neural solutions to the same problems of perceiving, remembering, deciding, and navigating a social world, and this graduate course asks what those parallel solutions reveal about the structural and functional ingredients of a mind. You'll work mostly from primary research articles rather than a single textbook, comparing circuits like the insect mushroom body, avian nidopallium caudolaterale, and primate prefrontal cortex function by function. It's a natural follow-on to a standard systems/cognitive neuroscience background, and the comparative lens is what makes it useful for anyone heading into circuit-level or evolutionary research.

Kredi3ECTS5BölümNeuroscienceKoordinatörRonny Rosner

Haftalık müfredat 14 hafta

Hafta 114–20 Eyl
Tanışma ve Syllabus Tartışması
Greetings and Syllabus Discussion
syllabus
Hafta 221–27 Eyl
Karşılaştırmalı cognitive neuroscience ve algı
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).
comparative cognitive neuroscienceoptic lobesentopalliumoccipital lobe
Hafta 328 Eyl – 4 Eki
Üst düzey algı ve multisensory integration
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).
multisensory integrationmushroom bodiescentral complexparietal cortex
Hafta 45–11 Eki
Dikkat: ilgili duyusal bilginin seçilmesi
Attention: Selecting relevant sensory information. Neuronal substrates such as central complex (insects), optic tectum and nidopallium (birds), and parietal cortex (primates).
attentioncentral complexoptic tectum ve nidopalliumparietal cortex
Hafta 512–18 Eki
Dikkat: ilgili duyusal bilginin seçilmesi
Attention: Selecting relevant sensory information. Neuronal substrates such as central complex (insects), optic tectum and nidopallium (birds), and parietal cortex (primates).
attentioncentral complexoptic tectum ve nidopalliumparietal cortex
Hafta 619–25 Eki
Bellek: bilginin kodlanması ve depolanması
Memory: Encoding and storing information. Neuronal substrates such as mushroom bodies (insects), hippocampal formation (birds), and hippocampus (primates).
encodingmushroom bodieshippocampal formationhippocampus
Hafta 726 Eki – 1 Kas
Kısa süreli bellekte tutma ve geri çağırma
Memory: Maintaining and retrieving information across short time scales. Neuronal substrates such as mushroom bodies (insects), nidopallium (birds), and prefrontal-hippocampal interactions (primates).
mushroom bodiesnidopalliumprefrontal-hippocampal interactions
Hafta 82–8 Kas
Executive function: davranış koordinasyonu ve inhibisyon
Executive Function: Coordinating behavior and inhibiting prepotent responses. Neuronal substrates such as central complex (insects), nidopallium caudolaterale (birds), and prefrontal cortex (primates).
executive functionprepotent response inhibitioncentral complexprefrontal cortex
Hafta 99–15 Kas
Executive function: bağlama göre esnek davranış kontrolü
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).
executive functioncognitive flexibilitymushroom bodiesnidopallium caudolaterale
Hafta 1016–22 Kas
Karar verme ve sinirsel substratlar
Decision Making: Selecting actions among alternatives. Neuronal substrates such as central complex (insects), nidopallium caudolaterale (birds), and prefrontal cortex (primates).
decision makingcentral complexnidopallium caudolateraleprefrontal cortex
Hafta 1123–29 Kas
Karar vermenin nöral temelleri
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).
central complexmushroom bodiesnidopallium caudolateraleprefrontal-striatal circuits
Hafta 1230 Kas – 6 Ara
Non-perceptual abstraction: genellenmiş temsiller
Non-perceptual Abstraction: Forming generalized representations beyond immediate sensory input. Neuronal substrates such as mushroom bodies (insects), nidopallium (birds), and prefrontal cortex (primates).
generalized representationmushroom bodynidopalliumprefrontal cortex
Hafta 137–13 Ara
Non-perceptual abstraction: soyut kuralların uygulanması
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).
abstract rulemushroom bodynidopallium caudolateraleprefrontal association cortex
Hafta 1414–20 Ara
Sosyal bilişin sinirsel temelleri
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).
social cognitionmushroom bodynidopallium caudolateralemedial prefrontal cortex

Önerilen kaynaklar 4 kitap

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Önerilen
Review/ research articles ---- Larger parts of the course are not covered in any textbook!
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Önerilen
Textbook: Principles of neurobiology
Luo, L.
2020 · Garland Science
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Cognition
evolution, and behavior.
Shettleworth · 2009
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The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience
Jamie Ward
Third edition or higher · Psychology Press

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