CGSC 1001 Lecture 4: CGSC 1001 – Lecture 4.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Cognitive Science
• Course: CGSC 1001
• Professor: Jim Davies

Document Summary

Historically core fields: psychology, philosophy, computer science, linguistics. Psychology: characterized by: subject matter natural minds, mostly human. Philosophy: subfields: philosophy of mind, can machines be conscious, functionalism vs. Computer science: characterized by: subject matter how mental processes can work on machines, and how computers can effectively interact with humans, methods: building and testing computer programs. Neuroscience: cognitive neuroscience is characterized by: subject matter how the brain processes information and created cognitive processes. The biological functions of mental phenomena: methods: neuroimaging, single-cell recording, anatomical observation, computer modeling, pharmaceutical effects, genetic analysis, ect, overlaps with biological and physiological psychology, neuropsychology, and the rest of neuroscience. Education: characterized by: subject matter how people (usually children) learn, and how we can design education to help them effectively do it, methods: naturalistic observation of case studies, empirical studies. Education: critiques: case studies are worthless or close to it, the controlled studies are poorly done.