Theoretical Courses

Bayesian Modeling and Information Theory for neuroscience and cognitive science

In this course we will explore Bayesian modeling and information theory as model-building tools in the study of the mind and the brain.

The course will take place in room 139

Cognitive Neuroscience - Intelligence

Cognitive and non-cognitive factors influencing academic and life outcomes, and normal and pathological aging and the role of intelligence

Raffaella I. Rumiati, SISSA office 341, rumiati@sissa.it, https://insula.sissa.it

The course will take place in room 139


Lecture 1. Introduction to Intelligence

How the Brain Tells Time

This course will offer an overview of the state of the art of the neuroscience of time, from theoretical models to empirical data. Particular emphasis will be given to the perception of time. 

The course will take place in room 139

Introduction to Systems and Computational Neuroscience: Evolution of Neural Computation

The course delineates the evolution of the vertebrate nervous systems, with a particular focus on mammals and among them on the human lineage.

The course will take place in room 004.

Introduction to Systems and Computational Neuroscience: Tactile Perception

This course focuses on the basic principles of organization of the sensory pathways and their target regions of cerebral cortex.

The course will take place in room 139

Introduction to Systems and Computational Neuroscience: Visual Perception

The course focuses on the structure and functions of the mammalian visual systems, with a special emphasis on shape processing and object recognition.

Language, Reading and the Brain

This course offers an introduction to how the brain deals with language and reading. We will focus particularly on questions like -- is the relationship between sounds/letters and meaning arbitrary? What kind of information, then, is encoded in the language signal? How does the brain extract this information?

The course will take place in room 139.

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