Course Program for Winter Semester 2012/13
For first year students of the program we offer two introductory courses which are obligatory (unless the students can prove that they have already learned the content in a former course): 1. Course: Academic English (obligatory unless: Level C2 can be proven, BA-studies have been in English or someone is a native speaker); 2. Biostatistics (obligatory but not necessary for those who have a B.A. in psychology).These preparatory courses start earlier: Academic English: 19th of September; Biostatistics 24th of Sept. (see full program for the winter semester 2012/13)

Abbreviations:

L - Lecture
E - Exercise
S - Seminar
Colloquium
Research Colloquium
Internship

Please note that this plan is provisional and changes are possible. The final version will be published in coming weeks. For questions, please contact Leon de Bruin: lcdebruin@gmail.com

1st Semester (October 2012 - January 2013)
A1. Introduction to Cognitive Science (lecture and seminar)
- Newen, Schlicht, Güntürkün, Sauvage, Wiskott: „Introduction to Cognitive Science” (L & S)
B1. Basic Methods
B1. Basic methods: Experimental Psychology Lab
  • Kuchinke “Experimental Psychology Lab” (S)
B1. Basic methods: Logic
  • Newen/ N.N.: „Logic. An Online Course“ (Online S)
B1. Basic methods: Functional Neuroanatomy
  • Sauvage: “Functional Neuroanatomy. Memory function- novel behavioural, molecular and imaging techniques.” ( L and / or S)
B1. Basic methods: Neural Networks
  • Würtz: “Neural Networks. Artificial Neural Networks.” (L & E)
  • Schöner: “Neural Networks. Autonomous Robotics” (one-week internship)
In the master program the courses of the module "Advanced Methods" are offered in the second semester. The only exception is the "FMRI"-course which is only offered in the winter. Students have to learn at least two advanced methods; if the "FMRI"-technique is one of those you must integrate it into the first or the third semester; in this case an individual application for the course is necessary: albert.newen@rub.de see further advanced methods below in the provisional program
B2. Advanced methods: fMRI-training
  • Suchan/Bellebaum: “fMRI training” (S)
C1. Topic Selection I
C1. Topic Selection I: Social Cognition and Meta-Science
  • Wolf & Dziobek: “Social Cognition” (S)
  • De Bruin: “Theories of Emotion” (S)
C1. Topic Selection I: Memory and Learning
  • Wolf: “Stress and Memory” (S)
  • Wiskott: “Machine Learning: Basic Course” (L & E)
  • Chen: “Discourse in Episodic Memory” (S)
  • Yoshida: “Learning and Memory” (S)
  • Bellebaum/ van Riel: “Neuroenhancement: Moral Issues” (S)
  • Newen, Eronen: “Theories of Knowledge and Representation” (S)
C1. Topic Selection I: Perception & Action
  • Schlicht:Perception and Action (S)
  • Schöner: Computational Neurosciences: Neural Dynamics“ (L & E)
  • Güntürkün: „Left brain – right brain“ (L)
  • Chen:“Introduction to perception” (L)
  • Chen: “The neural basis of vision” (S)
  • Schlicht: “Radical Enactivism” (Blockseminar)
  • Werning: “Current Problems in the Philosophy of Perception” (S)
C1. Topic Selection I: Language, Logic & Categories
  • Spychalska: „Between logical and pragmatical inferences. Formal and experimental approaches to human reasoning.” (S)
2nd Semester (April - July 2013)
[Announcement of advanced methods only! All other seminars will be fixed in september]
B2. Advanced methods:
B2. Advanced methods: theory formation and conceptual analysis
  • Newen: “Philosophy of Mind” (S)
B2. Advanced Analysis of Language and Logic
  • Wansing: ”An introduction to epistemic logic” (S)
B2. Advanced methods: behavior studies
  • Sauvage: “Behaviour Studies” (S)
B2. Advanced methods: computational modeling
  • Wiskott: „ Computational modeling. Mathematics for Modelling and Data Analysis“ (L & E)
  • Wiskott: “Computational modeling.Selected Topics of Neural Computation” (S)
  • Cheng: “Neural Network Simulations” (S)
  • Yoshida: “Computational modeling.Basic Neural Simulation” (S)
B2. Advanced methods: molecular imaging
  • Sauvage: “Molecular Imaging”
B2. Advanced methods: EEG-training
  • Suchan/Bellebaum: “EEG training
B2. Advanced methods: Stress induction and Stress measurement
  • Oliver Wolf: “Stress induction and Stress measurement” (S)