PSYCHOLOGY 290    Section: 6

Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention

Spring Quarter 2008

Units: 4
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. See instructor for CRN.

Course description: This advanced seminar course will review current and classic literature on attentional mechanisms. A cognitive neuroscience approach will be taken. Evidence from work in humans and animals will be considered.

Topics to be covered: Cognitive and neural mechanisms of attention. Attentional theories. Neuropsychology of attention.

Course format (lecture, discussion, etc.): Seminar course. Intensive readings. Review of current and classic literature. Student presentations and group discussion.

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George R. Mangun , Ph.D. College of Letters and Science *