Q550 Models in Cognitive Science, Prof. Kruschke

Weekly Schedule

"SnS Reading" refers to the collection edited by Scarborough and Sternberg. "MPnR Reading" refers to the book by McLeod, Plunkett and Rolls.

Click on the number of the week you want: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Finals,

Week 1 (Jan. 9, 11)

Introduction: Models in the sciences. Reading on the web:
Newton's model of falling-object behavior;
representation and process
Homework. The template model of similarity, which is part of this homework, can be placed in the general framework of modeling that was described in the reading regarding Newton's model of gravity. To see how, click here.

Week 2 (Jan. 16, 18)

SnS Reading: Massaro Ch. 8 (FLMP model of letter perception).
One theme: Perception is ambiguous; i.e., the stimulation received at the sensory periphery could have been produced by an infinite number of distal stimuli. Here's one more example of perceptual ambiguity...
Homework.

Week 3 (Jan. 23, 25)

SnS Reading: Dosher Ch. 10 (models of visual search).
For a demonstration about visual feature integration, try this card trick.
There is a worked example of computations in the the guided search model on the web.
Homework.

Week 4 (Jan 30, Feb. 1)

SnS Reading: Sternberg Ch. 9 (models of comparison RT). For this week, read pages 365-403 and Appendix 2.
Homework.

Week 5 (Feb. 6, 8)

SnS Reading: Sternberg Ch. 9 (models of comparison RT), continued. Finish reading the remainder of the chapter.
Homework.

Week 6 (Feb. 13, 15)

Week 7 (Feb. 20, 22)

Week 8 (Feb. 27, Mar. 1)

Week 9 (Mar. 6, 8)

Spring Break (Mar. 10-18)

Week 10 (Mar. 20, 22)

Week 11 (Mar. 27, 29)

Week 12 (Apr. 2, 4)

Week 13 (Apr. 10, 12)

Week 14 (Apr. 17, 19)

Reading: MPnR, Ch. 14 (evolutionary connectionism). SnS, Lewontin Ch. 3 (evolutionary storytelling).
Homework.
A nifty Java simulation of the evolving XOR networks, written by Travis Bauer.
Exploratorium: Evolution of language.

Week 15 (Apr. 24, 26)

Finals Week