200252 SE Advanced Seminar: Mind and Brain (2025S)
Fundamental Topics in Cognitive Science + Colloquium
Continuous assessment of course work
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Vertiefungsseminare können nur fürs Pflichtmodul B verwendet werden! Eine Verwendung fürs Modul A4 Freie Fächer ist nicht möglich.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 03.02.2025 09:00 to Th 27.02.2025 09:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 03.03.2025 09:00
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 06.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Thursday 13.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Thursday 20.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Thursday 27.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Thursday 03.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Thursday 10.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- N Thursday 08.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Thursday 15.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Thursday 22.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Thursday 05.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Thursday 12.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Thursday 26.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Aims: Through discussions–in English–centered on the reading and consideration of target research or theory papers, we aim to foster critical thinking in the area of Psychology and the Cognitive Sciences. After taking this course, attendees should be especially able to reflect on the “bigger picture” underlying academic discussions and to approach scientific communications and ideas (more) critically. Unlike many other courses, which target specific empirical studies, this course will be focusing on seminal papers, ideas, or book chapters, which provide the framework and context for much of Psychology and Cognitive Science's activities itself––Where do our terms, our problems, our solutions in Psychology come from? Why is this so?Second, the course aims to train skills in participating in discussions in English—in a “safe space” with minimal pressure and with an emphasis on communication, discussion, and collaboratively unpacking course topics.Contents: The seminar involves reading, presenting, and discussing seminal papers or book chapters in Psychology/Cognitive Sciences. This includes topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Psychology as a Science, how research findings can be generalized, the replication crisis, Philosophy of Mind, research practices, diversity in psychology, etc. Our discussions will also (hopefully) regularly touch relevant topics of everyday life, such as the future of science, consequences of digitalization, cultural dependence on psychological concepts, development of language, truth, or free will.Methods: The course is centered on student-led presentations of a paper/book chapter, student-guided discussion of the text in the seminar, and active class discussion.Students are also required to listen to podcasts weekly on related topics AND to attend and be prepared to discuss the weekly research colloquium (specific schedule to be determined throughout course).
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment is based on participation and contributions to the discussion in class. In each unit, a specific paper/book chapter will be discussed. Each week, one student or student team will present the assigned reading and should raise important questions pertaining to the topic. These will then be discussed by the class.The presentation will be assessed in detail on the following criteria: completeness, creativity and critical thinking. Feedback will be provided in written or oral form.*IMPORTANT*
Please note that in this course it may also be mandatory to attend a weekly Thursday colloquium: This provides the opportunity to engage with current research in Psychology, as presented by renowned researchers. Through the talks, students experience state of the art research and current topics of Cognitive Science. They also get firsthand experience how research is communicated. In the seminar the talks from the colloquium will be reflected upon and further discussed to maximize the learning outcomes. The skills of critically reflecting research findings and conclusions should enable the students to reflect the contents of the talk and to critically review the presentations. However, if you are not available to attend this (usually Thursdays at 4pm), please do not sign up for the course.
Please note that in this course it may also be mandatory to attend a weekly Thursday colloquium: This provides the opportunity to engage with current research in Psychology, as presented by renowned researchers. Through the talks, students experience state of the art research and current topics of Cognitive Science. They also get firsthand experience how research is communicated. In the seminar the talks from the colloquium will be reflected upon and further discussed to maximize the learning outcomes. The skills of critically reflecting research findings and conclusions should enable the students to reflect the contents of the talk and to critically review the presentations. However, if you are not available to attend this (usually Thursdays at 4pm), please do not sign up for the course.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Attendance at class sessions (max 2 missed sessions)
Reading papers/book chapters every week and listening to assigned podcasts, mandatory
One presentation of assigned reading/leading class in discussion.Grading:
a) Active participation --> 40%
b) Presentation of the paper and discussion --> 40%
c) Listening to podcasts/attendance to colloquium --> 20%Please note that active participation (40% of the total grade) is a major determinant of the grade. We would like to point out that missing a session results in no participation for this session.
Reading papers/book chapters every week and listening to assigned podcasts, mandatory
One presentation of assigned reading/leading class in discussion.Grading:
a) Active participation --> 40%
b) Presentation of the paper and discussion --> 40%
c) Listening to podcasts/attendance to colloquium --> 20%Please note that active participation (40% of the total grade) is a major determinant of the grade. We would like to point out that missing a session results in no participation for this session.
Examination topics
Tentative plan (Note, may be subject to change):
Session 1: Introduction, overview of class, syllabus
Session 2: Example Session (Matthew Pelowski): Mindless statistics (Gigerenzer, 2004)
Session 3: Summary of Social Science (Meehl, 1990)
Session 4: Weirdest people in the world (Henrich et al., 2010, 4-19)
Session 5: Naming the mind (Danziger, 1997)
Session 6: Digital memory, History of memory (Draaisma, 2000)
Session 7: AI (Turing, 1950)
Session 8: Principles of Psychology (James, 1890)
Session 9: Neural correlates of interspecies perspective taking in the post-mortem Atlantic salmon (Bennet et al., 2010; Fiedler, 2011)
Session 10: QRP (Simmons, 2011; Benjamin, 2017)
Session 11: Replication (Zwaan et al. 2018)
Session 12: Non-statistical Reviewers (Friston, 2012)
Session 13: TBA
Session 1: Introduction, overview of class, syllabus
Session 2: Example Session (Matthew Pelowski): Mindless statistics (Gigerenzer, 2004)
Session 3: Summary of Social Science (Meehl, 1990)
Session 4: Weirdest people in the world (Henrich et al., 2010, 4-19)
Session 5: Naming the mind (Danziger, 1997)
Session 6: Digital memory, History of memory (Draaisma, 2000)
Session 7: AI (Turing, 1950)
Session 8: Principles of Psychology (James, 1890)
Session 9: Neural correlates of interspecies perspective taking in the post-mortem Atlantic salmon (Bennet et al., 2010; Fiedler, 2011)
Session 10: QRP (Simmons, 2011; Benjamin, 2017)
Session 11: Replication (Zwaan et al. 2018)
Session 12: Non-statistical Reviewers (Friston, 2012)
Session 13: TBA
Reading list
Assigned in class.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Tu 25.02.2025 13:27