Admission requirements
Not applicable.
Description
This course will familiarize students with the discipline of cognitive science. In this discipline, neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers, computer scientists, and biologists try to shed light on the causes of and mechanisms underlying mental processes. Multiple levels of analysis can be used in the analysis of cognitive systems, which will be discussed in this course.
Course objectives
Students can describe several historical events in the development of the field of cognitive science.
Students can explain the fundamental principles of cognitive science.
Students can identify contributions from the different traditional disciplines (biology, computer science, psychology, philosophy) to cognitive science.
Students can analyze cognitive systems from a computational, algorithmic, and implementation level.
Students can critically appraise a topic in cognitive science by writing a scientific paper on it.
Timetable
In MyTimetable, you can find all course and programme schedules, allowing you to create your personal timetable. Activities for which you have enrolled via MyStudyMap will automatically appear in your timetable.
Additionally, you can easily link MyTimetable to a calendar app on your phone, and schedule changes will be automatically updated in your calendar. You can also choose to receive email notifications about schedule changes. You can enable notifications in Settings after logging in.
Questions? Watch the video, read the instructions, or contact the ISSC helpdesk.
Note: Joint Degree students from Leiden/Delft need to combine information from both the Leiden and Delft MyTimetables to see a complete schedule. This video explains how to do it.
Mode of instruction
The course consists of 14 lectures, and students will write an individual paper. Instructions will be provided on Brightspace.
Assessment method
The final grade for this course is a weighted average of:
a multiple-choice exam based on the textbook and lecture content (70%)
a paper on a topic in cognitive science (30%)
Both grades will need to be at least 5.5 to pass the course. There are re-sit opportunities for both the final exam as well as the paper. However, the maximum paper grade in the re-sit will be a 6.0.
Reading list
Bermúdez, J. L. (2022). Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Science of the Mind (4th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Registration
As a student, you are responsible for enrolling on time through MyStudyMap.
In this short video, you can see step-by-step how to enrol for courses in MyStudyMap.
Extensive information about the operation of MyStudyMap can be found here.
There are two enrolment periods per year:
Enrolment for the fall opens in July
Enrolment for the spring opens in December
See this page for more information about deadlines and enrolling for courses and exams.
Note:
It is mandatory to enrol for all activities of a course that you are going to follow.
Your enrolment is only complete when you submit your course planning in the ‘Ready for enrolment’ tab by clicking ‘Send’.
Not being enrolled for an exam/resit means that you are not allowed to participate in the exam/resit.
Contact
Course coordinator: dr. ir. Roy de Kleijn
Remarks
Software
Starting from the 2024/2025 academic year, the Faculty of Science will use the software distribution platform Academic Software. Through this platform, you can access the software needed for specific courses in your studies. For some software, your laptop must meet certain system requirements, which will be specified with the software. It is important to install the software before the start of the course. More information about the laptop requirements can be found on the student website.