PSYC 593

Fall 2013

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Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

Discussion of current topics in their historical setting, with special emphasis on research problems.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
47847
Lecture-Discussion
AC
1:00PM -2:50PM
R
608 Psychology Building
Cimpian, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Causes of Academic Gender Gaps
Section Info:
This informal, discussion-based seminar will survey the current literature on the causes of women's underrepresentation in certain academic disciplines (e.g., natural sciences, mathematics, philosophy)_
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38101
Lecture-Discussion
AK
10:00AM -11:50AM
F
ARR Beckman Institute
Kramer, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
CurrentTopics Visual Attention
Section Info:
Topic: Current Topics in Visual Attention. This seminar will focus on current topics in visual attention and will include theories and empirical research on the following issues: Cognitive neuroscience of attention, goal-directed and stimulus-driven incluences on attentional guidance, multimodal selection and attention, the relationship between eye movements and covert attention, and attention and memory. Students will be responsible for reading one to two manuscripts per week and discussing and critiquing the research and theories. This course will meet in room 1329 Beckman, please enter through suite 1301 Beckman.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
42024
Laboratory
Lecture-Discussion
AL
AL
1:00PM -2:50PM
9:00AM -11:50AM
T
R
289 Psychology Building
219A Psychology Building
Griffin, M
Lleras, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Intro to Research Programming
Section Info:
Topic: Intro to Research Programming. Computer programming is an increasingly important component of a research scientist's skill set. The goal of this course is to provide graduate students with the programming skills necessary to independently design experiments and analyze the resulting data. The course is designed to accommodate multiple levels of programming proficiency: students without programming experience will learn to create, read and modify programs, while students with moderate or advanced programming skills will learn to create complex and complete experiments. Students will learn to program using Matlab, a powerful and widespread scientific programming environment. This language is similar to most modern programming languages (e.g. C++, Python), thus the skills acquired in this course would transfer easily to other programming environments. Students will be required to complete short weekly programming assignments and a self-selected final project. The course is open to all psychology graduate students.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38123
Lecture-Discussion
DS
9:00AM -10:50AM
M
819 Psychology Building
Simons, D
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
Professional Development
Section Info:
This seminar provides hands-on experience with writing and speaking for an audience outside of your area of research specialization. It is open to students in all areas of psychology who already have good English writing proficiency within their sub-discipline. It is not a basic English writing course. If you are not already a proficient writer in English, the class would not be appropriate for you. It requires weekly writing and/or speaking and will address written formats such as science blogging, opinion/editorial writing, book reviewing, and magazine-style feature writing. Speaking will include TED-style science talks as well as talks for non-scientists. Students will provide stylistic, structural, and organizational feedback for their peers in the class. The broader goal is to improve your ability to communicate with people outside of your specialty, a skill that generalizes to giving an effective job talk and to interviewing.
38131
Lecture-Discussion
EHT
10:00AM -11:50AM
T
608 Psychology Building
Telzer, E
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Developmental Social Neurosci
Section Info:
The goal of this course is to understand the neural systems that support social development from childhood to adulthood by drawing on theories and methods from developmental and social psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience. The transition from childhood to adolescence and from adolescence to adulthood is accompanied by a host of changes across social, cognitive, and biological domains. In this course, we will examine the role the brain plays during these important developmental transitions. We will draw upon research examining the brain bases underlying the development of various social behaviors including victimization, emotion processing and emotion regulation, social relationships, theory of mind, risk taking, self perception, and empathy.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
55707
Lecture-Discussion
FD
ARRANGED
n.a.
ARR Beckman Institute
Dolcos, F
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
CurrentTopicsAffectiveNeurosci
Section Info:
Current Topics in Affective Neurosciences Emotion is a double-edged sword. Iin some circumstances the enhanced significance of emotional stimuli can benefit cognitive processes (e.g. better memory for emotional events), while in others it can hinder them and cause detrimental effects on behavior (e.g., increased emotional distractibility). On the other hand, emotion processing is also susceptible to cognitive influences (e.g., cognitive control of emotion). Despite their relevance for understanding brain function in both healthy and clinical conditions, the neural mechanisms mediating the interactions between emotion and cognition are not well understood. This seminar will discuss current topics in the literature on emotion-cognition interactions, with a focus on the associated neural correlates.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38129
Lecture-Discussion
KF
1:30PM -3:20PM
T
608 Psychology Building
Federmeier, K
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Section Info:
Language and Attention
51546
Lecture-Discussion
MOR
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Preston, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Section Title:
Mind Perception
Section Info:
How can we tell the difference between inanimate things, and animate beings with thoughts feelings and intentions? How much depth do we see in the mind of others, and how do we attribute complex intentions and emotional states? Why do we sometimes see mind in inanimate objects, and infer minds supernatural agents? This seminar will examine how we perceive the minds of others, from a social psychological perspective. Topics will include egocentrism, theory of mind, autism, dehumanization, empathy, and anthropomorphism.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
54683
Lecture-Discussion
MR
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Regenwetter, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Testing DecisionTheories
Section Info:
The seminar discusses quantitative methods for testing theories of decision making with a strong emphasis on the mathematical modeling of variability within and between decision makers. Empirical paradigms of particular interest are choice under risk or uncertainty, intertemporal choice, and probabilistic inference. Participants will jointly select relevant literature for discussion. Participants are encouraged to carry out a research project in which they use contemporary methods.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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