PSYC 593

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Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

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

2 or 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated if topics vary.

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PSYC 593 class schedule data for fall 2019
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
53699	Lecture-Discussion	AB	9:00AM -10:50AM	W	815 Psychology Building	Benjamin, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Detection and Discrimination Section Info: This course will review widely used models for choice decisions in detection, discrimination, and identification tasks. We will spend about half of the semester on signal-detection theory (SDT), a very simple probabilistic model of yes/no decision making that can be applied to a huge variety of tasks and easily extended to other common paradigms, including forced-choice responding. The remainder of the semester will be devoted to models related to SDT, including threshold models and individual choice theory, and also to accumulator models that describe both response times and accuracy (including the drift-diffusion model). This course will be useful for anyone who uses tasks (human or animal) that involve simple choice decision-making. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38125	Lecture-Discussion	CF	12:00PM -1:50PM	W	815 Psychology Building	Fisher, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Language and Events Section Info: Language is sketchy in its conveyance of thought, relying on listeners to fill in much of the intended meaning through inference. For example, if I say “Hand me the book”, a listener can often infer even in a room full of books which one I mean. Such inferences can be based on the physical setting (e.g., what objects are present, what objects are within your reach and not mine), knowledge about the situation and the speaker (what objects are relevant to the speaker’s goals), and on the preceding discourse (has the speaker already mentioned or implied a particular book). Our tendency to enrich sentences with these and other inferences has been documented in classic studies of memory for sentences within psychology, discourse comprehension in psycholinguistics, and in the field of linguistic pragmatics. Young children make some of these inferences, but struggle to draw other inferences in time to guide language processing. In this course we will read and discuss this literature, exploring what kinds of inferences listeners can make, and theoretical accounts of these inferences within psychology and linguistics. The seminar will include a focus on the development of pragmatic inference-making, asking to what extent the sketchiness of linguistic expression poses challenges for early language learning, versus under what circumstances young learners can make the inferences to figure out what we mean. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
55775	Lecture-Discussion	DIV	9:00AM -10:50AM	T	708 Psychology Building	Aber, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: ClinComm Diversity & Inclusion Section Info: Examines issues of human diversity in clinical and community psychology through a variety of theoretical frames with emphasis on history, power and privilege. Aims to increase awareness of and capacity to think critically about the relevance of diversity for clinical and community theory, research, intervention and professional roles. Reviews theory and research that challenges dominant narratives, social norms and structures that underlie intentional and unintentional harms or bias.
55707	Lecture-Discussion	FD	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Dolcos, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 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. ( Will meet in Room 4369) Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
46224	Lecture-Discussion	JLM	10:00AM -11:50AM	M	708 Psychology Building	Montag, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Section Title: Language Production Section Info: This course will explore the processes that underlie human language production. Speakers are faced with many alternatives for how to convey even a single message, and this course aims to understand why people make the word and word-ordering choices that they do. Topics will include word, phrase and sentence level language production, and the various cognitive, linguistic, physiological, and social features that contribute to language production choices.
53817	Lecture-Discussion	SF	3:10PM -4:30PM	T	2169 Beckman Institute	Sadaghiani, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Prac Issues in Cog & Networks Section Info: Practical issues in cognitive control research and Network Neuroscience This course focuses on conceptual and practical issues in the research of cognitive control, as well as the critical discussion of relevant current literature. Cognitive control functions enable top-down modulation of information processing in the brain, and are central to all goal-directed behavior. We will discuss practical research aspects, from experimental design to data collection and analysis, with particular emphasis on Network Neuroscience approaches to communication across brain regions. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
39832	Lecture-Discussion	WH	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Heller, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Title: Neuropsychological Assessment Section Info: Topic: Neuropsychological Assessment of Children, Adolescents, and Adults This course will provide students with in-depth experience in comprehensive neuropsychological assessment for children, adolescents and adults. Students will have the opportunity to learn and master a wide variety of tests and measures used to assess cognitive, emotion, and social function. Readings, case conferences, and discussions will focus on analysis and interpretation of testing data and other sources of information. Cases generally involve individuals with complex neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric issues which intersect with social, emotional, and environmental challenges. Students attending this seminar will be exposed to hypothesis building and testing, measurement strategies and interpretation of data, and use of the literature to investigate and determine fundamental neuropsychological mechanisms and their interactions with other factors in explaining functional impairments. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.