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Cognitive Engineering
Aim:
To provide engineering students with insight in the methods
and results of cognitive psychology and in modeling tools
for design, implementation, and evaluation of cognitive
engineering systems.
Preample:
- What is cognitive psychology?
- What is a cognitive engineering system?
Lectures
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Title
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Teacher
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Teaching materials
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Exercises
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1
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Introduction: The history of cognitive science and cognitive engineering
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SK & LKH
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B&G (ch. 1) + ??
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2
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Sensation and Perception: from physical stimulation to conscious experience
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SK
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B&G (ch. 3+2)
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Signal-Detection Theory
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3
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Cognitive systems: search engines
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LKH
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4
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Human memory: from sensory to long-term memory - from milliseconds to a century
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SK
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B&G (ch. 8+9)
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Visual Short-Term Memory
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5
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Higher cognitive functions: problem solving, decision making, and thinking
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SK
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B&G (ch. 10+11)
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6
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Cognitive aspects in computer vision
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?
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7
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Experimental methods in cognitive psychology
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SK
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B&G (ch. 16) + ??
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Modeling parallel vs. serial visual processes
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8
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Embodiment: robotics
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Ole Ravn?
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9
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Social networks
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LKH (Sune Lehmann)
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10
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Mini project
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SK & LKH
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11
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Mini project
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SK & LKH
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12
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Mini project
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SK & LKH
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13
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Future and extrapolations
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SK & LKH
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Literature
- Braisby, N., & Gellatly, A. (2005). Cognitive Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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