Cognitive Science 170
Natural and Artificial Symbol-Using Systems

Professor:
Marty Sereno -- sereno -AT- cogsci
class: MWF 2:00-2:50 PM, Center 222
office hours: Mon 11:00-1:00 PM, CSB 171, and by email appt

Readings and Tests:
xeroxed reader (references)
4 short papers (3-6 pages) on assigned topics (paper1, paper2, paper3, paper4)
papers due on days with asterisks (*)

Lecture Topics: (Fall 2004 -- this page: http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~sereno/170/)
1/05 -- Intro, Levels of organization -- (#1, #7)
1/07 -- Computational models of cognition I -- (#2)
1/09 -- Computational models of cognition II -- (#3)
1/12 -- Connectionist models of cognition I -- (#4)
1/14 -- Connectionist models of cognition II -- (#5)
1/16 -- Connectionist models of cognition III -- (#6)
1/19 -- [HOLIDAY]
1/21 -- Computational symbols vs. network symbols -- (lecture only)
1/23 -- 3 analogies between biological & cultural/linguistic evolution -- (#8)
1/26 -- The 4th analogy: basic similarities and differences -- (#8)
1/28 -- *Origin of life -- (#10)
1/30 -- Bonds, rocks, biomolecules -- (#9)
2/02 -- Metabolism--cellular intentionality -- (#11)
2/04 -- DNA and speech sound sequences -- (#12)
2/06 -- Protein 'translation' and word recognition -- (#13)
2/09 -- Implications of catalytic RNA and the RNA world -- (#14, #15, #16, #17)
2/11 -- Protein folding and catalysis -- (#18, #19)
2/13 -- Cells and Computers -- (#20)
2/16 -- [HOLIDAY]
2/18 -- Origins of language -- (#21, #22, #32, #35)
2/20 -- Vision and language -- (#23, #24, #25, #38)
2/23 -- Visual areas in monkeys and humans -- (#26, #27, #33)
2/25 -- *Aphasia I -- (#28)
2/27 -- Aphasia II -- (#29, #36)
3/01 -- Imaging experiments on language I -- (#30, #31)
3/03 -- Imaging experiments on language II -- (lecture only)
3/05 -- Imaging experiments on language III -- (lecture only)
3/08 -- Preliminary model of language in the brain I -- (#37, #39)
3/10 -- Preliminary model of language in the brain II -- (#34)
3/12 -- *Review
3/15 -- *Final Exam/Paper