Cognitive Processes II

It is recommended that students have already acquired notions of neuroanatomy  of the head and auditory system, in order to understand the concepts that will be taught.

Theoretical-practical lectures with audiovisual resources; viewing videos and scientific experiences within the area of curricular unit, group works; availability and analysis of scientific articles; clarification of doubts to students in the teachers’ offices /at a distance.
Possibility of online classes up to 20%.

This curricular unit aims to provide students with:
The ability to identify the processes involved in the various cognitive processes, such as perception, attention, decision making, as well as their practical implications in the area of Audiology.
Knowledge of the models and theories associated with each of these domains.
The development of critical and analytical skills required to approach the knowledge produced in these areas, in order to obtain a global perspective of information processing.

Neuroplasticity and development. Sensory replacement and synaptic plasticity.
Brain changes over age. Sensory Integration. Theories of perception: Unimodal and multimodal perception, neurological bases and integration; Visual perception; Auditory perception; Audiovisual and multisensory perception.
Classification of attention: Cognitive Theories of Attention: filter and resource models; automatic and controlled processing; neo-connectionist and central control models; Paradigms of study of attention: search, runway, filter, double tasks. Decision Making: The role of perception, attention, emotion and memory in decision making; Concepts of risk and uncertainty; Probability and expected usefulness; Value-based decision; The role of cognitive and emotional evaluation in a process of choice. The Signal Detection Theory: Concepts of incidence, prevalence, noise and signal in SDT; The use of SDT in the analysis of decision-making processes.

NAO

Main Bibliography:

− Alais, D., Newell, F., & Mamassian, P. (2010). Multisensory Processing in Review: from Physiology to Behaviour. Seeing and Perceiving, 23(1), 3–38.

− Calvert, G. A., Spence, C., & Stein, B. E. (2004). The handbook of multisensory processes. MIT Press.

− Macmillan, N.A. & Creelman, C.D. (2005) Detection Theory: A User’s Guide.Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, New York

− Kollmeier B, Klump G, Hohmann V, Langemann U, Mauermann M, Uppenkamp S and Verhey JL, (2007).Hearing–From Sensory Processing to Perception. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

− Schnupp, J., Nelken, I., & King, A. (2011). Auditory neuroscience: Making sense of sound. Cambridge: MIT Press.

− Yost, W., Popper, A., Fay, R. (2008). Auditory Perception of Sound Sources. Chicago: Springe

Recommended:

−  Costandi, M. Neuroplasticity (2016). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series

−  Goldstein, E. B. (2014). Sensation and Perception (9th Ed). Wadsworth: Cengage Learning.

− Lee, A., Wallace, M., Coffin, A., Popper, A. & Fay, R. (2019). Multisensory Processes. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Springer Nature Switzerland.

−  Mather, G. (2009). Foundations of sensation and perception. Hove; Psychology Press.

−   Murray, M.M, Wallace, M.T, (2012). The Neural Bases of Multisensory Processes. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press/Taylor & FrancisParasuraman, R. (Ed.) (2000). The attentive Brain. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

−   Quartz, S.R. (2009). Reason, emotion and decision-making: risk and reward computation with feeling. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 13:209-215.

−   Rangel, A, Camerer, C & Montague, PR (2008). A framework for studying the neurobiology of value-based decision making. Nat Rev Neurosci 9:545-556.

−   Sternberg, R. J., & Mio, J. S. (2009). Cognitive psychology. Australia: Cengage Learning/Wadsworth.Wade, N, & Swanston, M. (2013). Visual perception: An introduction. London: Psychology Press.

−  Sekuler, R. & Blake, R. (2002). Perception. Boston: McGraw-Hill.

−  Weber, EU & Johnson, EJ (2009). Mindful Judgment and Decision Making. Annu Rev Psychol 60:53–85.