1. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 1 Happy New Semester and Welcome to Intro to Cognitive Science!

2. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 2 Instructor: Marc Pomplun Office: S-3-171 Lab: S-3-135 Office Hours: Tuesdays 5:30 – 7:00pm Thursdays 2:30 – 4:00pm Phone: 287-6443 (office) 287-6485 (lab) E-Mail: marc@cs.umb.edu marc@cs.umb.edu Homepage: http://www.cs.umb.edu/~marc/cs271/

3. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 3 Grading  95%: A  90%: A-  74%: C+  70%: C  66%: C-  86%: B+  82%: B  78%: B-  62%: D+  56%: D  50%: D-  50%: F For the assignments, exams and your course grade, the following scheme will be used to convert percentages into letter grades:

4. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 4 Complaints about Grading If you think that the grading of your assignment or exam was unfair, write down your complaint (handwriting is OK), write down your complaint (handwriting is OK), attach it to the assignment or exam, attach it to the assignment or exam, and give it to me or put it in my mailbox. and give it to me or put it in my mailbox. I will re-grade the whole exam/assignment and return it to you in class.

5. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 5 I am from Lübeck, Germany:

6. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 6 My research is in the area of Cognitive Science, especially eye movements

7. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 7 Example: Distribution of Visual Attention

8. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 8 Selectivity in Complex Scenes

9. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 9 Selectivity in Complex Scenes

10. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 10 Selectivity in Complex Scenes

11. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 11 Selectivity in Complex Scenes

12. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 12 Selectivity in Complex Scenes

13. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 13 Selectivity in Complex Scenes

14. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 14 Computer Vision:

15. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 15 Modeling of Brain Functions

16. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 16 Modeling of Brain Functions unit and connection in the interpretive network unit and connection in the gating network unit and connection in the top-down bias network layer l +1 layer l -1 layer l

17. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 17 Human-Computer Interfaces:

18. September 8, 2009Introduction to Cognitive Science Lecture 1: Introduction and Preliminaries 18 Cognitive Science Interdisciplinary Effort to study mind, brain, and behavior: Psychology Psychology Computer Science Computer Science Neuroscience Neuroscience Linguistics Linguistics Philosophy Philosophy