Neuroscience 3680 Fall 2006
Cognitive Neuroscience
Instructor:
Dr. Rob Sutherland
Email:
robert.sutherland@uleth.ca
Office: Rm 1260 Canadian Centre for Behavioural
Neuroscience
Tel:
394-3979
Class:
Mondays 3 – 5:50 (AH117)
Text:
Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of Mind, M.
S. Gazzaniga, R.B. Ivry, G.R. Mangun (Eds.)
Second Edition
Norton 2002.
TA:
Jared Stone; email: jared.stone@uleth.ca;
office: EP1206; office phone: 394-3981.
Evaluation: There will be two tests and an end-of-semester
paper, each worth 25%. The paper will be in the form of a
research proposal in which a novel experiment is presented
and justified by a brief review of the contemporary
literature. One journal article in the area of cognitive
neuroscience will be presented by each student through the
semester. Leading and participating in discussions will
contribute to 25% of the final grade.
The final grading scheme will be as follows: A+ (90+), A
(85-89), A- (80-84), 70 – 79 will be divided equally among
B-, B, B+, 60 – 69 will be divided equally among C-, C, C+,
50 – 59 will be divided equally among D-, D, D+, F < 50.