Reading List: Cognitive Neuroscience (S 2006)
All reading assignments (except for the “basic readings”) and advanced reading materials
can be downloaded from Blackboard in pdf format.
Lecture 1:
Introduction (Organization)
What is cognitive neuroscience?
Advanced Readings:
ALL advanced readings are optional!!
Gross CG: Brain, Vision, Memory; MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999, pp. 192.
Lecture 2:
The Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience
Reading assignment:
Gazzaniga, Ivry, Mangun : The Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience; in: Cognitive
Neuroscience, 2nd edition, Norton, New York 2002, pp. 96-147 (Chapter 4).
Advanced Readings: N/A
Basic readings (for students who did not take PSY 258):
Bear/Connors/Paradiso: Neuroscience – Exploring the Brain; Lippincott, 2nd edition,
Chapters 1-7.
Lecture 3:
Visual Perception: Basics & Phenomena
Reading assignment:
Kandel/Schwartz/Jessell: Central Visual Pathways, in: Principles of Neural Science, 4th
edition, McGraw-Hill, New York 2000, pp. 523-547 (Chapter 27).
Wandell BA: Seeing, in: Foundations of Vision, Sinauer Associates Sunderland, MA
1995, pp. 387-402 (Chapter 11).
Advanced Readings:
Von der Heydt R, and Peterhans E: Mechanisms of contour perception in monkey visual
cortex. I. Lines of pattern discontinuity. J. Neuroscience 1989, 9: 1731-1748.
DeWeerd P et al: Responses of cells in monkey visual cortex during perceptual filling-in
of an artificial scotoma. Nature 1995, 377: 731-734.
Mendola JD et al: The representation of illusory and real contours in human cortical
visual areas revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging. J. Neuroscience 1999,
19: 8560-8572.
Basic readings (for students who did not take PSY 258):
Bear/Connors/Paradiso: Neuroscience – Exploring the Brain; Lippincott, 2nd edition,
Chapters 9 (The Eye) & 10 (The Central Visual System).
Lecture 4:
Higher perceptual functions I
Reading assignment:
Kandel/Schwartz/Jessell: Color Vision, in: Principles of Neural Science, 4th edition,
McGraw-Hill, New York 2000, pp. 572-589 (Chapter 29).
Ungerleider LG: Ventral and dorsal cortical processing streams. In: The Visual
Neurosciences, Volume 1, Chalupa and Werner (Eds.), MIT Press Cambridge, MA 2004,
pp. 541-562 (Chapter 34).
Advanced Readings: see Lecture 5
Basic readings (for students who did not take PSY 258):
Bear/Connors/Paradiso: Neuroscience – Exploring the Brain; Lippincott, 2nd edition,
Chapters 9 (The Eye) & 10 (The Central Visual System).
Lecture 5:
Higher perceptual functions II
Reading assignment:
Kanwisher N: The ventral visual object pathway in humans: Evidence from fMRI. In:
The Visual Neurosciences, Volume 2, Chalupa and Werner (Eds.), MIT Press
Cambridge, MA 2004, pp. 1179-1189 (Chapter 79).
Advanced Readings:
Kanwisher N et al: The fusiform face area: a module in human extrastriate cortex
specialized for face perception. J. Neurosci. 1997, 17: 4302-4311.
Haxby JV et al.: Distributed and overlapping representations of faces and objects in
ventral temporal cortex. Science 2001, 293: 2425-2430.
Downing et al.: A cortical area selective for visual processing of the human body.
Science 2001, 293: 2470-2473.
Basic readings (for students who did not take PSY 258):
Bear/Connors/Paradiso: Neuroscience – Exploring the Brain; Lippincott, 2nd edition,
Chapters 9 (The Eye) & 10 (The Central Visual System).
Lecture 6:
Mental and Visual Imagery
Farah M: The neural bases of mental imagery; in: The New Cognitive Neurosciences,
edited by M. Gazzaniga, 2000, MIT Press, Chapter 66 (pp. 965-974).
Kosslyn SM, Thompson WL: Shared mechanisms in visual imagery and visual
perception: Insights from cognitive neuroscience; in: ibido, Chapter 67 (pp. 975-985).
Advanced Readings:
Ishai A, Ungerleider LG, Haxby JV: Distributed neural systems for the generation of
visual images. Neuron 2000, 28: 979-990.
Kosslyn SM, Thompson WL, Kim IJ, Alpert NM: Topographical representation of
mental images in primary visual cortex. Nature 1995, 378: 496-498.
Basic readings (for students who did not take PSY 258):
Bear/Connors/Paradiso: Neuroscience – Exploring the Brain; Lippincott, 2nd edition,
Chapters 9 (The Eye) & 10 (The Central Visual System).
Lectures 7 & 8:
Attention and Selective Perception
Bear/Connors/Paradiso: Neuroscience – Exploring the Brain; Lippincott, 2nd edition
Chapter 20 (Language and Attention), pp. 659-674.
Squire, Bloom, McConnell, Roberts, Spitzer, and Zigmond -- Fundamental Neuroscience;
Academic Press, 2nd edition, Chapter 49 (Attention), pp. 1249-1273.
Advanced Readings:
Kastner S, Ungerleider LG: Mechanisms of visual attention in the human cortex. Annual
Review of Neuroscience, 2000, 23: 315-341.
Lectures 9 & 10:
Short- and Long-term Memory
Bear/Connors/Paradiso: Neuroscience – Exploring the Brain; Lippincott, 2nd edition,
Chapter 23 (Memory Systems), pp. 740-773.
Kandel/Schwartz/Jessell: Learning and Memory, in: Principles of Neural Science, 4th
edition, McGraw-Hill, New York 2000, pp. 1127-1245 (Chapter 62).
Advanced Readings:
Ungerleider LG, Courtney SM, Haxby JV: A neural system for human visual working
memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 1998, 95: 883-890.
Squire LR, Knowlton BJ: The medial temporal lobe, the hippocampus, and the memory
systems of the brain. In: The New Cognitive Neurosciences, edited by M. Gazzaniga,
2000, MIT Press, pp. 765-779 (Chapter 53).
Lectures 11-13:
No reading assignments.
Lecture 14:
The Musical Brain
Parsons L: Exploring the functional neuroanatomy of music performance, perception and
comprehension. In: Peretz & Zatorre, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music, Oxford
University Press, 2001, pp. 247-268.
Peretz I: Brain specialization for music: new evidence from congenital amusia. In: Peretz
& Zatorre, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music, Oxford University Press, 2001, pp.
192-203.
Advanced Readings: N/A
Basic readings (for students who did not take PSY 258):
Bear/Connors/Paradiso: Neuroscience – Exploring the Brain; Lippincott, 2nd edition,
Chapter 11, pp. 351-384 (The Auditory System).
Lectures 15 & 16:
Language
Bear/Connors/Paradiso: Neuroscience – Exploring the Brain; Lippincott, 2nd edition,
Chapter 20 (Language and Attention), pp. 638-659.
Kandel/Schwartz/Jessell: Language and the Aphasias, in: Principles of Neural Science,
4th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York 2000, pp. 1169-1187 (Chapter 59).
Advanced Readings:
Indefrey P, Levelt W: The neural correlates of language production. In: The New
Cognitive Neurosciences, edited by M. Gazzaniga, 2000, MIT Press, pp. 845-865
(Chapter 59).
Dronkers N, Redfern B, Knight R: The neural architecture of language disorders. In: The
New Cognitive Neurosciences, edited by M. Gazzaniga, 2000, MIT Press, pp. 949-958
(Chapter 65).
Lectures 17 & 18:
Executive Functions
Miller EK and Wallis JD: The prefrontal cortex and executive brain functions. In:
Fundamental Neuroscience, 2nd edition, edited by Squire, Bloom, McConnell, Roberts,
Spitzer, and Zigmond, 2003, Academic Press, pp. 1353-1376 (Chapter 53).
Smith EE and Jonides J: Executive control and thought. In: Fundamental Neuroscience,
2nd edition, edited by Squire, Bloom, McConnell, Roberts, Spitzer, and Zigmond, 2003,
Academic Press, pp. 1377-1394 (Chapter 54).
Advanced Readings:
Miller EK (2000): The prefrontal cortex and cognitive control. Nature Reviews
Neuroscience 1, 59-65.
Fuster JM (2001): The prefrontal cortex – An update: Time is of the essence. Neuron 30,
319-333.
Lecture 19:
Decision making & Reward
TBA
Advanced Readings: TBA
Lectures 20 & 21:
Emotional Behavior
Bear/Connors/Paradiso: Neuroscience – Exploring the Brain; Lippincott, 2nd edition,
Chapter 18 (Brain Mechanisms of Emotion), pp. 580-605.
Kandel/Schwartz/Jessell: Emotional States and Feelings, in: Principles of Neural Science,
4th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York 2000, pp. 982-997 (Chapter 50).
Advanced Readings:
Armony JL, LeDoux JE: How danger is encoded: Toward a systems, cellular, and
computational understanding of cognitive-emotional interactions in fear. In: The New
Cognitive Neurosciences, edited by M. Gazzaniga, 2000, MIT Press, Chapter 74 (pp.
1067-1079).
Dolan RJ: Emotional processing in the human brain revealed through functional
neuroimaging. In: The New Cognitive Neurosciences, edited by M. Gazzaniga, 2000,
MIT Press, Chapter 77 (pp. 1115-1131).
Lecture 22:
Social neuroscience
Rizzolatti G, Fogassi L, and Gallese V: Cortical mechanisms subserving object grasping,
action, understanding, and imitation. In: The Cognitive Neurosciences III, edited by M.
Gazzaniga, 2004, MIT Press, pp. 427-451 (Chapter 31).
Cacioppo JT and Berntson GG: Social Neuroscience. In: The Cognitive Neurosciences
III, edited by M. Gazzaniga, 2004, MIT Press, pp. 977-985 (Chapter 70).
Macrae CN, Heatherton TF, and Kelley WM: A self less ordinary: the medial prefrontal
cortex and you. In: The Cognitive Neurosciences III, edited by M. Gazzaniga, 2004, MIT
Press, pp. 1067-1075 (Chapter 76).
Advanced Readings:
Saxe R, Carey S, and Kanwisher N (2004): Understanding other minds: linking
developmental psychology and functional neuroimaging. Annual Review of Psychology
55: 87-124.
Lecture 23:
The Problem of Consciousness
Gazzaniga, Ivry, Mangun: The problem of consciousness; in: Cognitive Neuroscience,
pp. 654-681 (Chapter 16)
Advanced Readings:
Weiskrantz L (1996): Blindsight revisited. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 6: 215-220.
Koch C, Braun J (1996): Towards the neuronal correlate of visual awareness. Current
Opinion in Neurobiology 6: 158-164.